Non glass laminated bows

[Cherokee Scout]

I would be interested in hearing about non glass laminated bows. If you have made any, I would like to know about the performance you have achieved, problems making them etc. How did you determine the thickness of the laminations to achieve desired poundage?

[Canadabowyer]

Check out Traditional Bowyers Bible Volume 4. Mike Westvang has an excellent "how to" on wood laminated bows. Bob

[jsweka]

A couple years ago I finished a bamboo backed osage bland from Dryad Bows (Mike Westvang).  It's a great bow and I feel like I'm cheating on it when I shoot any of my other bows.  Performance wise, it is just as fast as any of the glass laminated longbows I've made from Binghams kits, but A LOT more quiet.  If you are thinking about making one, I highly recommend a Dryad blank for your first.  It comes with a DVD on how to tiller.

[jsweka]

My typing sucks - bamboo backed osage blank not "bland".

[GINKSTER]

Boo backed Ipe bows are all I make. My glass recurve is faster but speed isn't everything.

Richard

Talk to wingnut at dryad. He has made a lot of them.

Bisch

[Bill Skinner]

You can talk to Lynn Harrelson at Tannehill in about two weeks.  His Kolomi is bamboo back and belly with walnut, hickory or osage core.  Bill