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150# recurve
medicinewheel:
I can imagine that!
RyanY:
I’m always amazed at the dimensions of your bows. Really speaks to your skill in getting the most out of the wood.
jameswoodmot:
Generally, I’m fairly good at understand new skills and knowing how to improve, just takes me a while to get the theoretical knowledge into practice.
However, I have absolutely no clue how you can get that much bow out of that much wood. Like I really cannot fathom what you have to do to that pieces of hop hornbeam and maple to get it to store and release 135lbs without either exploding or taking 20” of set.
I’ve not worked hhb but I’m here struggling to get 70lb out of wych elm with a wider stave of the same length and you’ve not got 10 or 20lbs more than that you’ve got DOUBE that.
Absolutely incredible
bentstick54:
Love everything about it but the draw weight. It’s about 90# too much bow for this old man. I have always admired your bows design, and your ability to get the most out of a piece of wood is outstanding.
avcase:
Marc,
I like how you use the deflex to minimize the amount of bending stress on the limbs when the bow is just sitting braced. Yet the force-draw curve and efficiency is still very high due to the geometry of the stiff recurve tips. This design really takes full advantage of every ounce of wood in those bow limbs. I am glad you posted this!
How big a role do you feel the heat treating played in this? With these same dimensions, what kind of draw weight do you think you could achieve without taking on more set?
Alan
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