How thin would you carve tips?

[stuckinthemud]

For a flat bow or slightly flipped tips design, what is the absolutely thinnest you would take the tips?  I have split a sliver from a stave, the sliver is plenty enough for a nice bow but as it has run out to nothing, what thickness tip should I cut it back to when I rough it out

[bradsmith2010]

thin is ok,, just tie on a nock,,

[mmattockx]

Are you talking about width or thickness? Thickness should be determined by the tiller requirements, width can be chosen.


Mark

[bownarra]

3/8ths to 7/16ths.

[Gordon]

3/8" at the nock is as narrow as I go.

[Buckskinner]

What is the disadvantage to having wider tips?

[Stickhead]

What is the disadvantage to having wider tips?

Any mass you can remove from the tips will improve performance.

[Selfbowman]

1/4” to 3/8” wide on a fifty pound  bow. That’s plenty.

[bassman211]

I have made the 1/4 to 3/8 ,but normally settle for half, and only 1/2 inch long.

[BowEd]

3/8" wide in the string groove and 1/2" deep is what I usually always do.Never had one break.

[Eric Krewson]

I make them the same as Bowed, the thing to remember is wood is 7 times stronger in depth than width, making them slightly thicker more than compensates reduced width.

[George Tsoukalas]

1/2" wide at the base of the nock. Jawge

[Pat B]

This is a hickory selfbow that was  given to me many years ago. It is 68" long, 1 1/2" at the fades with a straight taper to 1/4" wide nocks(at the string groove), 3/8" deep(thick). It pulls 45#@28".



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