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Marc St Louis
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Another HHB recurve
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April 15, 2014, 08:15:56 pm »
I was quite pleased with the way the last HHB recurve turned out so I decided to make another, this time for myself. The bow is relatively the same design but, at 63" overall, 1" shorter. Also because I wasn't making this bow directly for someone else I tweaked it a bit. The recurves are steam bent and the limbs heat-shaped but this time I heat-treated the HHB, the backing is again Sugar Maple. I glued in a bit more reflex with a total of 6 1/2"" coming off the form. It has kept fully 4" of that, which makes bracing it a bit of a handful. The shallow D section limbs are just over 1 3/8" wide at the fades and the nocks are 3/8" wide with Cocobolo overlays. I tillered the bow out to 60# @ 28" and from shooting it is quite fast. Here's a few pics
Quite frankly HHB is just the perfect wood for this kind of bow especially when tempered
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TacticalFate
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Re: Another HHB recurve
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April 15, 2014, 08:17:26 pm »
holy, that is some profile and bend
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Marc St Louis
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April 15, 2014, 08:22:40 pm »
Thanks.
The bow could actually take a 29" draw probably even 30" but it's only tillered to 28"
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missilemaster
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Re: Another HHB recurve
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April 15, 2014, 08:24:22 pm »
Thats some reflex Marc. Came out dandy!
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BOWMAN53
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April 15, 2014, 08:44:18 pm »
Ooooo I love it.
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NeolithicMan
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April 15, 2014, 08:48:57 pm »
another beauty! man you sure know what I like to see!!
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Jesse
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April 15, 2014, 09:18:14 pm »
Love that design. Looks like it's hardly stressed and unbraced its holding plenty of reflex. I would like to shoot one some day.
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Marc St Louis
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Re: Another HHB recurve
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April 15, 2014, 09:58:19 pm »
Thanks guys
Not that difficult to make Jesse, just time consuming.
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Bogaman
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April 15, 2014, 10:03:35 pm »
Great looking bow Marc. Looks like a fast one.
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IdahoMatt
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April 15, 2014, 10:13:45 pm »
Wow Mark. That thing looks like its a screamer and comfy to shoot. I really like it
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PatM
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April 16, 2014, 12:22:58 am »
That's just wicked. Single growth ring Maple? I guess it would be worth ruining a perfect Maple stave for that.
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Badger
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April 16, 2014, 12:32:04 am »
That bow looks extremely fast Mark. It amazes me how you consistently build this style into your bows.
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rps3
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April 16, 2014, 01:05:55 am »
I like it too It does look fast.
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Crogacht
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April 16, 2014, 01:22:07 am »
I really like how the handle has been shaped. Looks very very nice all around though.
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bowsandroses
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April 16, 2014, 02:14:33 am »
Sweet and just right for Elk at 60#
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