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Arvin and me
willie:
As Arvin sez, the force draw numbers look impressive.
Is it a true prymid? Can you post a pic of the back?
bjrogg:
Willie I would call it a true pyramid design. I need to get some pictures taken. Maybe I can get some tomorrow.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Willie , I got a couple pictures for you. I’m not an expert in identifying different styles of bows, but I would call this a pyramid.
The back is very flat. Beautiful piece of wood. It has about a 1 1/2 reflex if I remember correctly but I don’t know if it would be considered a recurve. I don’t think the string touch’s the belly but I could be wrong.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Arvin has sent me at least Three pieces of Osage.
I have made bows from two of them so far.
The first one I made is in the middle. It came from a beautiful stave I almost ruined by trying to split off the belly.
I ended up ruining the top of my stave and being stuck with only the belly split. Lesson learned. This really thin early wood with thick late wood rings splits different than any I’ve split before.
I did manage to get a very nice good performance bow from it. I called it Flats or Bust hoping to get to the flats with it.
It’s more of what I would call a flat bow. Honestly I didn’t measure anything but the length, reflex and handle. I laid it out with my draw knife and followed the grain, then tapered the last nine inches to the tips. It has short but fairly aggressive recurve tips. I don’t have a chronograph but I think it is pretty fast. I think it’s about three inches longer than Arvin n Me but it has just shy of three inches of reflex and it’s been holding it good.
Arvin n Me on the left, Flat or Bust center and a blank I haven’t started yet on the right
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Try to show different amounts and placement of reflex
Bjrogg
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