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Inspired by Rodney Wright's Firehawk: Osage and Hickory setback/recurve
david w.:
wow thats very cool i am looking foward to this one ;D
radius:
me too! thanks!
radius:
Okay,
Got the firehawk cleaned up and tillered: this is what it looks like:
I made a couple mistakes during construction which had the ultimate effect of bringing the draw weight way down. This is both my finest achievement and my saddest failure to date, after about 40 or 50 bows. It is easily the nicest thing I've made. But I made the crucial mistake of making the riser 1/4 inch narrower than the limb material. Since the riser extend into the limb quite a ways, I was forced to reduce the limb width accordingly. The bow looks and feels good...and it shoots pretty fast and with good accuracy...but it is a dismal 30# at 28inches.
Can I gain some weight by cutting an inch or so off each tip? I don't have any sinew to back it with.
The laminations are:
Hickory backing strip: 1/8"
Osage belly lam: 1/8"
Osage Core: 1/16"
Any ideas?
radius:
Here is a full draw photo
Silhouettes are very artsy fartsy.
radius:
I really like the look of the tips: I added a tapered piece of rosewood into the tips, as the pictures show. The effect is a slight stiffening and thickening which gives character to the shape. I suppose in the long run they'll help prevent unfolding too. There at full draw, the tips are still nicely retroflexed. Now, if i can just get up the nerve to ask some farmer for some cowhorn, I'll be happening!
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