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Kviljos mini warbow (new pics on page 3)

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Kviljo:
A new one is on its way ;)

This too is brevifolia and not as long as I would like it to be. Though some of the MR-bows are as short as this one -> 72".

Very tight rings, but the wood seems brittle, so I'm a bit sceptical. I'm aming for 80-100# somewhere between 28 and 32" though.






SimonUK:
Very nice bowhorse kviljo. I must make one - I'm getting tired of using a spokeshave one-handed!

Kviljo:
I managed without any form of wise for two years, I guess I was in such hurry to make bows that I didn't have time to make the horse. Now I can't imagine making bows without it :) Absolutely worth the effort!

Kviljo:
I've only applied the measurements of bow A in "Secrets of the English war bow", so I'll have to adjust the tiller a bit.
I was a bit surpriced that the measurements gave the bow such a round tiller, and not the elliptical that we see more often.

Hoping to finish it soon, though I wont be able to shoot it for a while. Must be over 150 pounds as it is now ::)

I'm really not sure wether I should go for gold and just fine-tiller it as it is, and risk having a lot of nice firewood, or take it down under 100#.

Do you think the stave could withstand 130-150 pounds beeing only 72" long?




Kviljo:
Hehe, I just simulated the bow in Supertiller, and it says 144 pounds at 30". 8)

If ot was 77" long, it would be 113 pounds at 30.

So I think I have decided to rather have a shootable self yew, than a almost-replica MR that might as well break.
Hopefully it will land over 100 though.

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