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loon:
what if one uses poplar or pine or something for the tips and kasan sections instead, for more lightweight bows?

mikekeswick:

--- Quote from: loon on August 28, 2016, 02:37:09 am ---what if one uses poplar or pine or something for the tips and kasan sections instead, for more lightweight bows?

--- End quote ---

How many old bows do you see with pine tips!?! ;)

mikekeswick:
Here are the force/draw numbers - 10.6#@10 , 20.2#@12 , 26.1#@14 , 30#@16 , 34.4#@18 , 38.3#@20 , 42.2#@22 , 47.8#@24 , 53.3#@26 , 61.6#@28

Urufu_Shinjiro:
The only non-asiatic bows that interest me are the English war bows, and with the technique they use during the draw I can see shooting 100+ lbs with those, but man I can't imagine drawing a 100lb turkish bow. I can draw my 50lb manchu all day no problem but I can tell much more than that and I would start to struggle, lol.

sleek:
Well, I got my osage sinew version shooting 174fps with a 571 gr arrow.  Ke is 38.38. I could get more if I built another that hasnt been abused as this one has.

Mike, thanks for letting me hijack your thread.

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