I have a lot of old bows that have grown to heavy for me to shoot. Some are just irreplaceable so I have been drastically reducing weight on some of my favorites. I would never sell a bow that I reduce weight as I'm not a bowyer...but they shoot great for this old man. So far I've not had any failures. Plus I stress them to at least 30/32 inches on my tillering tree before I shoot them at 28 inches.
Resurrected beautiful Bamboo backed & belly Saluki longbow with inner lams of Osage & Maple, riser stained Curly Maple, and horn tips. Originally 54#@27 (57#@28) reduced/retillered/refinished to 40#@28...tippit
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Beautiful bow Jeff.... :campfire:
very nice
A very cool piece......... :thumbsup:
Wow, that is a drastic reduction. I am glad it worked out for you Jeff.
This is a very common issue for many of us these days and I hope you inspire others to do the same. It seems a shame that so many great bows get ignored because they are now to heavy.
Well done :thumbsup:
Great Job Jeff
Awesome, how much did you have to grind off? I think a before and after pic would be interesting.
Longtoke,
They are all different. This one being bamboo both back & belly, I could only take wood off the sides and trap the belly. Glass bows are easier as I remove glass from back and belly first. Recurves are the hardest because of the minimal amount of wood in the limbs. Then if I need more weight reduction, I'll trap the sides. I'm taking these bows to my knife grinder so not just sand paper by hand. Most bowyers will remove up to 5# as it is a liability risk. I've probably done 30-40 bows with out any problems. I'm not recommending this technic...but it works for me.
Wow, very nice and I'm glad it worked out for you.