just finshed bamboo ipe bow

[Tillrn]

[Tillrn]

the handle and tips are osage and cocobolo the bow came out to be 55# at my short draw of 25 inches it has reflex deflex i followed the build along from poorfolkbows.com

[Apex Predator]

Nice job!

[Sam Harper]

Most excellent.  Have you shot it yet?

[jsweka]

Beautiful!  That ipe is some tough wood but sure is pretty when finished.

[ron w]

Looks great!!

[bigcountry]

Great looking IPE.

[Tillrn]

yeah i just shot it some more earlier today. Seems to be shooting pretty good got my string served and nocked. its flings the arrows pretty good i measured the draw weight is actually a little over 55# probably 56 or 57

[scottm]

very nice!

[Swissbow]

Sweet curves. Very nice job.

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Andy

[walkabout]

very nice, i like the contrast of ipe and boo alot. wouldnt mind building one myself but i have no local supplier for ipe in a size i could really use,dont wanna have to buy enough to refloor my living room to build one or two bows.lol.

[Tillrn]

i found a guy off craigslist that makes decks with the ipe i got 4 boards from him had to splice the ipe together cause the boards were to short. Have you tried looking on craigs list