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rockrush69:
I have seen a simalar design but with cables instead of rubber bands and four limbs all bent . Picture the limbs on the back being more reflexed and the belly side limbs being more or less straight with a cable conecting the tips ... all most like this bow in the pic strung in reverse . Instead of the rubbery bands it uses all four limbs for extra tork . You know what.... i think since no one can find one of these ..... this calls for a build challenge . Post a challenge to build this bow . And i bet a few guys will give it a try. .... i might.
BowSlayer:
--- Quote from: rockrush69 on September 30, 2013, 06:01:27 pm ---I have seen a simalar design but with cables instead of rubber bands and four limbs all bent . Picture the limbs on the back being more reflexed and the belly side limbs being more or less straight with a cable conecting the tips ... all most like this bow in the pic strung in reverse . Instead of the rubbery bands it uses all four limbs for extra tork . You know what.... i think since no one can find one of these ..... this calls for a build challenge . Post a challenge to build this bow . And i bet a few guys will give it a try. .... i might.
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from what your describing it sounds alot like a penobscot style bow. where it has a normal bow with a smaller one on the front. a friend of mine made one but it then ended up breaking :laugh:
wally:
It's roughly similar to a penobscot type bow with a big exception that both the main bow and the smaller bow both bend as normal and they use three normal strings with no elastic. I've studied the Penobscots history and made a couple. I love them. I'll post some photos of a really stylised one I made for fun
wally:
The normal Penobscot (although being a fake) has a set design where the two bows are together. My latest was made with a gap between for easier holding and the fox skull was just because I had one in the shed. The bow shoots well at 35-45lb. You can adjust poundage by cranking up the short strings.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: wally on September 30, 2013, 08:53:41 pm ---The normal Penobscot (although being a fake) ...
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Are you referring to one particular bow that is not an original, or are you saying that the Penobscot did not make these bows? Please understand, I am not stirring this pot, just asking for clarification.
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