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Marc St Louis:
Made this one for Marlon. The stave I got from Matt Edwards last year. It was still green so I let it dry for awhile. It developed some sideways bend as it dried so I had to use some dry heat on it. I also set the wood at the tips by bending them sideways and holding them that way for a few days. The string still lies to one side but this makes for a fully center shot bow. The ERC is pretty low in density for making heavy bows, the bow fills the hand. The bow is about 78" N to N, just under 1 3/4" wide by 1 1/4" thick. A good handfull. It pulls about 120# @ 31". Here's a few pics





This is about as far as I can pull the bow.



Here is a full draw picture as I was tillering the bow using a 2 hand pull.

Badger:
You got an awful lot out of that erc Mark, great job on that. Really impressed with your elbs, even more so after handling them in person. Steve

Marc St Louis:
Thanks Steve. This one was quite a challenge with the way it went sideways as it dried.

The unbraced pic was taken after the bow was pulled back several times. It still holds a bit of reflex but I'm sure it won't after Marlon pulls it back to its real full draw several times

Pat B:
She's a beauty, Marc.  ;)  I'm sure Marlon will love her.     Pat

sonny:
you gotta be kiddin me !!!!
I never would have thought you could get that weight out of (unbacked ??) ERC...

NICE !!

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