reverse handle all wood bows

[d frana]

I really like the feel of reverse handle longbows, but i don" think I've seen one that' s all wood, ie, no fiberglass.   I' m thinking of making one and would appreciate any tips since i know the riser woods would be under unusual strains compared to a regular longbow.

[Ryano]

I've made several self bows with a natural reverse style handle do to knots or the grain of the wood and I'm working on a boo backed ipe that has a semi reverse style handle right now. It's not that hard to do you just have to glue your backing strip/or core if your making a tri-lam onto your riser and then add the belly core over the riser.

[smokeu]

Yea that sounds interesting... I would like to see some pics of some.

[Okie]

Ralph Renfro from Kansas has started making some reverse handle BBO's. Full Quiver (which hasn't posted here in a while) is working on one. I'll try to get him to post some pics. I'll be building one soon. I really like the way they feel and look.

[Ryano]

Here's  a locust selfbow with a natural forward handle.

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[smokeu]

Dang those are really nice looking>>>> ur good!

Thanks,

Mike