It was about 3 month ago that I received an email asking me if I had ever built a "heavy bow". My initial response was yes, thinking that 80#@28" was considered heavy. Marlon then told me that he was looking for something around 150#@30". He continued to tell me that a heavy longbow was easy to find, but he had been searching for about 8 years for a shootable recurve. I few people tried, but the bows would explode at 27 to 28". I was pretty nervous at first, but accepted the challenge. It took me 3 tries to hit the 146#@30" mark. Hope you enjoy the pics of the bow progress below.
My first 2 attempts. 100@#28" and 145#@30". The second bow was withing the weight range, but a "brain fart" made me cut the shelf for a RH instead of a LH.
Wet forning the blue suede leather onto the handle. Elvis would have loved this grip.
Me stringing the bow. I wasn't too worried about the tips twisting since they are nearly 1/2" thick without the overlays. It looks like a piece of plywood from the side.
Me hanging from the rafters to check the weight one last time before shipping.
The finished bow.
Hope you all enjoyed. JD
Topic: My Greatest Challenge as a Bowyer (Read 3028 times)
