#22, Bamboo Backed Hickory Quad-Lam American Longbow 67@28

[silent sniper]

Good day everyone! Here is my last bow for this year, one that I built for a close friend of mine. He likes the Howard hill style bow so I closely replicated that design with some added extras. 
66" NTN, 1-3/16 wide at fades, just under 1/2" wide at tips, 67# @ 28".
Bamboo backing with 3 heat treated hickory laminations and laminated cherry riser. The extras include a stained bamboo back, deer antler tips, a beaver tail strike plate and deer leather grip. The bow is has a tru-oil finish and X99 string.

The bow holds close to an inch of reflex with very little set. The bamboo/hickory combo seems to be a good one, the bow shoots great with very little recoil. This bow is one of the best I have built of this design so far.

Here are some pictures. Please excuse the outdoor shots, my wife was not home so I had to take them on my phone.
Cheers,
Taylor

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[Roy from Pa]

Very nice..

[Longcruise]

An exceptional piece of work. 

[Mad Max]

 

[Stagmitis]

Awesome!

And you nailed the ramp attititude of what a hill bow should look like-Looks like a schulz natural!!

Love hickory----only wood I know that can take a temper like bamboo-Surprisingly fast core material for its weight.

[Longcruise]

Be interesting to see a heat treating topic!  Hint hint.

[mmattockx]

Beautiful bow. You always do a top notch job on everything from the tiller to the detail finishing work. How were the hickory lams heat treated?


Mark

[Flem]

Perfect

[Shredd]

Great looking bow...

[jsweka]

Wow that is nice!
I've been sort of itching to attempt a non-glass Hill style bow.

[kennym]

Great job!!!

[silent sniper]

Thanks everyone for the nice words, I appreciate it!

Wow that is nice!
I've been sort of itching to attempt a non-glass Hill style bow.

The all natural Hill style is one of my favorite bows. I really enjoy just about everything about them. They are as practical and elegant as it gets.

Beautiful bow. You always do a top notch job on everything from the tiller to the detail finishing work. How were the hickory lams heat treated?


Mark

Mark, Thanks for the nice words. These particular laminations were heated over a large propane torch. I cant say if it works any better or worse then the other heat treating methods.

Be interesting to see a heat treating topic!  Hint hint.

I am not an expert with heat treating unfortunately. I have done them with heat guns and propane torches so far, but I will give the open fire method a try sometime soon. I have not done enough of them to draw any conclusions on particular methods. 

Awesome!

And you nailed the ramp attitude of what a hill bow should look like-Looks like a schulz natural!!

Love hickory----only wood I know that can take a temper like bamboo-Surprisingly fast core material for its weight.

Stagmitis, I appreciate the nice comment! I am glad that my bows look similar to the schulz naturals, I took a bow building class with a schulz graduate. I am thrilled that my work is comparable!

Cheers,
Taylor

[rainman]

Very nice looking bow.

[Buemaker]

That is a good looking bow. Do you leave the belly lam extra thick in the handle section so the handle do not pop off?

[BO-R]

Very nice work!

[Robyn Hode]

Very nice

[silent sniper]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the nice words!

That is a good looking bow. Do you leave the belly lam extra thick in the handle section so the handle do not pop off?

Buemaker, yes I leave enough meat in the middle of the bow to keep it from bending and popping off the handle.

[David Flanrey]

Very nice!

[Mad Max]

 

[algstick]

That is a good job and a really nice looking bow.