Thanks all
. I know the bow's quite different from what I normally do, but it sure was fun at the end (kinda makes me want to make a little Indian bow now.
Dano- Just a wrap. I was intending to put a strip a leather between them, but I didn't have any handy when I was tying them. The finish makes a creak now though, my bad.
Woodstick and Ky- A penobscot, or perhaps I should say a well built Penobscot, has the benefit of being lighter (in mass) on the outter limbs for the weight you're pulling. For example, even though the main bow would only pull 40#, you would be pulling maybe 60#. That means that all the extra mass for the weight would be short and therefore low in inertia. Of course, being so short those effects are sorta nill- but that's what he wanted. Might have to try a longer version next...
Radius- the limbs are actually only about 1 1/2" wide being so short- I made it from an abandoned long bow. Dunno how deep the handle is, it's sorta square- so about 1 1/4". But I like white oak too. I'm only charging $50. Between school and bows-for-scratch though, I think I'll need to raise the price a little!
Parnell- Yeah. The main bow itself stacks, but the little bow comes to flat agains the main bow adding alot of stack. I thin if I did alot of reflex with a sinew bakcing it would be better, but for the price I think that would be a little much.
