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Recurving osage questions
Selfbowman:
Cool bends but wasted mass. Just an opinion.
Onebowonder:
--- Quote from: Bob Barnes on April 21, 2023, 06:23:14 pm ---Many years ago Brad Merkel (Littletree) used boiling water to make radical (120° ) recurve bends in his bow tips. These extreme bends usually cause a splinter to lift on the belly but he did them while he still had wood to spare on the tips. A metal strap would help prevent that as well. Barefoot Tom has one of the last bows that Brad made. The short bends were so curved that he would hang his strung bow by the tip. They looked something like this...
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Wow! That is seriously extreme! I’m not sure what mechanical advantage it offers, …but DANG!
OneBow
Bob Barnes:
The OP asked for a radical bend...he didn't ask about the non working mass. Brad's bows were cool and being able to hang your string bow was an added bit of fun. It may have cost some speed, but they were fast enough and shot well. :OK
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