I have a Texas style recurve that has been modified. The poundage was reduced from 78 to 60 lbs. In doing this, the limbs were narrowed down so that they are about the width of most longbows. The bow seems to shoot better and quieter than ever, and I have not noticed any drop in speed. But, I have not chronographed it. Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on a narrow limbed recurve, and do you know of any boyers who make this type of recurve. Thanks, Zander :dunno:
Maddog Recurve. Very effecient bow in my opinion.
Am aware of at least one well known bowyer that went from wide to narrow, then back to a wider to reduce limb twist.
Great Northern Ghost
Great Northern Ghosts are fairly slim for a recurve.
I prefer a wider limb. Just seems easier to string than the narrow limbs even with a stringer. IMO
thinner limbs recover faster.....late 50 Bear Bows vs. early 70's recurves....check it out...
Like John said, late 50's Bear, Great Northern, Roger Hollenbeck, Jim Martin. I've always believed narrow, deep-cored limbs to be faster and more stable especially in a recurve.
Narrow limbed recurves are typically fast bows
Fedora makes narrow limb small nock recurves
I believe at least in my collection they are some of the fastest bows out there
I ran into the same situation I had Mike lighten a bow for me
He narrowed the limbs even more and the bow did not loose much speed
The Talon 11 limbs are 1 1/2 inch. That is fairly narrow for a recurve. I have built them with a full length side Taper in the past and they were extremely stable and really fast.
God bless you all, Steve
Great Northern,Fox breed,Acadien Woods Classic recurve.Ken Rohloffs Whippenstick Inferno and Hellfire have slim narrow limbs and are gorgous recurves that shoot beautifully and very fast as well.
The Dryad Epic ILF curve limbs I had were pretty narrow and deep cored.Narrow limbs seem to dampen out well and track well.
Lee Hoots Little Hoot has 1- 1/4" limbs at the fadeouts and taper to 1/2" at the tips...
Mike Steliga, Bruin Custom Bows has been making a narrow limb recurve the "Woodsmaster" for 35 years.
Kohannah Kurve is a sweet 50's style narrow limb recurve. Quietist recurve I have ever seen.
My recurves are about 1 1/2" at the fades and taper to tips about 3/8" or a little less.
The old Rocky Mountain Recurves were all narrow limb design as were most of the old bows. The wider limb recurves came about mostly due to limb twist from the old step through method of stringing. Bowyers became tired of dealing with issues/complaints due to that and solved it by designing wider limbs. Jess Stuart has recently been building a Rocky Mountain Recurve style bow. I'm not sure if narrow or wide limbs but if I had to guess, I suspect close to the original.
I know they claim everything is bigger in Texas, but first I'd heard of narrow limb origins...8^)
Interesting topic.
Wow Brandon that is a awesome looking recurve !!!
I agree, a very interesting topic.
My son Jay (JJB) took my old Red Wing Hunter from 57# to 48# last winter, then refinished it. It shoots extremely well.......quiet and fast. :archer2:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Good looking bow Brandon. I'd love to get a better look at that shelf cut out.
When it all comes out in the wash the narrow limb deeper core recurve's will take all the marbles on performance. but i'm with you Brandon...they are definitely trickier to build and keep stable. kirk
Our Epic recurve fits the bill. It starts as a 1 1/2" blank and is reduced a bit in shaping. It's hard to build a narrow curve but they are cool.
Mike
It would seem that there are as many narrow limbs these days as there are limbs that are not considered narrow.You guessed it me too. Our Evolution limbs and hunter limbs are all under 1 1/2".
Bill
This is a funny topic as I've reduced a few recurves to narrow limbs. Just this weekend I needed another hog bow with a stabilizer insert. So I took a Back Swan 55# recurve down to 48#. The limbs are 1 1/4 inch wide. This isn't a deep hooked recurve. Now I'd never consider selling such a bow...but it sure shoots better for me now...tippit
I'd give my pinky toe to learn how to make a sight window cut out like that... It's prolly pretty simple, but my brain cant wrap around it.
Dave
Fox High Sierra
Very nice Brandon, I've always thought that those points look like Indian Quill work. Really neat.
You're using tools I never learned how to use. I need to take some wood working classes.
God bless you, Steve
Habu recurves are my most narrow limbed bows.
The layout of those Peirce Points are FLAWLESS.They mirror each other perfectly
Wonderful craftsmenship Brandon
Sorry to hyjack the thread.
I just couldn't help myself!!!!!!!!!!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Bowwild:
Habu recurves are my most narrow limbed bows.
You won't be able to say that much longer my friend. :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: