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Very sweet Brad you did a great job on that one.

Dang Brad, you did a great job on that one. That overlay really looks cool.

BTW how do you calculate the stack on your short recurve bows ? Is it all experience or do you have some sort of table ?

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Andy

Andy, I take finished thickness measurments from similar bows as well as compare my estimate to other bows I've made.  I do have tables but they are simply Binghams tables (or interpolations of them).  At the end of the day its an educated guess, and with a little luck it comes out at the desired weight.  But as you can see it doesnt always work (like this one being 15# off).

Great job Brad!

Wow that thing looks great.

thats a wicked lookin little recurve. great job.

That overlay looks cool.  Kind of like file work on the spine of a knife blade.

Definitely a new touch on the overlay there!! Looks pretty sweet!

That's a fine lookin' bow you've made..     Congrats....  

Very nice looking bow!


Thanks for sharing

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Glenn

should i send you my address now!!???  i have been wanting one of your creations since i saw that greybark recurve.  you do great work!

Ha, yeah send it over Sulphur.  Thanks for the comments.  You know that greybark recurve was one of my favorites too.  Everytime I learned something new I went back and reworked that bow.  thinner tips...smaller handle, radius shelf, lower shelf, overlays on the front..i reworked it several times...here is a pic of it now and it belows to a friend of mine who is just getting into trad archery.

Wow, how do I get on your friend list? Hahahahahaha that is beautiful. Now I just need it at about 55 lbs @26".

looks like a fun one. nice job of the riser! very nice

one of these days i will try and actionwood riser.  they look awfully cool.   how much heavier are they??

I dont think it is that much heavier.  It is certainly lighter than cocobolo, purpleheart or bocote.  This 46" bow is light as a feather and its basically solid actionwood.  Comparatively, I would say it weighs somewhere between hard maple and cocobolo.

Your work always looks top notch Brad.  Great looking bow!

Got the Herters 46 all finished up and ready to shoot.  Here are some final pics.  I'm looking forward to making another one of these.