Primitive Archer

Thanks! I did indeed. My pyramid flat bows usually come out a little whip ended. I don't think that is unusual for that design. TBB talks about that in the sections on design/performance and tiller profiles.

I believe that by reflexing the tips I've asked the outer limbs to bend more. The near handle wood and midlimb are very wide and very flat, but since this bow has been a real steady shooter I did not want to retiller it and lose extra poundage after i reflexed it. I'm sure the bow could be more efficient with mass distribution but it shoots great so it does not bother me.

I have to give thanks and credit to the 2 PAs that stitched me up. I think they knew what they were doing.

  If the sample is an accurate 1" cube and the moisture is at 10% you have a piece that is around .8 sg. Same as osage. Pretty common for black locust. If it  does not chrysal black locust can make super fast bows. From the woods, I tested black locust had the lowest hysteresis. Funny thing is that woods low in hysteresis also tend to chrysal. Good luck.

I thought I would post one of my favorite bows.

I build this one a few years ago. Originally tillered to 45# @ 28".

After several years of shooting and several thousand shots, it developed only 1" of string follow. I recently gave the belly a new heat treat and reflexed the last 4 inches by 1 1/2 " using dry heat. Poundage increased to 50# and string follow after about 250 shots fell to zero.

It's a stable a smooth shooter and with the right arrows I've had tight groups at 60 feet. I love this bow, particularly the worm patterns that were hiding underneath the cambium.

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