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Marc St Louis:
I call this a warbow, even though the draw weight does not quite make the grade.  It is a warbow to me though because it's a bit more than I can manage, especially since I broke my wrist knapping some flint.   Even though the bow only pulls about 85# @ 32" it still is too much for me right now, I'll have to wait till my wrist heals before I can pull it all the way.  I can get it back to about 30" though.  The bow is 70" N to N, 1 1/8" wide by just over 3/4" thick.  The horn nocks are WB and quite small for the bow.  Here's some pictures









This last picture is full draw as I was tillering it.

Justin Snyder:
Nice bow Marc. 85# is a great weight if you ask me.

I have never heard of anyone who broke their wrist knapping. Im going back to obsidian and leaving that hard rock to the real men.  ;D

adb:
Very nice work, Marc! 85# qualifies as a warbow in my books. The back is obviously bamboo, and the belly is ipe, but what did you use as your mid-lam? It looks like the tips are reflexed a bit... did you glue-in the reflex?

heavybow:
Marc very nice bow.cheers Marlon

Phil Rees:
Marc ... you can call it what ever you like ..... it's still a beautiful bow .... congratulations

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