HAHAHA no no that estimated 140lbs @28" bow was my first Bow ever, I had no scale to measure. But it it took all my strength to pull it to 28" while knealling on the basement floor and Im by no means a dainty fella.
Since then i have learned that slow tillering by removing wood is the way to do it hahahaha. Like I said at the time. I had the idea that, that was it, once you have the set measurement the bow should bend exactly the way you want, but you would need to leave it strung. I think I got the idea from mixed some roughly skimmed through jim hamm book and robert hardy's longbow book where he mentioned leaving his ELB strung to excersize the limbs or something to that effect. Looking back on it, it seemed quite brainless. But I really didnt know anything about wood then.
