belly-tempered hickory pyramid

[Dustybaer]

here's my latest bow.  i mentioned it in the mass formula thread before.  it's 65" ttt and 64" ntn, draws #46@27" and shoots a 10gr/# arrow slightly over 150fps.  she weighs a little less than 18 ounces.  the silk backing is painted with a modoc inspired design.  she'll also get a raw-hide handle wrap, when i get to it  

the outer third of the upper limb looks a little stiff, which it didn't a few days ago so i'm not sure why that is. oh, and she's very pleasant to shoot.

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[Dustybaer]

here are some details of the tip (a bamboo sliver wrapped with hemp) and the scorched belly.

and of course the hero-shot 

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[Hillbilly]

Great looking weapon, Marius. I like the diagonal handle, and the paint job looks good, too. Is hickory wood hard to find in Germany?

[Dustybaer]

thanks hillbilly.  it's available as lumber, but not easy to find.  i usually get it from a stave dealer (almost sounds like something illegal) 

[Justin Snyder]

That handle is definitely cool.  I like it a lot.  The color scheme is pretty cool too. Justin

[Hillbilly]

Marius, he doesn't hang out on street corners with a bunch of hickory boards and osage billets hanging from the inside of his long trench coat, does he? 

[Dustybaer]

thanks justin, but the handle is not my invention.  i once bought a roughed out stave from michele bombardier, a local bowyer and that stave had a handle like that.  i liked it so much that i've built it into this stave as well.  very spine-tolerant 

hillbilly, you must have been to germany before 

[Justin Snyder]

I doubt any of us actually invented most of the stuff we do. At best we may have re-invented it.  Justin

[DanaM]

Nice Marius the handle design is something new to me, the paint is awesome.
I'll rest easier knowing hero's such as you are at large

DanaM

[Pat B]

Excellent bow Marius. I like every thing about it, especially the handle. Tiller looks good but the top limb looks a bit stiff. I really like hickory! Control the moisture, or manage it, and it is an excellent bow wood.
   Pat

[Dustybaer]

dana, i wish my shooting skills were those of a hero, 'cause the way i shoot right now i couldn't deffend diddly-squat 

thanks pat, i appreciate it.

the tiller is a puzzle to me.  on these pics it looks right (at least to me) 

i wonder if the silk backing did it.  these pictures were taken before the backing.

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[rudderbows]

WOW ! love that color scheme . How does the handle feel to you when shooting. Does it alleviate some of the archers paradox problem a bit?  Looks pretty cool.

[Dustybaer]

rudderbows, it feels normal, really.  the spine tolerance is great though.  i shot arrows with 20 or more pounds difference in spine (but same weight) and they all hit in the same place.

[AndrewS]

It's look really cool!

And she is a fine shooter

[Dustybaer]

andrew, what do you say about the upper limb?  it didn't look like that when i was at your place.  the more i think about it, the more i believe it was the silk backing.  should i re-tiller it?