Elm Static Recurve

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys

By all means Ryan.

It's not really set up for shooting light arrows Eddie.  Henrik wanted a reliable hunting bow and this one should do the job.  For light arrows I would want to tweak the recurves a bit.

I have quite a few heat-treated bows out there dragonman.  Most are still working.  Most all Elm work great but occasionally you run across one that is flawed

Richard.  You must have tried one of the bows I sent down to Steve.

[RidgeRunner]

Fine looking bow Marc.
Dry heat or steam for the curves?

You do need to come to Pappy's place this year.

David

[Jesse]

  Love those curves Thats spliced in the handle right?

[Marc St Louis]

RR. I use steam for bending recurves.  Be nice to go but it's a long way from here and I would have to get a passport now, something I've never had before.

Yes Jesse the bow is made from billets

[El Destructo]

  Be nice to go but it's a long way from here and I would have to get a passport now, something I've never had before.

Well at least you woudn't need a Letter from the Prime Minister to come Visit.......like someone I know does in order to go to Canada........

[Kent D.]

Very nice.  Excellent work

[PeteC]

Another outstanding, beautiful recurve.That design of yours has got it goin'on.Great work. God Bless

[hammertime]

Sweet,sweet bow love the profille that thing must have great zipCan I send some of my elm your way so I can have one like that!.Hammertime

[RyanY]

Awesome work as always. Thanks for sharing.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks Guys

What species of Elm do you have Hammer?

This bow could easily handle a 29" draw but 27" was all he needed and reliability is important for hunting and for me

[Fundin]

I am really happy with the bow Marc made for me

I know why they are really never copied, Its tricky bows to do, but I hope I can learn some things about bowmaking when I get it.

A true masterpiece Marc, I will try to do it justice in April-May when I am hunting on NZ

[mox1968]

wow,what a beauty!!
i think you should do the book too marc ,your bows are works of art!!it would be up there with the bowyers bibles and billetts to bow and hunting the osage bow a must have addition !! sorry im rambling lol.fabulous job anyway marc.which issue of PA has the article about the splice job for a recurve??ive started collecting back issues but im only up to volume 2 so far?

[red pony]

Marc, Listen to your wife.  Writing a book would be a great help for guys like me just starting out.  What a wealth of information it would be.   Rgds, Red Pony

[StillwaterSelfbows]

Marc, Did you bend your limbs before or after you spliced. I can see you can get the angle you want if you bent them first. Would you post a picture of your caul? Great job, beautiful bow! Tommy

[Aries]

ive made a couple large static recurve's like this(not as high quality of course ) before, the main issue i usually have is getting my tips to line up properly after i bend them, i would also appreciate a picture of your jig if possible      and how wide do you leave your tips during the bending process?