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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: raghorn on May 25, 2003, 12:07:00 PM
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I just aquired an old backed bow (semi-finished)that leaves me confused as to the limb design.
It is an osage, 68" long,saw out to a normal shape.The limb is 1 1/2" wide, 7/16" thick. It has a flat back and a radiused belly. The nock ends are 1/2" wide,but....... 5/8" thick! This means the limb tapers normally from side to side toward the nock. But the thickness increases toward the nock the last 5". The backing is 1/8" thick and a very dark (black?) fiberous wood.
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