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Hop hornbeam static recurve
Robert Pougnier:
Here is my entry for Nov B.O.M contest.
It is a hop hornbeam recurve. 43# at 28". 68 inches NTN, 1 3/4 inches at fades and through mid limb. Total weight, including string and handle wrap, is 602 grams (21 oz). A few knots on the back and had to tinker with the heat gun quite a bit to get the tips well aligned. String is polish hemp with silk serving around the nock point. Handle wrap is home tanned buckskin with a walnut dye. Finish is 2 layers of spirit varnish and a coat of paste wax (all homemade).
It's a sweet and easy shooter with no handshock. I have not put it through the chronograph yet.
Robert Pougnier:
A few more shots. It's really hard for me to keep good quality photos when resizing them, I'm learning as i go!
Badger:
Very nice, good job on that one!
willie:
nice bend you got going there. someone (sorry, I cannot remember who) once said the static recurve works best when the tips are pointing straight up/down like you have there at full draw.
I would be interesting to see the unbraced side profile if you have a pic.
it looks like you resizing process is trying to posterize too much
sleek:
Its a fair thing to say you really did a great job on that one. The top of upper limb looks like it bends a slight bit more, but I cant tell for certain. Either way, nice workmanship!
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