This bow is made out of a unique stave. The back is along almost the entire length homogenous concave. This is enormous mass saving, but tillering is a bit more complicated.
The belly ridge comes out of the fades and ends with the tips. Cross section is more or less a 5edge with a concave base (back) and tapers at the last inches into a V-shape.
The bow is very light by mass and I think it would be a good candidate for flight shooting too. Im curious about the calculation with Steves mass theory.
One minor crack at one side of the upper limb (probably a wind check) was filled with thin super glue no problem.
The bow seems to be stiff handled, but it isnt. There is a very little gentle bending in the handle and the built up is therefore done with three layers of sole leather. Another piece of leather glued onto the back made the handle deep enough for a comfort grip.
The handle is wrapped with black leather lacing and linen yarn.
Black buffalo tip overlays.
The back is darkened with osage soup for a two tone appearance.
I like this bow very much and hope the new owner also.
49#/28
ntn: 57
bh: 5Ό
max w: 2
mass: 428 grams
asymetric
bendy handle (very, very little)
08: 07,0
10: 12,2 (+ 5,2)
12: 16,8 (+ 4,6)
14: 20,9 (+ 4,1)
16: 25,0 (+ 4,1)
18: 29,1 (+ 4,1)
20: 33,0 (+ 3,9)
22: 36,8 (+ 3,8)
24: 41,0 (+ 4,2)
26: 44,6 (+ 4,6)
28: 49,3 (+ 4,7)
