Hickory, Fiberglass, Sinew & Rawhide

[cmoore]

Merry Christmas all, hope you all had a safe and merry one
I finally got around to finishing my little composite bow that I started in an earlier thread but I thought I'd make a new thread to show the finished results. Fiberglass belly, Hickory core, Sinew backing and rawhide over the sinew to protect it, 35" tip to tip and has a bollocks load of reflex for such a short bow, pulls at least 30ish pounds @ 17"

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She's a finicky little thing and the tiller has to be evened out after bracing her by exercising each limb individually in particular spots

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After a few minutes to even out this tiller this is how she looks

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Here she is at 17"

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This is how she looks right after being unbraced after about 15 or 20 shots

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After about an hour or so she pulls back all of her reflex I'm really happy with this bow as I didn't even think she would survive being drawn past 10 inches or so. Guess it's time to start making some authentic looking arrows

[greybeard]

Hi Cameron,

That is an interesting 'short' bow.

Is the fibreglass a substitute for horn and is the bow representative of some of the North American native bows?

A lot of the Turkish composite flight bows were placed in a warming box and then the tiller was adjusted before shooting.

Daryl.

[perry]

Cool little Bow, even my Grozer Bio Composite needs evening of the Tiller after Bracing. Not a criticism but it looks a little round in the Handle, even at Brace - keep it up cmoore, good stuff

regards Jacko