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Offline Marc St Louis

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Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« on: June 25, 2008, 04:14:57 pm »
This is a bow I just made for a fellow in WY. He was looking for a short bow to take on a hunting trip to hunt Bears in Canada this Fall.  He was also looking for a bow that would resist humid conditions. I showed him some of the bows on my site and he chose an R/D design in Rosewood with a Bamboo backing.  This Rosewood comes from SA and is quiet an attractive wood with dark and light streaks in it.  It's also a very oily wood.  The bow is just over 59" long with limbs 1 1/8" wide tapering to 1/4" nocks.  The bow pulls 55# @ 27".  I glued in just over 3" of reflex in the bow and it has kept about 1" of that.  I've shot the bow a few times and it shoots quite well with good speed.  Should do the trick for Bears and whatever else he wants to hunt.  Here's a few pictures







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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2008, 04:21:05 pm »
Looks great Mark ! I really like the tips !
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2008, 04:22:25 pm »
  Looks like it was perfectly executed Mark.  Can't say enough, outstanding all the way around! Steve

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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2008, 04:32:50 pm »
Great job, Marc.  Gotta love rosewood.  Jim

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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2008, 05:39:24 pm »
Wicked looking bow Marc, and purty, too.
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2008, 06:01:59 pm »

great bow with superb tiller (as always on your bows)!
is that endless string made of fastflight??
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2008, 06:28:06 pm »
That is a FF string Frank.

The handle on this bow is Walnut, White Ash, Bloodwood and Rosewood
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2008, 07:44:44 pm »
  I like it Marc, it looks fast and sleek. That wood combination really looks good together. Being that short does it bend in the handle at all?
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2008, 08:37:52 pm »
Oh, Man!! That's a beauty! Excellent work on a challenging design. A short R/D is a hard bow to get right, but you've nailed it, as usual. Nice wood. Is rosewood kinda like ipe? Where do you get it?

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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2008, 09:14:52 pm »
It's a stiff handle bow Eddie.  There are 4 laminations in the handle and there is also a power lam between the Bamboo and the Rosewood.

Rosewood is not quite as dense as Ipe.  It does have high compression strength but is a bit brittle in tension. Makes an excellent combination with Bamboo.  I got this wood from A & M woods in southern Ontario.  Price is a bit high but worth it to me.
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2008, 10:38:28 pm »
Wow!!! Marc, that's not fair, you make it all look much too easy ;D!

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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2008, 08:28:58 am »
Well it's not easy but it's not that hard either  :).
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2008, 11:22:19 am »
Time for a dumb question - what is a power lam exactly?  Can they be made of different woods to the back/belly, or should they match up somehow?

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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2008, 12:17:08 pm »
Typical High Quality Bow from Marc.
Serious candidate for June Laminate Bow of the Month.
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Re: Bamboo backed Rosewood Bow
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2008, 12:18:46 pm »
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It a thin lamination that goes between the backing and core or it can go between the core and handle, I prefer the former.  It job is to stiffen the handle area so that it does not flex.  It can be any wood you want to use
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