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Must ensure that Hickory is very good.

These basic dimensions should give a good hickory/ipe warbow over 100#
With Ipe can go and thinner end nocks - 3/8



You can always shorten less if inadequately weight.

DarkSoul:
You should tiller your bow, and not just make a piece of wood by dimensions. A bow is an organic structure that needs to be made into a bow rather than just following a set figure and just expect a bow to magically appear from the piece of wood.

markinengland:
Another thing to bear in mind is that with a bow like this gluing into reflex, even a little reflex  can add significantly to draw weight.

I once put too much reflex into a fairly "normal" size hickory backed Ipe bow like yours. It was pulling 120lbs at 3 inches before it stretched a non-stretch tillering string, twisted, reversed and snapped!

Mark in England

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Jorik, This is approximately where it should work. The bow always tiller, it is inevitable. :)

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