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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: silent sniper on October 18, 2019, 08:34:08 am

Title: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Deflex Semi- Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: silent sniper on October 18, 2019, 08:34:08 am: I wanted to show off the bow that I just sent out to my trade participant. This is a completely new design that I built just for this trade. I took my standard R/D longbow design and added more deflex mid limb along with adding more reflex in the tips. My goal was a more radical design that might show improvements over my R/D longbow which has been my best performer to date.

My glue up consisted of a bamboo back, osage powerlam, maple core, and an osage belly. I finished it off with a laminated black cherry riser that came from a tree off of my family farm.

The building of the bow went pretty well with only some tip alignment issues to deal with. I worked on both tips several times and was finally able to get them into pretty good alignment.

The bow finished out well and is a nice shooting bow. It is 63" NTN and draws 57# @ 28". The bow holds 1-1/4" of reflex and only takes 1/4" of set after a long shooting secession.

This bow has a different draw cycle compared to my R/D longbows. This design has a heavier preload and feels more like a static recurve than a R/D longbow. Speeds were 175 fps at 10 gpp which is on par with my R/D longbow.

The bamboo was finished with cordovan stain and the bow was coated with 8 coats of water based semi gloss spar finish. A deer leather grip and arrow rest finished it off. The string is the new X99 string material with B55 padded loops and beaver fur silencers.

I hope my recipient will enjoy this bow as much as I enjoyed building it.
Enjoy,
Taylor

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Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Selfbowman on October 18, 2019, 08:41:34 am: Very nice bow. Arvin
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Swampman on October 18, 2019, 08:42:20 am: I really like the profile of that bow Taylor. Very nice job. Looks like it would be really fun to shoot that one.
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Bayou Ben on October 18, 2019, 08:51:25 am: Nice work Taylor! Love the profile. I know what you are talking about with the early draw weight. A 570g arrow flying at 175fps is smoking !!
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: bushboy on October 18, 2019, 05:21:12 pm: Love the profiles on that one/top notch finish work for sure!
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Rākau on October 18, 2019, 08:15:23 pm: this bow has borderline the nicest drawn profile I have seen. you lam bows really inspire me to give them a go. amazing what natural materials can do!
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: upstatenybowyer on October 19, 2019, 09:28:55 am: Looks awesome!
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: silent sniper on October 19, 2019, 10:57:47 pm: Thanks for the nice words everyone!
-Taylor
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: M2A on October 20, 2019, 07:12:20 am: Great looking finish work SS. The cherry handle sure does personalize that bow.
Mike
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: hoosierf on October 22, 2019, 09:58:00 am: Well I am the lucky recipient of Taylor’s functional art and it is awesome to the nines. I’m gonna shoot a deer with it now and do it justice! Thanks so much Taylor, really terrific work. You have skills my man! I love it.
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: maitus on October 23, 2019, 12:08:34 am: Nice work! Is the lower limb longer than upper?
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: silent sniper on October 24, 2019, 05:55:05 am: Gary,
I am really happy you like the bow. I spent quite a long time debating which style to build for you. My goal for the build was a down to earth high performance hunting bow that is forgiving and easy to shoot. I hope it serves you well and I am excited to see what you do with it.

Maitus,
The limbs are pretty close to equal length.

Cheers,
Taylor
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Parnell on October 24, 2019, 07:13:49 am: That's a beauty!
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: ohma2 on October 24, 2019, 08:31:21 am: Taylor every one of you bows ive seen look top shelf to me .someone should be very happy and thankfull.
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: hoosierf on October 24, 2019, 04:11:14 pm: Taylor you are super talented. Amazing work. Thank you again.
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: Marc St Louis on October 24, 2019, 05:08:38 pm: Nice. It looks fast
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: jeffp51 on October 24, 2019, 06:45:02 pm: Man, that bow is just sexy. It looks really good.
Title: Re: 2019 Trade Bow, Bamboo Tri-Lam Semi-Recurve 63", 57@28
Post by: backtowood B2W on October 25, 2019, 12:27:19 pm: Love the profiles, have one PLP self in work with quite similar shape, but it will end more around 40 #.
Thanks for showing!