This bow began with a Hickory stave which I spokeshaved down to a single growth ring and took the back off with a bandsaw. I planed that down to about 1/8" and laminated it to a Bl. Cherry belly in about 4" of reflex, with Bl. Walnut inserts to raise the tips. I think the combination of nearly 50lb. draw-weight, short length, reflex and raised static tips was too much stress for the Cherry and caused the belly to chrysal, so I removed the Cherry down to about 1/16" and replaced it with Osage. This solved the problem however the string was not tracking properly over the grip so I took the shoulder nocks off, brought the tips to a point and added horn overlays which aligned the string. Width is 1 5/8" at the inner fades and 1 1/2" at the outer fades, running for an all-working limb length of 17", then angles sharply in a concave profile to the nocks over a 5 1/2" span. I used a Bl. Walnut riser to match the tip inserts. #48@24" L-53"ntn.
