This is my most recent bow, it is made of lilac, 122 cm long and draws 36#@25" I did mess up a little while tillering, otherwise I would have had a 45# bow. It is less than an inch wide at the widest point, and the stave had a big kink about in the middle, so thats where I put the handle. Even though there is a big king, It is still working in the handle. It started with a severe deflex reflex profile, but is now mostly reflex. It took slightly less than an inch of set. I would estimate this wood to be denser than the osage I have tried, but harder to find a large enough stave.
The stave was cracked down to the marrow, as lilac cracks with a dry look. The bow is finished only with beewax to keep the MC under controll.
Last I would like to thank Tuukka of Finland for trying this wood.
Well here are the pictures;
Belly with semi dark heartwood
towards the tip there was some darker heartwood
Big kink with two knots looking like eyes of an ancient sea monster, despite this you can feel the handle work
Marrow down the center of the limb
Resting unstrung
Low string height helps speed and lowers stress with a longer draw.
And finally the Full Draw image, unfortunately not a very good background as I was out with my wife in the yard, and we couldnt go far as we had our baby with us.
