This is the "short" presentation for Hill style fans who aren't builders. There's a more detailed item on the Bowyer's Bench.
This is string follow Hill style made to be as "all bamboo" as I could... bamboo lams, wedges and riser under clear glass. It was a project that gave me trouble, coming in lighter than I planned, (the string follow takes a bigger formula adjustment than I allowed for) but I readjusted and went for a light bow. At first, the all laminated bamboo riser didn't look that good to me, but when finished and dressed up with a contrasting leather wrap it came out nice.
The bow is 66" and 31@25, very slim and graceful, smooth drawing and, in spite of the extreme string follow, has acceptable speed. I opted for a shelfless shoot off the hand ambidextrous design
The name was, of course, a natural...
Unstrung,
showing string follow, about 1 1/4"
Strung
Full
draw
Riser made up of laminated pieces of vertically laminated bamboo. The
wrap came out very nicely. A double layer of leather provides the arrow
reference and the lacing pulled it tight into the dished grip
The
nodes show on the natural bamboo belly and back. Cores are action boo
This is a slim Hill style bow with a nice riser for a small hand. Here it is shown next to a Hill Robin Hood for comparison of grip width.
The grip really feels nice in my hand.
Dick
Topic: "Bamboozle" - A Bamboo D Bow (Read 887 times)
