Need a name for my recurve...

[Lowedog]

Thought I would share some pics of my take down recurve.  A couple of friends at work and myself each built one of these.  One of the guys has built a few bows and came up with the design.  The idea was a hybrid take down longbow/recurve.  It turned out more recurve than longbow. 

I used zebra wood for the riser with bamboo and carbon in between brown glass.  I used elk antler for the tips of my limbs.  It pulls 56lbs at 28".  The draw turned up really smooth with no stack up. 

I'm about to put the last coat of oil on it and need to write the draw weight and length on it.  I also want to come up with some cool name like you see on a lot of traditional bows but haven't been able to come up with anything yet.







-Lowedog

[bowhuntin]

Nice looking bow. Got any plans of hunting with it?

[DOUBLELUNG]

Death
Thwack
Cervus

[tonymoe]

first off, BEAUTIFUL bow!!!
2nd, will you make me one

and for the name:  "Mr. Sting", I can hear the animals saying (forest gump style) "something bit me"   

[Lowedog]

Nice looking bow. Got any plans of hunting with it?

Thank you, yes I plan on doing some hunting with it.  If I'm lucky enough to draw a elk rut tag I think the chances of getting a bull in close enough are pretty good. 

-Lowedog

[rasbo]

yellow knife....spirit chaser.....Hoka Hey, which means charge,the indian would yell this before a bison hunt,or a fight

[ICEMAN]

Fling.

[Skyvalhunter]

Hit n Miss

[300UltraMagShooter]

If you ever trade her in for another bow, you could then call her "old fling."   

Fling.

[PacificNWhunter]

Beautiful bow! How about LoBow?

[Lowedog]

Those are some good names!  I'm really kicking around a couple of them.

-Lowedog

[Big10gauge]

Nice bow, How long have you been building them? As for a name: Wapiti

[Lowedog]

Nice bow, How long have you been building them? As for a name: Wapiti

This is actually the first and only bow I have built so far besides a couple of little bows that I made out of hickory for my girls.  My friend who designed this bow has another design that he came up for a long bow that is similar to the Martin Savanah with a bit more reflex in the limbs.  He is putting together a test bow right now to check draw weight.  After that I am going to build myself a longbow using his form.

-Lowedog 

[robodad]

11Th commandment !!

Convincer !!

Determinator !!

Tyrant !!

Final Decision !!

Dictator !!






 

[Ray]

That's a sweet looking recurve.

Fling