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Boo backed hickory bow based on Arvin’s design.

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superdav95:
Similarly like Simk I too have been the benefactor of getting to know Arvin and build a few bows based on his design.  This bow is a tribute of sorts to the bow he sent to me and I tweaked a few things that were insignificant but added my own touches.  This bow is 68.5” ttt and it pulls 50lbs at 28”.  It is a heat treated hickory stave bow build backed with a boo strip.  It’s about 1.3-1.4” widest point narrowing to about 3/8” or slightly less at the tips.  I used Buffalo horn overlays and kept them smaller to reduce the weight.  The speed I got from this bow was very good at 187fps on average at 9.2gpp.   It retained about 4.5” reflex after shooting in.  It’s mass is just over 600grams.  I have not put a leather wrap on it yet but will do it soon.  It shoots very straight and the deep shelf is near center shot.  Quite happy with this bow.  Here’s a few pics.  Thanks for looking. 

Dave

superdav95:
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Bob Barnes:
so many outstanding bows!  That boo backed hickory looks very fast... great work as always.   :OK

Pappy:
Another beautiful bow, very nice work. :)
 Pappy

Hamish:
Yep, looks awesome, and fast. Professional job.

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