These are a few bows I've been working on lately for myself and some friends. The first is a 56" t/d recurve of curly maple and wenge with bull snake skins.
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Here's a 58" one piece recurve based on the bingams design. I changed it up a bit. I used some power lams in the base of the limbs. It is a very quick bow. Osage riser, walnut lams.
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Very nice!
Those look really good. Nice job!
Beautiful! Nice job.
Nice looking bows! I like how you shaped th riser on the second one.
Nice bows! Really like that Osage and walnut
Nice job, I really like the one piece and the limb tips are very nice as well.
Really nice job!!
Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate it. Bow building is a sickness for me. I never shoot a bow for long because I always have a new idea or find someone that needs a bow. I am really impressed with the performance of that one piece recurve. I used some base limb wedges and good light cores with a strong riser. With witnesses on hand it was consistently shooting in the low 180's at 10 grns per pound. It's only 45# at my draw. I've had big name recurves in the 50-53# range that weren't this quick. That was with a 16 strand string and 7 3/4" brace.
Ahhhhhhh.....Curly maple and walnut :thumbsup:
Both look great.
Good looking bows!
-Jay
Very nice work and fantastic performance!
Those are beautiful.
Why are some riser forward and some riser back? I think both are beautiful, but I haven't found anyone say anything other than aesthetics (which is still reason enough.)
I think a rear riser bow uses a little more of the limb. Forward risers tend to be pretty forgiving.
Beautiful work!