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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: silent sniper on December 04, 2020, 06:17:03 am

Title: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: silent sniper on December 04, 2020, 06:17:03 am

Good day everyone,
Here is a bow I finished up recently, a bamboo/hickory/osage quad-lam with a cherry handle. The bow is 65" ntn and draws 37# at 28".

The bow has a stained bamboo back, translucent horn tip overlays, dual arrow shelves, and a beaver tail grip.

It started with 2-3/4" reflex and finished out retaining 1-1/4" of it.

 The bow was finished off with a tru-oil finish. This is one of my first dual shelf bows of this design and I have to say I really the look and feel of the dual shelf. My goal for this build was to emulate a high end 1940's American longbow. This bow came out exactly how I had hoped!
Cheers,
Taylor
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Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: bjrogg on December 04, 2020, 06:35:16 am

Nice work SS. It really is looking like Christmas around here. Thanks everyone for post these bows. Kinda like opening a present every morning now with all the new bows.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: bownarra on December 04, 2020, 07:22:33 am

Very nicely done :)

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: RyanY on December 04, 2020, 08:26:33 am

Beautiful. I love your style. Keep it up!

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Flntknp17 on December 04, 2020, 09:45:38 am

Really love how that came out!  I have been wanting to make some more of these multi-lams and this is great inspiration to try again!

Thanks for showing it.

Matt

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Santanasaur on December 04, 2020, 09:52:05 am

Phew that’s a beauty as always Taylor, sweet bow!

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: capitainepatenaude on December 04, 2020, 10:18:10 am

Nice bow! The handle is very elegant. Well done!

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Kidder on December 04, 2020, 11:15:00 am

Your bows are some of my favorites. And this is no exception - pretty darn awesome! And I’ll second the comment about all the amazing bows being posted in the last couple weeks...

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: mmattockx on December 04, 2020, 11:36:40 am

Beautiful bow with top notch attention to detail.


Mark

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: willie on December 04, 2020, 01:26:16 pm

quite nice. the tips seem stiff by design? was most of the reflex mid and inner limb? I hope you can add an unbraced profile pic and maybe a comment of how it shoots?

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Badger on December 04, 2020, 04:37:31 pm

Beautiful job

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Hamish on December 04, 2020, 06:12:36 pm

Looks great. Nice work.

Did you taper the lams?

How long are the fades?

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: silent sniper on December 07, 2020, 06:07:40 am

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the nice words!

Willie, Here is an unbraced photo of a similar bow off of the same form.

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The bow is reflexed throughout the entire limb. I do have most of the limb bending in the mid limb with the fades and tips fairly stiff. The bow shoots very well, it is not quite as fast as the R/D bows I build, but it makes up for it with a very sweet and quiet shot cycle. It is an enjoyable design that points and shoots very naturally.

Hamish,
Yes all of the laminations are tapered before glue up.
The fades are around 3-1/2" long.

Cheers,
Taylor

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Pappy on December 07, 2020, 06:33:45 am

Beautiful bow, very nice wok.
 Pappy

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: simk on December 07, 2020, 07:13:26 am

 :o your bows definitly reached high-end class imho (-S
is there anything you could get better?
cheers

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: Will B on December 07, 2020, 08:35:04 am

Beautiful bow. Really like your beavertail handle wrap. Great bend like all your bows.

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: MM2 on December 07, 2020, 08:46:40 am

A real beauty! I like this easy elegance!

Thank's for sharing!

Michael

Title: Re: Bamboo/Hickory/Osage Quad-Lam American Longbow, 37/28
Post by: medicinewheel on December 12, 2020, 03:32:35 am

Elegance...
Yes, good word for this bow.