Thinking about it again, I would say that a
stiff handled, pyramid limbed, with longer than usual as well as reflexed as much as tension strength will allow levers, mollegebet kinda bow would be where the money is at. For one you need low mass on the outer most part of the bow, as low as you can get. So;
Lowest outer limb mass - check
As well as you want to stress the wood as much as you can at brace to get as much early draw weight, like having a reflexed sinew bow or just a plain reflexed bow, when braced, from being so reflexed, has had to bend alot more then a normal straight bow to be braced and therefor adds alot more early draw weight than a normal straight bow. Visual Example:
So having the levers reflexed would make the limbs have to bend alot more than a straight bow, (pretty much the same priniciple/effect of bracing a reflexed bow but backwards I guess
), so:
Early draw weight - Check
I also think that the pyramid limbs could be fairly wide at the fades if wanted and it probably wouldn't effect performance too much as long at they tapered to 1/2" or so at the beginning of the levers. Might reduce set as well compared to making them as thin width wise. One thing that is important to realize with bows like this ( that I have just realized, I am actually only working on my first mollegebet right now, my first didn't turn out too well, lol, so don't think I have made alot of these bows or anything), but one thing I have come to realize is that the longer the none working levers are, the less the actual working limbs have to bend/work, so the longer the none working levers are = the less stressed the working limbs are. So if you combine that knowledge with the early draw weight increase of reflexed the levers as much as possible, then you can max out the early draw weight at brace by making the working limbs short enough and the levers reflexed enough to be stressed to the max, and then get the draw you want and keep the stress down on the bow during draw by making the levers long enough to not brake the working limbs during draw? Also, I do know that string bridges can really send an arrow flying, as well as make early draw weight ridiculous if the lever angle is enough that the bow basically becomes a 40" bow at brace and then the string lifts off to become a 65" bow or so at full draw, making it smooth at full draw but sending the arrow flying with the early draw weight of a 40" bow braced to 6". I have read (somewhere) that the manchu bows with their string bridges and crazy angled siyahs had the highest force draw curve.
...so,... what do
you guys think?
