Thank you all for your compliments! It's nice to hear such positive feedback from such professionals
Hillbilly;
The limbs are 6cm (or just under 2½ inches) near the handle, and 1½cm (or just a little over ½ inch) at the tips. The bow is about 75 inches long.
I have to check if I can find that twin here somewhere!
Pat B;
I will take heed of your advice and round off the edges, I suppose I will get the added benefit of losing some mass from the limbs, and perhaps gain some strike-speed as a result?
My method for doing the handle-thingy goes like this;
- I take a piece of leather (this one is from my wife's old leather skirt)
- I cut the corners, the idea is to make it circular, but close enough will do.
this is done to avoid sharp edges that can easily tear when pulled hard.
- I then cut the leather in a circular, or spiral -manner so that it forms a long strand, about 1 cm wide
(this is pretty thin leather, if you have thicker leather, it need not be so wide)
- I then roll the strand of leather between my hands, pulling it at the same time so I get it wound tight.
- If you want to be professional about it, you should grease the leather while twisting it, it will be stronger that way.
- I then put the unwound end of the leather against the handle and wound the twisted leatherstrand over it, so that it holds itself.
(I use the end that was in the center of the spiral to start because it's weaker due to the tighter angles.)
- I cover the handle entirely by just rolling the leather over it.
- Finally, I use a dull knife to push the other end under the wounding, so no knots or glue etc are necessary
(You could also wet the leather first, so that it shrinks on itself, that way it will be Very Tight once it dries up.
This is a method that you can use to make rope out of leather, clothes, tent, bedsheets etc, -when you need it. Survival-thingy
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