Maple backed Osage working recurve

[Yard Dog]

I like it !!!

[leonwood]

Amazing as always! String contacts at brace so I would call it a recurve not that it matters what type of bow it is,it is just georgeous!

[Marc St Louis]

Thank you all.

Most of the reflex that I put into the limbs was done before glue-up with dry heat.  Doing it this way seems to work much better.  The bow keeps more reflex after tillering and there is a lot less spring-back when taking the bow off the form.  As it is, the bow is holding about 2" of reflex after tillering and shooting it several times, it started out with 4" off the form.  I have pulled the bow to 29" a few times as well

[Del the cat]

Classic Marc St Louis ... 
Del

[PatM]

Nicely done.  Back in the day this would have been called a semi-recurve in the manner of the old Ben Pearson bows from the 60s.   The reflex just getting tighter towards the end but no clear point where you can really say it changes from reflex to recurve.

[selfbow joe]

Nice work