New Guava Self Bow.(arrow advice needed)

[Msturm]

For those of you who are also on PA forgive the redundancy.
Used up my last "easy"       :confused:     stave. This one was pretty strait, a bit of character in the upper limb and some natural deflex about mid upper limb. I left everything pretty much as is, I did toast the belly lightly, and a bit heavier in one spot near a knot (thinking it would make that area just a bit stiffer) because I am tired of little compression fractures showing up next to knots in my guava bows  >    :(    .

This one is a bit different design than I usually go after. It has a fairly crowned back, so I attempted to make the belly match the crown. It seemed like science.  

It is longer than I usually make em. This one is 69in nock to nock, It pulls 54lbs at 28inches. This is the fastest shooting selfbow I have made. Grip is made from a thrift-store purse and a boot lace.

Silencers are raw wool from a big island sheep hunted last year.  

It took a bit of set on the lower limb, maybe an inch or so. The upper limb looks to have more set, but it started with some deflex to begin with, so its hard to tell how much the upper limb moved.

Here come the pics.

Unbraced: (beard unbrushed)  

Braced:    

String Alignment:    

Grip/fade:    

Money Shot:    

I left the cambium on the back and sanded it down to get a kind of camo effect.    

[Msturm]

Here are a few more detail shots.
Bubinga tip overlays.  

I think the grip came out pretty good!

shelf is leather stacked up and glued together with super glue then glued onto the handle.

[monterey]

Nice stick.  What is the string made of?

[passion for knowledge]

Looks good, but if it shoots well, looks are less important.

One of my oak board bows has the 'thrift store purse and boot lace handle', I'm a big fan of re-purposing things.

I don't brush my beard either.

[chackworth3]

Very nice bow. The grip looks good

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok. Tiller isn't too bad. Shame you had to cut up your only purse though for the grip...

LOL..

It does look very nice. Good job.

[Msturm]

The string is a raggedy B 50 from long ago, one of my first attempts at string making. It fits well on this bow though.

Lol. Thanks Roy! I fee like a belong here!

Msturm

[Mad Max]

Awesome job
I like the fact that you went for a odd number 69" NTN, and selfbows are hard to make. I like the chalange.
I have a snakey osage I have been working on a little.
Nice one.

[Msturm]

I took it out target shooting back on an old powerline trail where I have some bag targets hung. This mongoose was asking for it. Looks like my next string will have mongoose fur silencers.
 

blood on it on the first trip out. thats a good sign. I still need to get some arrows dialed in for it though. Everything I got is flying knock right.

Msturm

[Roy from Pa]

You are good here dude... Your bows are sweet.

Mad maxi, what is chalenge? That something like string tension?  

[Msturm]

Roy, Sometimes I got to the thrift store just to go purse shopping.  Feels a little weird but its the cheapest high quality leather handle material I have found!

[RJonesRCRV]

Looks nice man. Im jealous

[takefive]

Sweet bow!  Looks nice and your tiller looks great, too.
Nice shot on the mongoose  

[KellyG]

Nice.
 I am glad you told us that was a mongoose I thought at first glace it was a very deformed squirrel

[Roy from Pa]

Which one is the mongoose? LOL

[Msturm]

Roy, I like to wear one as chin protection as well.   Anyone got ideas on spine for wood arrows for this bow? never dealt with woodies before.

Any recommendations would be helpful.

[bigbob2]

didn't know you had mongoose over there? Are they introduced? Like the bow by the way and good shot of the pesky varmint!

[Msturm]

Yeah they were introduced to take care of rats. They are a much bigger problem than rats now...

[Roy from Pa]

I would say about 45 to 50 # spine. I have found when I buy a dozen wood shafts, most spine out on the higher end. With the bow not being center shot, a little lighter spine than the bows weight is what works for me. Leave the arrows full length and shoot some. If they are acting weak, cut 1/4" off the point end of one arrow, taper it and glue the point on again and shoot again. Continue doing that to that one arrow till it flies well. Then cut the other shafts to the same length as your test arrow.

[Msturm]

Thanks roy!  I got a half dozen 50-55 spruce shafts cut to 30 inches on the recommendation of Pearl Drums on PA website. It took 145 ribtecks to get them to fly perfect, but boy do they fly.  I appreciate the advice!

Time to make some meat!