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Title: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: M.Kerry Bird on June 15, 2013, 11:40:00 PM
I built this bow out of the wood I had left over from a recurve. Just a nice, clean longbow. The riser is 18" and has some bubinga and black glass in it. I conferred with Kirk from Bigfoot bows a bit on this bow. It has a longer wedge than I have been using. I changed my limb pad angle and amount of reflex. It bumped up the performance 10 fps over my old design. All curly maple, stained medium walnut with 2 black walnut lams in the limb cores. 64" 44#@28".
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Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: jsweka on June 16, 2013, 07:02:00 AM
That's really nice and reminds me of a Herb Meland Pronghorn.  Well done!!
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: BCWV on June 16, 2013, 10:08:00 AM
I was thinking the same thing about it looking like a Pronghorn John. Very nice looking bow!
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: scottm on June 16, 2013, 10:49:00 AM
Nice work!
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: M.Kerry Bird on June 16, 2013, 10:55:00 AM
Never shot a pronghorn. From the looks of them they're more of a hybrid aren't they? I like the looks of a classic ref/def better. I think this style is easier to shoot, not as twitchy on release.
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: kennym on June 20, 2013, 07:31:00 PM
Nice job!!
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: Dan Bonner on June 21, 2013, 02:49:00 PM
Love the simplicity of the lines and the riser shape. Great bow!
Bonner
Title: Re: Curly maple T/D Longbow
Post by: Igor on June 21, 2013, 03:36:00 PM
Super....I've had a few pronghorns and there is a definate similarity.

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