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Egyptian Composite Bow
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More shaping of the whole bow prior to adding sinew. The second piece of horn on the belly really turned up the poundage and I kept shaving it down until the bow was drawing about #50 at 20 inches.
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More pictures with measurements.
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No idea how the original tips were done and couldn't dig up anything on the web so decide to take this route.
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Sinew time. covered the whole back and sides with one layer of 3 gram bundles and then a second layer on just the back again with 3 gram bundles. being that the bundles naturally taper the sides were not as big a deal as I though it would be.
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Final touch ups and test before birch bark. I think the recurves were just a bit too much so I used a little heat at 150 degrees to take some of the recurve out at the tips out and adjust some very slight twist.
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