Nice looking bow Kenny.  Now those pants........

Don't have a lot of experience with recurves but it looks good to me Kenny!

Yup doin fine there Kenny!

Nice one Kenny! But you really hadn`t have to design it from the very start- Swissbow`s been sharing instructions for a while (even in English). Looks close to yours but is much shorter.
  Andys Recurve BA (pdf)  
But you`ve both shown that LB guys can do a great job on recurves too!

OMG, I'm speechless.. Just love the outfit, Kenny..  Those your jammies, son?    

   

Bow looks very nice too:)

That is a great looking design Kenny, I think the full draw looks really good, nice smooth 'S' curve.
Now you just need to put a 'real' string on there and it will really wake up. B50 is good for old bows and shoelaces!
Once you get that badboy dialed in, I'll bet your longbows start to collect a little dust.
You mentioned it was hard to string, if your using one of the LB stringers with a rubber pad on it, you might want to try using the double cup/boot type.  They compress the limbs evenly just like you were drawing the bow.

OMG    I guess that bow really looks good compared to your outfit. Althought you would look right in place at Wal-mart    
That bow looks really good strung and unstrung and as mentioned a skinnier string will help a bunch. There are many ways to do curves taper wise. I settled on a .001 taper with no powerlam or tip wedge. I have built them with no taper and .002s also . Those narrow ones are a bit more touchier on getting good tiller.

I try to stay outta Walmart, I might end up in one o those emails!! LOL

I gotta get time to make a string and tune on the nocks a bit. And make the grip smaller, it is pretty huge right now!!

And Roy , those "would" be my jammies if I wore any....  :D  Just my evening clothing.

Way to go, Kenny!! Except for the outfit...

Stiff tips on recurves add speed, but diminish the relief on draw force that unrolling tips provide. Stiff also makes the limbs stack earlier, and make the rest of the limb bend more, with all else equal...but your string angle seems good, perhaps a tad on the acute side. I bet a normal FF string will make it put to shame many a similar longbow, at least in speed. If you find out, please let us know. Wonderful job, but then again, everybody knew you would do well!

DF

I think everything about it looks good Kenny, great work as usual!
-Jay

Would you believe a different string make a diff in how the limbs come back to brace? Top one is now perfect and bottom barely off. Gonna be easy to tweak into shape, bow will end up about 47 # I think.  Shoots 65-70 arrows real good right now.

And (gulp), carries the mail out to 30 yards too....

I'm kinda likin it so far. Need to reduce handle a bit tho, which was planned from the start. Was gonna make it like a Martin(I think that's the one) where the bottom of the grip is cut behind the back glass just a bit...

That's what ya get for putting a $1.00 string on it, Son:) The string had to be crooked...  

Might have been a string groove binding issue with the fat string.

You did good Kenny.    

Troy

Heck Roy, ya couldn't hardly bend that string!! LOL

Mike, I kinda thought that too, but the new string cured that and its down to 47.5# I think I need to block sand the edge of the bottom limb, so it will maybe still be 47#

Thanks Troy!!

47 is purty stiff for an ole boy:)

Not sendin you this one anyway Roy....  :D  

Found my little limb twist prob, it is in the nock groove...

So your gonna paint it pink and hunt wif it?

I may, it shoots nice, and not loud as I thought it would be!

Here is the chrony tale...

600 grain fletched arrow (65-70 spine)from Snag

45# @ 28" set up to hunt with brass nock and 4 silencers on a 12 strand D97 with padded loops and  padded center serving

13.3333 grain per #

mechanical release on shootin machine

159 fps avg half dozen shots

That's 10 fps faster than my D/R with same arrow !!

Wish I had a 9 gpp just for kicks, but my arras are all huntin stuff.

Now I feel bad, may have to do sumpin to the D/R...   :D  

Nah, I ain't chasin the speed wagon, if you can get a nice shooter that is quiet, speed is third on the list!!

We'll see how she does outside for noise.  

WOW! 160 fps with such a heavy arrow is *very* good! Congratulations on a great job.

DF