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Author Topic: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!  (Read 47608 times)

Offline **DONOTDELETE**

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #80 on: November 09, 2011, 12:35:00 AM »
Here is my first attempt a true R/D long bow side by side with a Howard Hill bow.

 

 

 

 


here she is unbraced...


 


This Bow was a gift for a friend of mine you guys might know as Captain Dick. here's a film clip of the presentation at Western States Rendezvous.

click  on the photo to start the video..

 

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #81 on: November 09, 2011, 08:10:00 AM »
Kirk,
looks a dandy ! Great video too mate , one of the best things I have seen ages  ! Cap'n Dick is one of the good blokes ! Good on you sir !

How does she shoot ?
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #82 on: November 09, 2011, 10:29:00 AM »
Good thread Robster. Been considering a hybrid Dakota in my weight. Gotta be straight handle though.
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #83 on: November 09, 2011, 11:23:00 AM »
Here's a few of the simple ones I made over the years, (I mostly make laminated bows, but my favorites to both make and shoot are of natural materials, either wood and bamboo, hide or sinew backed wood or selfbows)

Yew and 'boo

 

 Osage Orange and 'boo

   

Red oak and deer rawhide,

   

Osage Orange and sinew

   
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #84 on: November 09, 2011, 12:16:00 PM »
Excellent post, some nice plain and simple bows posted there. I like them plain and simple. A few good coments as well, and a few... well... I'll just keep quiet.
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #85 on: November 09, 2011, 01:03:00 PM »
Mike I am a sucker for a good yew and boo bow, I love the combo!  Excellent looking bows!

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #86 on: November 09, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »
Here are images of the Fox Triple Crown Carbon R/D longbow.  It is distinctly a R/D form when unstrung, but has been designed to have true D shape when braced.  

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #87 on: November 09, 2011, 05:51:00 PM »
Beautiful bows, no matter how you call them.

I'd like to throw in my "new to me" Great plains Bamboo longbow.
66" long, 50*@28".
Nice shooter, good looking and very reliable.
I have some nice pictures, but just still can't figure it out how to post them. If anybody is interested, perhaps I could send the photos to one of you who can post them.

Thanks,

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #88 on: November 09, 2011, 06:53:00 PM »
Robertson 66" 63# @ 29


 

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #90 on: November 09, 2011, 06:54:00 PM »

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #91 on: November 09, 2011, 06:55:00 PM »
PLEASE post images no wider than 640 - thank you.

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #92 on: November 09, 2011, 07:07:00 PM »
Mike from Maddog
I like your taste in bows. Nice design and very GOOD looking!!!

Interesting thread Rob.

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #93 on: November 09, 2011, 09:18:00 PM »
T Sunstone,

Damn buddy, take me hunting with you!!!!  Nice bucks man!!  :notworthy:
66"  Osage Royale    57lbs@29
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68"  Misty Dawn      55lbs@29

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #94 on: November 09, 2011, 10:14:00 PM »
I gotta go with Aussie Jeff on this one.  The bow design is clearly deflex/reflex.  Not sure how it got turned around except that it might seem easier to say and most folks don't pay attention to the details but just accept what they hear, whether it's right or wrong.  Us Yanks get "your and you're" and "there, they're and their" pounded into our heads for 12 years and most still don't get that right either.  

That said, it is a fairly minor thing and we all know what they're talking about.  I won't buy a bow from a builder that calls it an R/D, tho; it tells me that he has never really studied what he was doing.
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #95 on: November 09, 2011, 10:41:00 PM »
imho, this r/d or d/r thing isn't in the same category as "there, they're, their", as the grammatical use of those words are part of the qualified rules of the english language.

r/d (or d/r) is merely referring to reflex in the limbs and deflex in the riser.  put it in whatever order makes ya happy.  i've never heard or seen in print where there is a grammatical rule or precedence that requires it to be one way or the other.  perhaps i just look at it as the simplistic street vernacular of traditional archery, 'n y'all knows what i mean, don't'cha, eh?   ;)  

oh, and this thing ...

 

... is, imho, r/d/r - reflexed at the limb's ends, deflexed at mid-limb and reflexed again at the riser. as always, ymmv.    :D
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #96 on: November 09, 2011, 10:48:00 PM »
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....... I won't buy a bow from a builder that calls it an R/D, tho; it tells me that he has never really studied what he was doing. [/QUOTE

Sorry. I like my bows too much too be limited like that. Just because they call it r/d doesn't mean they don't know the difference or how to build a great bow.  Check out some of the sponsor websites for their descriptions. Maybe they are catering to us ignorant yanks, but so be it.

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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #97 on: November 10, 2011, 12:06:00 AM »
Right-on Larry
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #98 on: November 10, 2011, 07:33:00 PM »
I just checked my website; I have them listed as Deflex/reflex, so I guess I good to go.
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Re: the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!
« Reply #99 on: November 10, 2011, 07:34:00 PM »
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I just checked my website; I have them listed as Deflex/reflex, so I guess I'm good to go.
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