new reflex/deflex longbows

[james parker]

here are a couple of my new reflex/deflex bows.  the first--60" ntn, 47# @ 29", lams santos mohogany, brazilian cherry, and osage, paduke riser, australian cypress overlay, bamboo back only.  the other bow ,  58" ntn, 55# @ 28", two brazilian cherry lams, one osage, bamboo back and belly, cypress riser, with osage and paduke overlays.  enjoy, . . . . robustus

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[james parker]

here's the pics of the second bow

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[sailordad]

quit exotic looking bow


i haven't seen a riser that big since the old f#$%R glass recurves of days gone by.

still quit cool though

                                                                             Tim

[Pat B]

Nice bows James but I'm not surprised. Your wood combos are striking. The cypress is very similar in appearance to yew.   Pat

[james parker]

thanks pat,the cypress wont hold up as bell lam or self bow, ive tried several times,seems too weak

[Ryano]

Hope you dont mind James I merged your two threads into one. Beautyful bows as usual. I really like the second one.

[james parker]

thanks ryano,i wished i was smart enough to do that,it didnt seem to take you very long.and thanks for the comp

[Ryano]

James, you can add up to six pictures in each reply just keep clicking on "more attachments."  Only us mods can merge threads, so you would have been figuring for a while..... Your welcome buddy. You make some of the nicest laminated bows Ive seen, theres only a few guys out there making them like that with the bamboo backs and bellys. My brother makes some real nice ones to...Ive been trying to get him on the computer to look at your bows. 

[radius]

good stuff, mister! 

a little strange to take in all at once:  tim called it when he used the word "exotic"

A guy on here tried some cypress ( might've been Apex Predator, can't recall for sure) recently as a core lam and it snapped. 

Like Pat said, it looks like yew.  I thought it was yew, and went back to the beginning of the thread because i didn't remember reading Yew in your intro.  Nice bows, buddy, now get crackin' on the buildalong!

Scott

[Pappy]

Very nice James,beautiful bows.
   Pappy

[Marc St Louis]

Nice bows.  They look like excellent performers.  Easily could be mistaken for glass bows

[Hillbilly]

Wicked looking bows, James. What's the bright red colored wood in the risers? Those are slicker'n snot. 

[Badger]

James, as usual some beautiful bows you have there. The tiller on these I find interesting. This tiller shape has proven to be a real performer when you can get the wood to stand up to it. Have you chronoed these bows?  Steve

[Badbill]

I really like how you did your arrow rest.

[adb]

Wow!! Very nice bows.