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6 piece Asiatic style bamboo bow
superdav95:
--- Quote from: BowEd on May 15, 2022, 07:56:30 am ---Excellent imagination of the native colors as a theme on your bow.Reminds me of the feather backed bows from the past.They were beautiful too.
It does'nt surprise me of no performance reduction with the leaves on there.Bows with shorter limbs are not influenced by that much with that.Good work showing of your testing.Having a spotter along side keeps things legitimate.
Basically your shooting approximately a 9 grain arrow @ 28".Less yet @ 30".Still very good numbers.
Definitely a successful adventure you took here.Beautiful bows.
There's 2 parts IMO about making bows.Much like carpentry building houses.
The set up and the finish.
With bows the set up is the design and tlllering.The finish is the bling and finish put on after shooting it in.
With carpentry the set up is base or frame up and basic lay out.Then it's the inside and outside finish work.
There are good set up people and good finish people.Some better at one more than another.
IMO you excell in both these catagories.
Wow. What a generous compliment Ed. Especially coming from you. Your work is admired by all here and look up to you as a well of knowledge. Thanks for the kind words. I do love the entire process. There’s just something about bows that has captivated me. My dear wife laughs at me for my obsession with bows and can’t understand it. It’s a great outlet for a lot of us. Therapy if you will…. Thanks again!
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BowEd:
Visa/verca.
Building bows close to the edge but durable are not for the faint of heart.
Robin understands my obsession as she has some of her own.Plus she has a good eye to cross check my work.
superdav95:
Yes I agree. for sure my wife has been a good eye and second opinion on my bows and on this bow in particular for me as an objective opinion. It’s nice to have good feedback that’s honest and and can give you the straight goods. Thanks again.
Selfbowman:
Cool builds Dave . I enjoyed the the thread on the bows . Good speed also!
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on May 21, 2022, 11:47:10 am ---Cool builds Dave . I enjoyed the the thread on the bows . Good speed also!
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Thanks selfbowman! Gonna get the sinewed version finished up here in the next couple weeks and compare them all head to head. Sort of. They are all similar draw weights but ended up varied. I just finished I putting a hog gut covering on my sinewed version of this bow and letting it dry a week or so. Should be interesting to see how it does.
Thanks for looking.
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