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Sister Bow to "Ol' HB" (by Mike Brooks) Pics
ber643:
OK, as promised here are pictures of the sister glue-up to my bow ("Ol' HB") that my bowmaking mentor, Mike Brooks, made into a bow and then turned over to me to sand and finish. This one got kind of nasty with Mike and tried to do a pretty severe limb twist. He tried everything he could to straighten it out - to no satisfactory result. So he decided to back it with Bamboo. That took care of it quite well and made a fine tri-lam out of it - Massaandruba belly, Hickory core, Bamboo Backed. The tip overlays are Bloodwood like mine, but the riser not only has the Brazillian Cherry like mine but also a couple pieces of Purpleheart. Shoots dreamy and as one would expect, the Bamboo makes it faster than mine. After I sanded it, I finished it with five layers of Polyurethane Gloss. I have a coat of past wax to put on it yet. We decided not to wrap the handle in any way to better display the woods. The bow is 67" ntn, 45# @ 28" and Mike told me Sunday to hold on to it and shoot it. He'll get it when he wants to share it - LOL. I really like the bow and think you will too.
Riser (forgive reflections from the gloss):
Limbs Top and Bottom:
At Brace (3):
Full Draws (2):
The arrow is the beautiful Japanese Boo arrow that Art B made and shot, and then presented to me at ATAR this year - it's a real shooter!
DanaM:
Beautiful bow bernie but I have to ask if it shouldn't bend more near the fades.
Not having any experience with laminated bows I ask only for self enlightenement?
Dana
ber643:
Dana, since I am pretty much a rank amature at the game , I can't answer your querstion with any degree of certainty. I'm sure others will come along and may have opinions on it. About all I can say is it draws smooth and shoots well. Don't feel bad for asking, that is how we learne.
Pappy:
Beautiful bow Bernie I like it.Dana I would say yes it should but I am surely no expert on backed bows. :)
Pappy
DanaM:
Thanks fer the answers. Bernie one more question whats that gnarly stick that ya have strapped to the corner post?
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