Another HHB recurve

[Marc St Louis]

I was quite pleased with the way the last HHB recurve turned out so I decided to make another, this time for myself.  The bow is relatively the same design but, at 63" overall, 1" shorter.  Also because I wasn't making this bow directly for someone else I tweaked it a bit.  The recurves are steam bent and the limbs heat-shaped but this time I heat-treated the HHB, the backing is again Sugar Maple.  I glued in a bit more reflex with a total of 6 1/2"" coming off the form.  It has kept fully 4" of that, which makes bracing it a bit of a handful.  The shallow D section limbs are just over 1 3/8" wide at the fades and the nocks are 3/8" wide with Cocobolo overlays.  I tillered the bow out to 60# @ 28" and from shooting it is quite fast.  Here's a few pics









Quite frankly HHB is just the perfect wood for this kind of bow especially when tempered

[TacticalFate]

holy, that is some profile and bend

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks.

The bow could actually take a 29" draw probably even 30" but it's only tillered to 28"

[missilemaster]

Thats some reflex Marc.  Came out dandy!

[BOWMAN53]

Ooooo I love it.

[NeolithicMan]

another beauty! man you sure know what I like to see!!

[Jesse]

Love that design. Looks like it's hardly stressed and unbraced  its  holding plenty of reflex. I would like to shoot one some day.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks guys

Not that difficult to make Jesse, just time consuming.

[Bogaman]

Great looking bow Marc. Looks like a fast one.

[IdahoMatt]

Wow Mark.  That thing looks like its a screamer and comfy to shoot.  I really like it

[PatM]

That's just wicked. Single growth ring Maple? I guess it would be worth ruining a perfect Maple stave for that.

[Badger]

  That bow looks extremely fast Mark. It amazes me how you consistently build this style into your bows.

[rps3]

I like it too It does look fast.

[Crogacht]

I really like how the handle has been shaped. Looks very very nice all around though.

[bowsandroses]

Sweet and just right for Elk at 60#