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Lanyon

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Babinga bow
« Topic Start: April 16, 2013, 09:26:06 PM »
Recently I undertook the task of making a longbow. I finished it yesterday and it came in at 66 inches long, and 45 pounds at 29 inches of draw. The handgrip wood is Babinga and the limbs are bamboo. Let me know what you think!




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Re: Babinga bow
« Reply #1: April 16, 2013, 09:34:56 PM »
It looks amazing! I wish I could do those kind of things. I made a bow once when I was 11 with a freshly cut birch shoot. It had a range of roughly 10 meters, maybe it could have stunned a squirrel at best... truly pathetic. Maybe I should have kept trying.

Reassure me, you mean you can draw it with 29 pounds of force, not that it weighs 29 pounds, right?
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Re: Babinga bow
« Reply #2: April 16, 2013, 09:41:11 PM »
no i meant that it requires 45 pounds of force to draw the string back 29 inches. 29 inches is my draw length.
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« Reply #3: April 16, 2013, 09:50:12 PM »
Huh, yeah, 45 not 29. Good to know.
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« Reply #4: April 16, 2013, 11:21:40 PM »
That is GORGEOUS.
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Re: Babinga bow
« Reply #5: April 17, 2013, 03:45:32 AM »
This is pretty badass   ;D

Quote from: vonGenf on April 16, 2013, 09:34:56 PM
It looks amazing! I wish I could do those kind of things. I made a bow once when I was 11 with a freshly cut birch shoot. It had a range of roughly 10 meters, maybe it could have stunned a squirrel at best... truly pathetic. Maybe I should have kept trying.

Haha, I did the same thing, and used to shoot leaves  :P
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« Reply #6: April 17, 2013, 04:40:22 AM »
Yeah that is... awesome. How long did it take you to make?
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« Reply #7: April 17, 2013, 07:34:00 AM »
That's awesome man.
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Re: Babinga bow
« Reply #8: April 17, 2013, 01:21:49 PM »
If you didn't make any pictures i'd be sure you were talking about something else  8)
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« Reply #9: April 17, 2013, 01:22:00 PM »
Beautiful. :)

Seriously, great job.
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« Reply #10: April 17, 2013, 01:36:29 PM »
Very beautiful, I am impressed. Hard work and awesome result.
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Re: Babinga bow
« Reply #11: April 17, 2013, 03:39:49 PM »
Quote from: Penchant on April 17, 2013, 04:40:22 AM
Yeah that is... awesome. How long did it take you to make?

about 40 hours.

Thanks everyone for the compliments. It's nice when hard work pays off.
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« Reply #12: April 18, 2013, 03:58:52 AM »
That is a thing of beauty. Tremendous work there that you should be proud of. I've shot traditional English yew longbows before, but not one made of bamboo.
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« Reply #13: April 18, 2013, 08:43:56 AM »
Quote from: Foxglove on April 18, 2013, 03:58:52 AM
That is a thing of beauty. Tremendous work there that you should be proud of. I've shot traditional English yew longbows before, but not one made of bamboo.

I was wondering about this, actually. How bamboo would compare to yew, if the strength/pliability of the wood is radically different.
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« Reply #14: April 18, 2013, 02:16:14 PM »
Quote from: Madigan on April 18, 2013, 08:43:56 AM
I was wondering about this, actually. How bamboo would compare to yew, if the strength/pliability of the wood is radically different.

I wouldn't have a clue actually. I know bamboo is ridiculously pliable and very unlikely to break and that's why it is a popular bow wood. Yew has really good properties in the heartwood that lend to compression and expansion in the sap wood. other than that I don't know much about it besides it's yellow.
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