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Chris grimbowyer:
If I were to make a english warbow of about 72-80 inches in length what wood would be superior being backed with hickory? Ipe or Osage? How wide should the limbs be from start to finish of taper and should the belly be rounded or flat and should this bow bend in the handle? (This will be my first bow of over 66 inches)

Ian.:
It depends on what weight you want, both Ipe and osage are good osage in most peoples opinion is better, rounded-ish on the belly, and it should definitely bend in the handle if its a warbow, try to get the last 12" of the bow tapering to 1/2" the middle totally depends on how much draw weight you want.

Chris grimbowyer:
I dont know if I should go for a heavy poundage considering that it is a warbow or just make it the poundage I usually shoot 40-60 pounds

Ian.:
Its fun making heavy bows, if you are going for 50-60 then the warbow shape probably isn't best. Why not about 100lb most people can pull that weight after some training and that way you get the feel of a real warbow, and you will get good performance out of both woods at that weight. Or you could try for 150+ and make a real beast  ;D

Easternarcher:
Not to hijack the thread, but this may be helpful info...
I also have a stick of osage that I was hoping to turn into an ELB or tri-lam warbow.
The warbow idea may not work as this belly slat is only 7/16ths thick at the grip to start with and tapers down to 3/8ths at the tips.  Pretty hard to do a rounded belly with such thin belly wood correct?
I tried it on my ELB and ended up with very thin belly wood because of the mid-core being too thick and not tapered enough toward the ends.

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