"slimline" definition

[sffar]

I've seen this term used to describe bows and limbs, but can't find a definition anywhere. Can someone explain what's meant by a bow's having a "slimline" design?
Thanks,
Sam

[Jason Scott]

I think that is a proprietary term used to diferentiate one bows design from another design offered by the same bowyer. Or maybe 1 1/2" wide recurves would be slimline as opposed to the customary 1 3/4" and 2" versions. ???

[Jason Scott]

R/D longbows less than 1 1/2" could be slimline I guess. Less bulky dimensional risers are slimline. Your guess is as good as mine. I don't think it is an industry standard term.

[sffar]

Thanks, Jason. I couldn't find anything in glossaries of archery terms, though the term does get used occasionally. Your explanation makes sense to me. So when a bow is manufactured in two versions, otherwise identical, the more slender  version, probably with more narrow limbs, gets referred to as a "slimline."
A marginal difference!

[Jason Scott]

I guess, I was thinking along the lines of the Black Widow recurves when I stated. They have the big and wide  PTA / PA versions and the PSR on the other hand is slimmer than those.

[sffar]

I see what you mean, Jason. Less mass on the PSR, but otherwise similar to the PA. Slimmer.
I spoke to a bowyer today who makes a slimline bow, by which he means the limbs are made narrower and the core's cut deeper than what would have been the standard years ago. The bow I refer to being the Montana D Bow, which seems a pretty traditionally styled bow to me! Here slimline being more a refinement, I suppose, of a classic pattern.
Thanks for your help.
Sam

[PhilNY]

I remember in the 70's when Wing under AMF came out with a SlimLine group models and that it was just a narrower design.
I think it might have even been a trademark, but I don't think that it was any kind of standard, just a way of selling more bows.

[Robertfishes]

I bought this double carbon longbow from Dave Robertson, its less than an inch wide on the back and is trapped to the belly. it shoots nicely, very quiet and fast  

[sffar]

Robertfishes, I'd call that bow a slimline for sure. It does seem to be a "go to" term in archery, even if it has no standard attached to it. Maybe "slimline" has earned a formal place in some dictionary of archery.