This is one from a maple board. It is 62" tip to tip, pulling 50# at 28". The handle is 4" long, 1 1/8" at center, tapering to 1" at start of fades. It is built up with leather and shaped to a smooth contour then wrapped with deer skin. The fades are 2". The limbs are 1 1/4" wide at fades with the last 14" tapering to 3/8" nocks. The overlays are zebra wood. I tempered the piss out of the handle/fade area twice, to ensure that it won't bend (or very little). The limbs were lightly tempered with reflex, which was all lost but the bow stayed straight. When unstrung after shooting it has 1/2" of set and no set when relaxed. This bow is really fast, smooth, and accurate. Honestly, it is very comparible to my osage bows. Osage is still #1 in my opinion, but a good maple board sure makes a fine bow. I would have no problem what so ever regularly shooting and hunting with this bow. It is nothing spectacular, but I wanted to see how good I could do with board wood. For me, maple seems to be the best.
