Nice bow, Jamie. They do look very similar, don't they. What are the specs on her? Don't worry, you won't bore me with any sort of bow talk or stories of what inspired you
fujimo, I glued the horn to the wood with Smooth On epoxy.
You've got to be sure to grind the limb off to the exact distance and at the proper angle so that you get as much horn at the tip as you want. I like the whole top to be of horn, or at least down onto the belly side where the string loop no longer touches, so I grind my angle a bit steeper than some. You can grind them at any angle you prefer, some folks put the horn more on top of the tip as an overlay, some grind at such an angle that the their tips are half horn and half wood. It's personal preference as far as that goes, but you should have a way to exactly duplicate the angle on the second limb tip. Whichever way you decide, you need to grind at such an angle that your nock-to-nock length is what it's supposed to be WITH the amount of horn 'overlay' revealed(to the handle side of the string groove) that you want, AND so that the horn tip isn't leaning to one side when viewed from the end.
It's not that hard with a little pre-thought and attention to detail during the grinding. Just gotta go slow and be careful.
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