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Max grip thickness for BBI warbow?

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Kviljo:
For those of you who have been playing around with bamboo backed ipé warbows: what is the maximum thickness grip you have made? I'm thinking a general 2 meter length, and an optimal eliptical tiller bending through the handle. I recently made three:

one at 23mm which gave 85# @ 32"
one at 25mm which gave 100# @ 32"
one at 27mm which also gave 100# @ 32"

From the little string follow these bows gained, I suspect they can be made up to 30mm thick without getting compression marks, but I'd be interested in hearing if anyone here had some numbers for comparison :)

- Ivar

Badger:
  I recently finished one that is 67" long and 102#@28", slightly bending handle area. I will measure it but might be too short for your purposes. Bow took no measurable set from original profile. I have high hopes for it this September. Following this one I built some white oak backed ipe bows at 50#, The thickness is no much differenence. The boo really makes a lot of difference,

loon:
that's really narrow... must be very nice to shoot, always wondered what a bendy boo/ipe bow would be like

FilipT:
I think he meant how thick grip was, not wide. Nice thing to see how just 2 mm can be a difference. Also, kudos to you Kviljo for using metric system haha

Badger:
   My 102# @28" is 21 mm  67" long.  The 50# is 19 mm.

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