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Proper handle design for a D bow

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Coo-wah-chobee:
        Dana......leave about 8 " in the handle area alone. Work rest of bow and then work 8" VERY slowly an carefully so it just barely bends. Forget handles. rests ,cutouts and all that other stuff...................bob

tom sawyer:
They're some painful lessons, I agree.  Unfortunately, seems like the lessons other people tell you about never sink in quite like personal tragedy.  And I remember my broken bows better than my successful ones, why is that?

DanaM:
Everyone loves tragedies :)

Dana

George Tsoukalas:
It's possible to tiller a bow to bend through the handle and fades even on a narrow handled bow. I've done it often. On bend through the handle D bows, especially from boards, I leave them 3/4 thick and 1.5 wide.  When tillered they appear to be stiff handled bows but they bend. So let's say I want to make a bow 1.75 inches wide bow and let the handle and fades  bend. BTW 1.75 wide is pushing it as far as arrow paradox. It's tough to find an arrow that will bend around that wide a bow. I modify the handle in 1/4 inch increments. So I'll make  the handle 1.5 wide and 1 inch thick or 1.25 wide and 1.25 inches thick. These handles and fades will bend just a bit to make a shorter bow safe. Jawge

Justin Snyder:
Question.....Since bows with perfectly lined up tips and handles are rare. Wouldn't it make more sense to move the tips slightly to the side or use the natural tip alignment to limit archers paradox?  Then you wouldn't have to narrow the handle.  Justin

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