Introducing the "Wassaw"!

[HOWITZER]

I like it different is a good thing sometimes!  

[caleb7mm]

I like it!!!! when do we get one @55lbs?  

[Apex Predator]

Very interesting!

Do you think you'll play around with different riser lengths? Are you planning on making a recurve/longbow option? I know too many questions!!!

Looks awesome!

Josh


Josh, I plan to build a recurve off of the same riser.

[bolong]

looks like great crafts-man-ship but i'm with Night Wing.

[Tom Anderson]

Marty,
Since we've spoken before and you've kinda helped me  out a bit, I hope you won't take this the wrong way and all, but...that's 'bout the ugliest bow I've ever seen!   :eek:  
I like the limbs, but that riser has got to go!

[Apex Predator]

I appreciate the feedback guys!  Even the ones that don't like it.     There is not a lot you can do when you start with this rear mounted limb platform.  It is what I envisioned though, but certainly won't appeal to everyone.  She really shines on the range though! ;-)

[Kenneth]

Originally posted by chupa:
Marty,
I followed along as you were developing this bow and I appreciate the extra work you did taking pictures and posting it all.  It is  not an easy task to come up with a whole new design from what you are accustomed to doing.  I think you did a great job, especially being the first.  You're talented and it shows.
Nicely done!

Regards,
Rick

Yep, I watched the build along over on GON and have been waiting to see the finished product.  You got some real talent Marty!  I'll bet it's a real shooter!            

[SveinD]

I like it, and kudos for doing something different!

[Sacred mt]

I'm going back to sleep....zzzzzz

[Tom Anderson]

Yep, I watched the build along over on GON and have been waiting to see the finished product.  ....

What's "GON"?

[Hopewell Tom]

Don't know what to think!
Very unique. I'd have to hold and shoot it to get a "feel" for it. Could be the start of something altogether new or....not. Keep going, it'll be interesting to see where this ends up.

[Wannabe1]

Can you imagine what all of the longbow folks said when they laid eyes on the first recurve?

I call that "Traditional"! Why? because it is different and makes a statement all by itself. Way to go Marty! I like it.      

[Slasher]

Marty... It is different!!! I understand the whole new aspect and thinking outside the box to get the geometry of an accurate, forgiving, stable shooting platform in a longbow.. I like it!! Not from an asthetics, side but from I bet it'll smoothly launch an arrow exactly where I want to put one in a hurry...

Can I ask you to PM me some info on getting one?

I think a little softening of the edges and a lil more styling cues, will make it more appealling, But I see this like a 1953 corvette.. It has all the boxes checked to be a leader,  but just a needs a lil more asthetic appeal to make it more pallatable to the market forces that longbow shooters tend to choose form over function...

[Apex Predator]

This isn't new guys.  There are similar bows out there, just not many.

[Apex Predator]

Did some performance testing this morning, and I am very pleased.  With this riser set so far forward, it's got to be robbing me of 1-2" of real draw length on the string.  I'm gonna compare it to one of my others and see if I can measure the difference.  Any way, shooting 10.14 gpp, drawing 28" (as measured 26 1/4" to deepest part of the grip), with a 12 strand D97 string, and a three fingered release, I am getting an average of 182 fps.  That's with an 8 1/4" brace height!       She gains three pounds an inch out to 30", and gains four between 30-31".  Not bad for a 60" bow!  More testing is definitely in order here.

[BenBow]

Those are great numbers

[pitt98]

Wow, I love it.

[deaddoc4444]

Didnt like it at first   BUT   after studying it  and lookng at allthe other features NOW I LOVE IT   A N D     Its at my exact draw weight and length I like to shoot  Looks like One id love to put a few thousand arrows through . :-)
NICE JOB

[2fletch]

I like the looks of it and the profile. I don't like high tech (for me personally) but I do like inovation. That riser would be interesting to shoot.  

[Tom Anderson]

Marty, what's the reason for setting the riser so far forward?  Seems that setting it forward only enough to counteract any "torque" that would want to flip it around would be necessary.