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Earl:
I've made this bow a couple months ago and finally took picture of it. Its 58" long, 55#@24"and it has 2" of set. The bow has white mulberry tip overlays since this wood dents very easily. It has many knots but this wood seems to be very tension strong. Oh and i forgot to say that YOU SHOULD'NT HEAT TREAT IT! if it gets too dry it will blow unexpectedly.

Unstrung


strung


Tip


Here are some pictures of me and my brother shooting it.


And a Video
http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h259/earlito/?action=view&current=Shootingthefigbow.flv

DanaM:
Looks real nice, lots of character too. Nice to see a bow from a different wood.

DanaM

Pat B:
What sort of fig is it. The fruit trees don't seem to be strong enough. Could it be Ficus bengimina, the house plant(tree)?
   Your tiller looks very good and with all of the limbs you have done a fine job with a possibly difficult stave. And like Dana said, good to see you using an unconventional wood.   Pat

tpoof:
character comin out the yin yang! ;D ;D very cool!  casts a livley arrow as well,,good job!

Earl:
Pat, I'm not sure what the name of it is but, I took a photo of what the tree looked like.

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