EUCALYPTUS longbow ...(pics)

[Dane]

Awesome bow, and the ficus tree is a nice background. I saw much smaller ones all over UCLA campus this past Xmas when my wife took me on a tour of her old grad school memories.

Are the wraps above and below the handle area for show only?

Dane

[DCM]

Beautiful work as usual Manny.  I like the string handle and wraps.  Nice variation on handle treatment.  Don't look like it takes much of that stuff to make a bow judging from it's size at the arrow pass.

What does asymetrical mean, arrow pass at center or arrow pass 1 1/2" above?

Tiller looks freaking beautiful.  And I really can't tell for sure but I'm guessing 1 1/2" above center.  That would make the bow symetrical, by the current dogma, but I agree with you it actually is a more accurate description.  Not trying to re-kindle that discussion btw.  Just curious as I thought we'd talked about it on this very bow, perhaps at another venue.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

David, I allways thought that symmetrical bows where the ones with limbs of the same length and assymetrical the ones with the longer upper limb (have I being using the wrong term all along ? ), this bow has the handle lyed out, 3" below and 1" above center

Dane, if you look closely the first wrap on the lower limb is over a knot at the very edge of the limb, the secon is at the end of a tiny longitudinal crack, didn't look bad but just in case , uppers are just to match, I thought they looked good, I'm gonna use them more in the future for decoration

[El Destructo]

David, I allways thought that symmetrical bows where the ones whith limbs of thre same length and assymetrical the ones with the longer upper limb (have I being using the wrong term all along ? ), this bow has the handle lyed out, 3" below and 1" above center

I was under the same understanding....a Symmetrical Bow had two Limbs of the Same Length....and An Asymmetrical Bow has a Longer Top and Shorter Bottom...JMO

[Dane]

I also thought that was the correct use of the term, a longer limb above the handle.

Thanks for the reply, Manny. Gorgeous bow. Bet she is fun to shoot.

Dane

[DCM]

You got it Manny.  1 and 3 would be asym, 1 1/2 and 2 1/2, etc.  2 and 2 would be sym.  I simply didn't know yours was 1 and 3.  Looks good.

[DCM]

"And I really can't tell for sure but I'm guessing 1 1/2" above center.  That would make the bow symetrical, by the current dogma, but I agree with you it actually is a more accurate description."

I can see where ya'll got the wrong idea, from me!  Sorry.  Anything but 2" above would be asym.  Don't know what I was thinking.

[snedeker]

terific bow and great pics.

Dave

[Gordon]

Classic longbow lines - doesn't get much better than that Manny.

[bowmunky13]

thank you for the confidence boost... that is one of a few trees that grow where i am headed at the end of the year...Iraq .. but anyhoo... i hope to have as much success there.... beautiful artwork... the whole bow that is... hope she stays true.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Thanks guys, I'm extremely happy with this bow, it was my first truly bendy handle and I learned a lot making it, the bow has an overall over 300 full draws between tree and shooting probably close to 1000 draws at various length between 20 and 27", I think she will be a good hunter

[bow kid44]

nice six pack        but im not like that 

[Ghost Dog]

Hey Manny, I didn't know that you had a new handle, and I sure didn't recognize the haircut, but when I saw the tip treatment I thought, "Hey, this guy copied Manny's tip shape!" Very nice bow my friend!

[jape]

Beautiful bow. If you or Graeme work out what sort of eucalyptus it is, I would love to know, got a few hundred on my land!

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Hey Bob, long time no hear, how are you doing ?

Thanks I'm really happy how this bow turned out,....Ho yeah I changed the handle, after the second time I got kicked out of TRADGANG, I decided to change to this one, that I had in mind for a while 

jape,
I'm going to take a day in the next future to dedicate to go and get more of this wood, the only problem is that's quite a mission being quite a ways into the jungle, but I'll take pictures and Graeme will help with identification, in the mean time brother cut some of them trees and give them a try