pics of tips of your bows

[jp gray]

could anyone or everyone post pictures of the limb tips of your self bows, i have a osage self bow but the tips look a little big ,maybe just me , i will post mine and see what you think.

[Eric Krewson]

If your tips are wider than 1/2" they are too big. You have seen my skinny tips, always between 3/8" and 1/2" wide at the string nock.

About like this.

[jp gray]

yep thats hat i thought, i need to sand them down some more and make em a little more pointy..

[Pat B]

Everything beyond the string groove is not needed and will add physical weight to the tips so you can thin and narrow the actual tips quite a bit.

[Hillbilly]

I make most of mine pretty skinny.

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[Jesse]

I like this one I made but the next will be more pointy   

[medicinewheel]

As Eric says 1/2" is too much, would be good enough for 80#.
Some of mine, all of them VERY narrow:


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[jp gray]

thanks for the pics ,my tips dont have any overlays,do i need to cut a groove on back of the bow for the string ,

[Hillbilly]

Never cut a groove in the bow back unless you have overlays on-it's violating the grain and creating a weak spot. That is one of the main reasons for using tip overlays-to allow you to make the tips narrower than you could without that back groove to hold the string.

[Thwackaddict]

JP mine are 3/16 wide and 1/4 long,my bow is 60# and shoots great,no shock!

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