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Light weight english longbows

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Badger:
Dana, I have made polar bows as high as 75#, about 2 1/2 wide pyramid design, you need dense poplar to do this as some is so light it just wont work. I don't recomend poplar as a bow wood but I can see how in certain applications as in light bows especially it might be useful. Most poplar bows are more of a novelty than anything else.

I am going to cut 1/4" off the belly of this one and glue on a maple strip and retiller just to see what happens, I think it will save it.  Steve

D. Tiller:
Nice looking bow badger. Only comment I could make is that it looks a bit stiff in the outer limbs. You may be able to get a few more fps. getting them to bend a bit more.

David T

Badger:
Dana, the bow took some hinges when it chyrsaled this is the after photo, the tiller changed pretty drasticaly. I do agree that longer bows need the outside bending a bit more. Steve

Hillbilly:
Dana, a lot of the "poplar" lumber in the trade is tuliptree or tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, which is actually in the magnolia family. Around here it's just called "poplar", or yellow poplar, because of the yellowish heartwood.

adb:
Hey, Steve
Nice looking bow... I've not tried poplar myself. I have made several ELBs using hickory backed Ipe. 72'', 1" wide narrowing to 1/2" tips, bendy handle type profile. Set under 50# is usually negligible.

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