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RyanY:
First bow of the summer and I can't even draw it! I wanted to try and make a relatively short but heavy hickory warbow so here it is. 72"ntn 131#@32", weighs 30oz, 1 5/8" by 1" at the handle, 5/8" by 5/8" at the tips. Has 1" unbraced set and settles back to zero set. It was heat treated into 2" of reflex. I wanted to try and dye this one green but the stain that I purchased was more like a paint so I sanded it off and let it fill the grain. The tips are cow leg bone and are shaped the same way. I would have liked to get the tips more narrow but for whatever reason, even though I measure out 1/2" on the wood, it never gets there. Anyways I'm still extremely pleased with how the bow came out but now I just need to get my strength back to be able to draw the beast. Sorry about the poor pictures. The full draw pic is a still from a video on the tillering tree since I can't yet draw it. Thanks for looking.

fishfinder401:
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D, whenever i see a new warbow on here it makes me smile, i love this bow,
thanks for making my day
noel

toomanyknots:
Thats a nice full draw! very nice bow. Thats alota weight for only 72", very nice.

Dag:
NIce bow Ryoon! I love hickory warbows :) #131 is quite impressive!

RyanY:
Thanks guys.

Noel, I also love seeing new warbows on here. There's something about these things that really gets me going. I can't wait to see yours finished.  ;D

Toomanyknots, thank you. A lot of the time we say a bow should be so long for such a draw weight and I like to push that to see how much the wood can take. Even after heat treating, the bow still takes some set after unstringing but goes back to zero. I think I had some good hickory too.

Dag, 131# is a bit too much for me right now but I'll get there soon enough.  :)

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