Started a two new bows a couple weeks ago and now have then ready to do final sanding on the limbs.
The bow on the bottom is one that I hope to hunt with afew times this season and the one on top is for my wife.
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The bow for myself has dark heartwood Birdseye maple veneers in the limbs and a Black Walnut riser.
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The one for my wife has a Hickory and Goncoloalvas (sp) riser with black glass limbs.
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k632/arrowman2/DSCF1312-1.jpg)
Rough in weights are 62" 57#@28" for mine and 60" 36#@28" for hers.
Not sure if she will give up her primitive bow for the recurve. If not I don't know what I'll do with it. For me 36#@28" is just not my cup of tea.
Both risers have been sanded and already have atleast the first coat of epoxy sealent applied.
Troy
On my bow I couldn't deside what to use in the riser. I kept looking at this one block of Black Walnut laying in the shop and finally decided it was the piece to use. It has alot of wild grain and color shades.
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The riser for her bow was sort of a screw up to start with that I couldn't see wasting. It was my first attempt at making a reproduction of the Rocky Mtn Recurve. I was just guessing at limb bed angles and made a bad choice. After building the first set of limbs (that are not on another riser with proper angle) I just pushed the wrong angle riser to the back of the work bench and carried on building afew other bows.
When I started my new bow I kept looking at the screw up riser and decided to turn it into a bow as well. I knew what I did to it was just going to be a guessing game, but what the heck. No risk no gain.
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The real sweetness to this bow is the riser is only 1-1/4" wide and the limbs are 1-1/2".
Don't ask me why I decided to try 1-1/2" limbs. I've never made recurve limbs that narrow and figured it would be better to waste a couple of pieces of 1-1/2" glass than my normal 1-3/4". Like I said this bow was a shot in the dark to start with.
On my bow I decided not to reduce the width of the riser at the limb beds. After building Bill Lambs bow I like the way it looked with full 1-3/4" limb beds and decided to make this one the same way.
Both bows got antler limb tips. I used antler on the limb bolt pads for mine and Walnut and maple for hers.
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Mine...
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k632/arrowman2/DSCF1311-1.jpg)
Hers....
(http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k632/arrowman2/DSCF1297-1.jpg)
The overlays on the back of the riser of her bow is black walnut and maple. Mine has a bouble overlay of dark birdseye maple and white maple.
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I just hope she is willing to make the switch. After showing her the bow I got that "OK,, and you want what" look. It may mean I have something that will end up hanging in the rack or trying to find it a new home.
As for mine,,, I'm one happy camper right now.
Once I have the riser pores filled the way I like I'll stipple the grips and spray with Fullerplast.
Troy
Very nice!!!
They look great. Hope she try's it and likes it .
Nice work, both bows are nicely crafted.
Ralph,
I made her a laminated primitive bow (Torges style) several years ago and she simply loves it. I've tried several times to talk her into trying something different since all she does is shoot tournaments. Until I made this bow she has always said she would rather stick to the primitive bow. She keeps saying that holding to the primitive catagory allows her to shoot against women with like skills.
What ever,,,, if she doesn't take to the recurve I'll find it a new home.
Troy
Wow, those are real nice. I like all those layers.
Nice work Troy!
Like them both!
Those are outstanding Risers
Nice work Troy
Troy great work love the woods in your riser carnt wait to see it finished Thanks Sahne
Beautiful bows!
-Jay
Nice, Troy.
Those look awesome! I love the risers :thumbsup:
Nice job Troy!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Troy - Those are a couple awesome looking bows!!
Absolutely beautiful Troy, I've been wanting to make one myself out of walnut and Birdseye or curly maple. Great job!! Tony
Beautiful bows and great wood combinations!
Thanks fellows for the kind words. I've built a barrel full of recurves with different designs and this design is the best. Most of the time I can tiller and true one of these in under an hour. They are the easiest of any previous design to string and have great cast.
I had thought about try a few order designs, but I think I've finally found the one I want to stick with.
Troy
Very nice indeed!
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Glenn
Those are sweet! I really like that walnut and maple! Just beautiful!!
Great job Troy. Both bows look fantastic.
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Andy