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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mikekeswick on April 10, 2013, 03:45:09 am

Title: A little teaser!
Post by: mikekeswick on April 10, 2013, 03:45:09 am

After my latest black locust r/d recurve lighting up the chrono  :) I decided to see if I could get the same performance from a different piece of wood. I looked through my stave pile and decided on using my last and only osage stave. It was more or less straight but with poor rings....thin latewood and a high proportion of earlywood....

Anyway here is a sneaky peek  ;)

(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr283/mikekeswick/P1010245.jpg)
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr283/mikekeswick/P1010246.jpg)

I've more or less got it tillered to my draw length but just want to try and get the weight the same as my black locust bow so that I can directly compare the two.
This is a link to that bow -  http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,38697.0.html

Title: Re: A little teaser!
Post by: nathan elliot on April 10, 2013, 04:04:38 am

Nice profile, very interested in this experiment. I have a feeling that the black locust will be the one you like the best. Did you use heat or steam for the re curves?

Title: Re: A little teaser!
Post by: dwardo on April 10, 2013, 06:06:34 am

Looks great already.  8)

When you get a second i would love to see a back profile of the two bows.

Thanks.

Leon.

Title: Re: A little teaser!
Post by: Pappy on April 10, 2013, 06:25:34 am

Looking good,should be quick. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: A little teaser!
Post by: Josh B on April 10, 2013, 08:56:53 am

You have my attention Mike!  Josh