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duke3192:
For myself I like billets, maybe others have trouble with the splices. I had the pleasure several years ago of examining an osage static, found in the attic of a house my friend was remolding, Billets spliced so finely that you almost couldn't see glue lines, fish tail type, but cut at a 1/4", with four cuts in the splice. The bow was dated for 1952 or 3, couldn't make out singature at all.

vinemaplebows:

--- Quote from: duke3192 on March 27, 2015, 09:18:25 pm ---For myself I like billets, maybe others have trouble with the splices. I had the pleasure several years ago of examining an osage static, found in the attic of a house my friend was remolding, Billets spliced so finely that you almost couldn't see glue lines, fish tail type, but cut at a 1/4", with four cuts in the splice. The bow was dated for 1952 or 3, couldn't make out singature at all.

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Seems like a reasonable amount of people don't feel a billeted bow is of the same quality as a one piece bow....even if the spilicing is done for them. I totally understand if you want a "D" bend through the handle bow....but rigid handled...don't get it at all? Really wonder what people are thinking, and why? I generally can get billets to align almost perfectly with quality billets...not so with a stave without a bunch of bending.

VMB

crooketarrow:
  Spliceing billets togethers a step that can be avoled. And a step that can fail.

  I've build a few billet bows and they were ok. But to me a real selfbows one peice of wood.

  I can just see the indains around the camp fire. One leans over and says shit I got apoxy all over my mocans. No matter that splice will never hold anyways. Quick close the vice.

  I still need a yew stave. At least 65 inch lenth. Down to 60 inch for me personally.

Eric Krewson:
I have made at least 100 billet bows, never had a failure. What I did have were the best matched limbs one could hope for from side by side sister billets or piggy back billets in most cases. All the bows I have made with completely clear wood, not even a pin, were from matched billets taken from the base of a tree.

Billet staves are the best you can find in most cases and overwhelmingly my first choice for future bows.

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