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toomanyknots:
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I am also somewhat of a Tolkien-a-phile......

I cannot recall anywhere where it states the draw weight of Legolas's bow, sorry."

Same here. But I have always envisioned an elvish bow as a tradional english "style" bow. Maybe a bit of a twist or something, some flipped tips maybe, maybe some intricate design or writing on it. But definitely not a funky recurve with tacky plastic feather designs glued on. I was abhorred with the bow as well as the movies portrayal of elves in general, as tolkiens "elves" are clearly the gods and demi gods of welsh and irish mythology, such as the tir NA og and the tuanthu de dannan, (positive I misspelled all of that) and to have that freaking weird looking guy form the matrix with his freaky looking face was just too much for me. They just can't emulate the feeling that tolkien could stir inside of our subconsious, something like out ancestors memory in the back of our brains, something the movie just insulted. LOL   

fishfinder401:

--- Quote from: toomanyknots on June 08, 2011, 12:15:39 am ---"
I am also somewhat of a Tolkien-a-phile......

I cannot recall anywhere where it states the draw weight of Legolas's bow, sorry."

Same here. But I have always envisioned an elvish bow as a tradional english "style" bow. Maybe a bit of a twist or something, some flipped tips maybe, maybe some intricate design or writing on it. But definitely not a funky recurve with tacky plastic feather designs glued on.

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i also thought the decorations were a bit much, but the basic shape is pretty good, could be longer though in my opinion, which when i try to make one i will try, i don't remember where i heard the weight, if i find out ill tell you guys, i actually think i found it while doing some research on this bow
also, i think if i can get my hands on some, ill try to make it out of elm, as i want to try to get it a light color, and one idea i had is when i'm putting a finish on, to add some metallic powder to the finish and try to get it into the grain, but i don't know, i would need to experiment first
thanks for the input
noel

fishfinder401:
i actually just had an idea, i am still experimenting with black tupelo and it seems to be able to hold up to high weights pretty well, and the sap wood, which i have been using is a nice white color, and unbelievable durable as you can see from the tiller of the one i tried before. if i can find a nice clean straight sapling, it might be able to make something that resembles the lothlorien bow

medic336:
The guy at GI bows used to have another site . He has videos on youtube of the building of that bow.

Ian.:
Seeing as this inst very warbow have you thought of Fibreglass prods then making the detail over it, very durable and you will get the weight. 

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