my new favourite bow / dbl.curve bamboo composite...

[medicinewheel]

hi!  -  this is another bow i made from a blank my buddy chris didn't like! i had the blank sitting around for a year or so and it was the last bow i finished in 2007.
it's the same limb cross section as chris' BOM/BOY winning bow, except this here has 2 stripes of black walnut, 4 vertical stripes of bamboo and one stripe of purple heart as a core laminate. madake-bamboo on both back and belly.
the bow is 70" ntn and could easily be pulled to 31" or more. i pull the bow to 29" and i have not noticed any loss of reflex from the beginning.
the bow pulls 58#@29" and shoots a 540gr arrow at 191fps.
i shoot the bow with a fastflight string.
the bow has no noticeable handshock.

thanks for looking,

frank

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[medicinewheel]

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[Badger]

Frank, we need to get you to the flight shoots with that bow! great design and great loos as well. Thats about as good as they get. Steve

[Keenan]

 Wow Frank,  I love it   The pin nocks, the profile, the wraps all tie together nicely. looks like you might have another winner there. Sweet bow, congratualtions,,,Keenan

[DanaM]

Sharp bow frank, very nicely done.

[snedeker]

I love the shape.  Is there a bow of a particular culture its patterned after.  Reminds me of north asian styles.

Dave

[medicinewheel]

thanks for the comments!

@dave: this is a hybrid between a japanese yumi (following some design criteria concerning gross section, position of the nodes of the bamboo, also the bamboo used is japanese) and the south-indian double-curve (originally a hornbow). chris and i learned to make these from jaap koppedrayer!

[Gordon]

I love everything about that bow, the curves, tips and the handle work.

[medicinewheel]

thanks gordon!  -  this bow has the smoothest draw and is a sweet shooter; really spits out arrows with authority!
frank

[Ryano]

Frank, I like the profile of that bow.  Im working on a 60"ntn osage self bow with a similar profile.

[Pappy]

Very nice Frank,looks like another great bow.
    Pappy

[cowboy]

Cool bow! I like those detail shots - nocks, and grip area .

[jamie]

damn thats sweet

[jeduffey]

Frank,
I was wondering if you have any photos or drawings of how you laid out that bow? I am planning to make a bow as a birthday present for a friend of mine and that design would be just right. I'm sure some of the other guys here would also like to see how this one goes together. Many thanks.

[Hillbilly]

Great looking bow-I love the profile.