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Kviljo:
Finished this MR replica today. It is a little over 80" ntn, and 39mm wide at the handle. 11mm just below the horn nocks. It is made from norwegian yew, and has waterbuffalo horn sidenocks. It had 1" natural deflex from two kinks at midlimb on both limbs. The wood isn't too dense, even though the growthrings are tight, so it isn't more than 75# @ 34".
Hoping to make a string for it tomorrow. Perhaps there will be a fulldraw picture too.
adb:
Nice work, and even side nocks, too! I can't wait to see a full draw pic.
Del the cat:
Love the nocks... clean and simple.
75 lb @ 34" adds up to a fair bit of stored energy, I'd guess if you want to increase the draw weight it could be shortened a tad. Do you really draw 34"?
Del
Kviljo:
Thanks :)
It didn't follow the string much. I didn't measure it, but it was under one inch. - so I guess it could be shortened quite a bit to raise the draw weight a bit. The extra long staves are quite rare here, so I like to make them full length. I draw 31-32" with these heavier bows, so hopefully it will serve another archer some time.
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: kviljo on August 15, 2009, 05:51:20 pm ---Thanks :)
It didn't follow the string much. I didn't measure it, but it was under one inch. - so I guess it could be shortened quite a bit to raise the draw weight a bit. The extra long staves are quite rare here, so I like to make them full length. I draw 31-32" with these heavier bows, so hopefully it will serve another archer some time.
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Congratulations ! I'm really impressed. So nice to see a genuine replica. The side nocks look bang on. The MR website could use them to replace their lame Victorian "replica".
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