Maple backed HHB Deflex Recurve

[Blaflair2]

As always Marc, beautiful

[adb]

Nice bow, Marc... except it's bending a bit too much at the fades. You should try getting a bit more work out of the last third of the limbs. 

Just...



           kidding!
     

     

[blackhawk]

I guess its OK     

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys.  These bows are a bit more work to make but certainly worth it.

[SLIMBOB]

Sweet!  I'm no authority on the profiles of these R/D bows, but this one looks like money to me.  Nice work Sir.

[burchett.donald]

Marc, all of your bows are eye candy to me...Tiller is exceptional as usual from you...
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[Pappy]

Beautiful curves,very nice as we have come to expect from you.
 Pappy

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys

If you look at the unbraced profile and the full draw you will see that the limbs work to within 6" of the tips with most of the work being done where the limbs are widest.  For a bow with tapered limbs this is how they should work to get maximum durability

[dwardo]

My fledgling bow brain can barely understand how and where its bending.
Amazing thing that.

[ohma2]

as always mark, spot on

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys. 

HHB is one of the top wood species for making bows like these.  It is essentially as good as Yew or Osage in this design

[Bryce]

That's über slick bro!

[PatM]

Is it HHB heartwood? I hardly ever see HHB with heartwood of significance but it is that color if it's there. Is the Maple backing milled or outer growth ring?
 Nice all around bow.

[adb]

Thanks guys. 

HHB is one of the top wood species for making bows like these.  It is essentially as good as Yew or Osage in this design

Ever try ipe?

[Peacebow_Coos]

Heck yeah!  that's one sweet looking bow there