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48" osage shorty bendy handle recurve build
Badger:
I really like that design. Looking back I really regret not going with more bend in the handle bows. It really does reduce the set .
mmattockx:
I'm not sure on the cork grip, but those snake skins are spectacular. Beautiful bow, Dave.
Mark
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Badger on February 27, 2026, 02:35:30 am --- I really like that design. Looking back I really regret not going with more bend in the handle bows. It really does reduce the set .
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Thanks badger! Much appreciated. I haven’t done many of these myself either but I may have to do more after this little guy. I expect that this bow will settle in around 5-6” reflex. That would be an increase of about an inch or so from before sinew.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: mmattockx on February 27, 2026, 12:34:47 pm ---I'm not sure on the cork grip, but those snake skins are spectacular. Beautiful bow, Dave.
Mark
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Haha. Ya I was on the fence too on the handle. I went with cork for now as I do some shooting with it. I may yet switch it up to a stacked leather build up instead. It would still allow it to bend with the bendy bow.
superdav95:
hey guys. I got this little bow braced today and shooting. brace sits around 5.25-5.5". I reshaped the cork handle a little bit and feels little more suiting to the bow. its absolutely dead in the hands. 57.90lbs at 26-27" in the end which is awesome and right around where i was hoping. prior to sinew it was 48lbs at 26". Ill include some videos here to show me shooting a tiny bit. my daughter took the video and could not figure out the rotation of the video but you guys get the idea. the reflex was around 8" prior to getting it strung and shooting. I didnt need to scrape anything and all looked well balanced which was glad of as i didnt want to loose any draw weight. I found that one side favoured the string to the one side a little more due to the wiggles in the bow so i adjusted and made that my top limb. I dont have my chrono dug out from the big move yet but upon shooting it it feels very fast and snappy.
Link for pictures
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f3r7nMbR79UufPdkxI4lGIMA
https://youtube.com/shorts/icJH_Xhx2QM?si=dfnRJ8I_R19CSaLR
The retained reflex settled in around 5.5-6" after shooting few dozen arrows through it at full draw. what a pleasure to shoot. Im just shooting in my garage for now until I get something figured out for outside.
heres a few pics right after unstringing the bow and a short video clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/moK97vT2Ceg?si=XlGQ9RwUbbzjgB0D
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