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Pappy:
Cool bow,I'm with lennie on the bendy handle and fades but it seemed to work on that one.
May be the sinew.Nice job and real primitive looking. :)
   Pappy

DanaM:
So for a bendy handle "D" type bow no cut-ins to narrow the handle?
This could be tough with white woods where ya might need 2" limb width.
Please explain further if ya would.
Thanks

Dana

Pat B:
Dana, Just my thoughts on the matter...With a bendy handle bow if the handle area is cut out it leaves unprotected edge grain that could splinter at full draw. One remedy would be to wrap at the top and bottom of the cut outs with sinew or thread to support this area.   Pat

DanaM:
Reason I ask is I had one blow on me last night it was a glue up in Perry reflex maple backed ash and I had cut in on the handle area about 0.25"
on each side, It was still on the long string when she split on me from the cut out up to towards the tip. It was a very bendy handle.
It was a first attempt live and learn eh.
If ya kept the cut in gradual would that help? Like over a couple inches long.

Dana

Pappy:
Never seen a D style bow 2 in. wide.My rule is I don't want them to bend in the fades,I have had several split up at the wide part where you violated the longitudinal grain.So now I mesure out anywhere from 1/2 to 1 in. from the fades and make sure they don't bend up that far. :)
   Pappy

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