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OldBow:
Congratulations to Bruce Pack of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
His Unique Backed Bow is a Real Winner For December Backed Bow of the Month
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,4532.45.htmlThis bow is quite a conversation piece:
It's been fairly cold here lately so there's little time for building. Northern Canadian winters make it tough for building bows outdoors. Anyways, here are some pics of one I managed to finish just in time to go under a friend's tree on Tuesday.

Cotton backed hickory with canary bellies lashed with jute to purpleheart recurves and riser.
66" o/a  64 1/2" ntn  unbraced, braced to 61/2" and drawn to 26"  55#@26
It's got very smooth action with very minimal vibe. Nice draw with no stack, and plenty quick for a target bow. The bow-proper is finish tillered at 58" and then bobbed to 56" before the statics go on, and I tiller it as such until I can get the desired weight at a 24" draw. That's usually close enough that I don't lose any weight as I stretch the draw and deal with any twist that might occur after the statics are put on. It's taken me a while to work out the geometries to where everything works well together. The geometries and the tillering process set an easy path for the wood to do its thing. I don't ever expect any help from luck.

Handshock has never really a problem with any of the rigid recurves I've built so far. The first couple had some but I found that the angle of the recurves can be adjusted to smooth it out. Also, the deflex smooths out the action a bit. It's a bit of a balancing act between those two aspects and the usual belly-to-back ratios, tapers, and limb length. Even though the bow is 66" o/a, there's only 18" of working limb. One of the rigid recurves I built last fall has well over 1000 shots and going strong. I shoot it on a regular basis as ongoing research. A friend has been shooting one I made this spring with at least as many shots through it.

I usually don't bind the limbs at the root. I just put that on to cover the cotton back in this case. The only other times I've done it was to hold down bolsters I add to the limbs to stiffen them up a bit after the bow is shot in. I put the smaller bindings on this one to move the 'center of percussion' up the limbs a bit.
This bow generated a lot of forum activity. Here's a couple of typical reactions:
"That is a beauty. A lot of good woodworking on that one. How is the performance? I never shot a bow like that" -WIBOWYER
"Dude, those tips are off the charts. Way to go man. I love the gull wing look with talons .Makes a man think about possibilities.  I would be interested in the performance numbers and how too info. Danny" -Sidewinder
"That is an awesome bow. The tiller looks great and the workmanship is excellent. Jawge" -George Tsoukalas
"A very unusual and interesting bow! definately eye candy. thanks for sharing!    " -tpoof


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duffontap:
Absolutely beautiful.  Congratulations on a well-deserved win.

      J. D.

Shooter:
That's pretty cool.

Thank you guys for the compliments and questions...and votes ;D

I'm a little short for words so please don't interpret it as being smug or anything like that. It's just very humbling to see the work others are doing and sharing with us here, and I'm not sure how to stand in among all that talent without feeling a little awkward.

A sincere thanks to Old Bow for doing such a great job with the collage. That's pretty sweet.

JD, you're no slouch yourself :D Thanks

Pat B:
You did a beautiful job with this difficult project! 8)  Well deserved win!  ;)    Pat

Justin Snyder:
An absolutely beautiful bow, congratulations on the win. Justin

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