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bentstick54:
I really like the looks of it now. Good job resurrecting it. I agree with the others, I would leave well enough alone.

pierce_schmeichel:
Yep do a sinew backed bendy handle bow. If it's elm or osage you can get away with it only being 50"ntn as long as it's sinew backed and has a bendy handle. I've seen some push that even further and go 46"ntn sinew backed bendy handle 27" draw

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: pierce_schmeichel on December 16, 2024, 01:48:22 pm ---Yep do a sinew backed bendy handle bow. If it's elm or osage you can get away with it only being 50"ntn as long as it's sinew backed and has a bendy handle. I've seen some push that even further and go 46"ntn sinew backed bendy handle 27" draw

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I suspect juniper/sinew would be a great option for a design like that.  Stay tuned...

pierce_schmeichel:
It would be pretty good but I definitely would not over draw juniper. It is explosive hahaha I've almost taken my eye out many times, pushing the limits. With 27" draw you need 54" ntn bow at least, 55" to be on the safe side. It is a super powerful wood but you can't get it as short as osage and elm just because you can bend the heck out of osage an elm.

And yes sinewed juniper in my opinion is the best bow wood but osage and elm can bend crazy amounts when sinew backed. You can usually overdraw them 25% further than without sinew without any crazy set. I mean honestly you could probably go further but you wouldn't really gain much. 25% has been the sweetspot for me when it comes to arrow speed that is.

Also if you are backing a short osage or elm bow I would suggest only doing 1 to 1.5 layers because on the short bows I've noticed the extra weight of adding sinew actually can slow the bow down. The least amount of sinew you can get away with is the best.

With juniper you could play around with it but I've noticed that 60" and up only need 1 layer and anything below that really needs 1.5 to 2 layers otherwise the sinew can snap and the bow explodes. And again if you add too much sinew it actually starts to slow the bow down.

pierce_schmeichel:
My thoughts on sinew backing is that it gives you 25% more draw length on any bow wood. So If you wanted to make a self bow out of juniper specifically then you would take your draw length 27" × 2 = 54" then multiply that by 1.25 which equals 67.5".  (And that's on a bendy handle bow)

I know this isn't necessarily relavent but it's an idea that I wanted to throw out there.

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