Anybody ever try an all bamboo bow?

[wood carver 2]

Chris, the overlays I'm planning on are real small and I sand back a bit of the tip so I'm not adding much weight. Plus I like the look.    When I narrow the last 8" of each limb, it should lose more than enough weight to make up for the bit I add.
dave.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I gotcha Dave, I like skinny myself it looks killer.

I'm taking the width out a bit further on this bow than I normally would for stability more than anything, then taper down to 1/2" at the tips in the last 18" basically, but it will carry the 1 1/2" - 1 1/4" out past the fades. But then rarely does my original plan fully show through in the final product so I'll see how it goes.  

[Dmaxshawn]

The one on the bottom I did and it took a lot of tinkering and I personally would like more R/D in it.  The one on the top is from John Scrifes.    

Semo I'll send you a PM when I get out to the shop and look up the info.

[Prairie Drifter]

this is very interesting. What do you guys think is the shortest ntn you could get by w/ at a 26" draw? I love short bows. I have alot of bamboo around since I make bamboo fly rods. I may give this a try.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Thanks Shawn, any info you can send me on the lam thickness, boo thickness and draw wt. that you achieved with it would be very helpful in determining what I need to get the wt. I'm looking for. Right now it's just an educated guess at best. I do have an idea for doing the glue up that will give me that nice back curve to the handle/riser area. It's kinda tough to find a way to glue up a bow that has nodes sticking out on both sides.

Prairie Drifter - With a @26" draw length you can go down into the high 50's on overall length with a bow depending on design. I've got a Hornes Brush bow R/D longbow that's only 58" tip to tip and a tad shorter when strung, and my actual draw length is somewhere around 27-27.5"
I shoot that bow like it was custom made for me and I love it. I'm hoping this all bamboo bow will turn out to be one of those kind of bows as well.