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“Blade” molle short bows
superdav95:
Inspired by bowEd I’m endeavouring to make my molle style bow but much shorter and add sinew and horn. My goal is to have 3 bows roughed out and heat treated the next week or two. All similar dimensions with slight variations. The target draw of these is around 45-50lbs. I’ve got 2 roughed out now one to go. The working limbs on these is short! Roughly 12”. The overall length of the bows is 58”. The levers or blades are also 12”. They will be narrowed significantly later one but for now they are about 1/2” thick and about 2” tall. The width on the limbs one the first one is about 1 3/4” wide tapering down to 1 1/2” wide just before the blades. The second one is same except limbs are wider. 2” wide for entire limb length. This one I have plans to leave it with just sinew backed and no belly lam of horn. The first will get the belly horn lam. These two were made using fairly green hickory harvested mid last month. The last one which I’ll rough out next week will be made to same specs as the first one but using a fully dry seasoned hickory stave from last year.
I’m testing out a few things here with these three bows.
1. Will there be any noticeable benefit to working the first two green and pre bending into a form with reflex (Approx 8”) Over the seasoned dry wood.
2. Will 12” of working limb be enough for my target 29-30” draw. I’m hoping with sinew I’ll be able to achieve this.
3. How thin will I be able to go on my blades/levers and still maintain stability. My guess is around 1/4” but we shall see.
4. Shoot ability. Will they be nice to shoot. Will they be efficient? Will the finger pinch be an issue.
This will be a build along of sorts over the next 6 months or so. Thanks for joining along!
Bob Barnes:
very cool...another one to look forward too and Ed will be able to help for sure. :OK
superdav95:
Ya I’ll be picking his brain on these ones!
bownarra:
with a horn belly no problem. A horn belly doesn't need to be more than 1 1/4" wide.
BowEd:
All good questions you've made here.
No moss grows under your feet.That's for sure.
Never made them that short with that amount of draw without horn.
Look forward to the outcomes.
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