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Marc St Louis:
This is a warbow I just completed. It was made for Steve in the UK.  It started out as a Mary Rose reproduction but the stave just wasn't up to par for the bow I was to make. The back was clean but there were some knots on the belly that were not good for the high draw weight the Mary Rose bow that was going to be. Also the ring count and density of the wood was too low.  So I took it down in dimensions to what the wood could take without taking high set.  The final dimensions for the bow came out at 83" long tip to tip and 1 1/2" wide by 1 1/4" deep at the center tapering to about 5/8" wide at the base of the nocks.  The horn for the nocks came from the UK courtesy of Steve and they have some nice coloration. The scale I have only goes up to 100# and it pulls that at 23".  By my calculations the bow pulls in the neighbourhood of 150# @ 32" but it may pull more.  When I try to draw the bow it feels like trying to push my truck by hand uphill.  I know I can pull about 80# but this thing is way too much for me.  Here's a few pics

Here's the top nock on the bow but not polished yet




This is the bottom nock



Here's the top nock finished



This is the bottom nock finished



This is me holding the braced bow



And this is me trying my hand at drawing the bow, you can see how far that gets me




This last picture is of me pulling on the string with 2 hands back to full draw



Hope you enjoy the bow Steve

sailordad:
thats a nice looking bow 8)

i just cant get over the fact that some people can actually pull those demon bows back one handed.

i thin i would ripp my shoulder all to hell again,dont need another surgery lol

huntertrapper:
wow nice sir. yeah i got a 50 pounder and i can only hold er back for about 10 15 seconds and start shakin. ;D

adb:
Hey, Marc

That is awesome!! A true warbow. Kinda funny... a fellow canuck making a yew warbow for a Limey!!

cowboy:
Man Marc - looks like that aught to do the trick if you can draw it ;D. Good lookin warbow all over, like those horn nocks.

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