Introducing Optimal 27, ‘Limbo’. Since bows are difficult to photograph, I did this little video. This bow is 61.5” nock to nock. My target weight was 35lbs at 28”. The last time I checked it pulled 37lbs at 28”, 35@27, and 33 at 26”. The unstrung profile , as shown at the end of this video, is after being strung and shot for a couple of hours. The tips are red mulberry burl, and the grip is beaver tail. The handle is similar to most of my handles in that there are no corners to poke your hand. All sides are radiused. The indentation right below the arrow shelf insures the hand finds the same spot ever time when gripped. This billet bow is crafted from a set of belly billets taken from the top side of a rather large Osage limb, resulting in naturally strong reflexed limbs. The natural site windows are a result of grain swirl around where a knot was. Although the bow is finished to a satisfactory degree, I’ll be buffing and applying another coat or two of Truoil.
Introducing Optimal 27, ‘Limbo’. Since bows are difficult to photograph, I did this little video. This bow is 61.5” nock to nock. My target weight was 35lbs at 28”. The last time I checked it pulled 37lbs at 28”, 35@27, and 33 at 26”. The unstrung profile , as shown at the end of this video, is after being strung and shot for a couple of hours. The tips are red mulberry burl, and the grip is beaver tail. The handle is similar to most of my handles in that there are no corners to poke your hand. All sides are radiused. The indentation right below the arrow shelf insures the hand finds the same spot ever time when gripped. This billet bow is crafted from a set of belly billets taken from the top side of a rather large Osage limb, resulting in naturally strong reflexed limbs. The natural site windows are a result of grain swirl around where a knot was. Although the bow is finished to a satisfactory degree, I’ll be buffing and applying another coat or two of Truoil.
Bravooo!!
Wicked man
Introducing Optimal 27, ‘Limbo’. Since bows are difficult to photograph, I did this little video. This bow is 61.5” nock to nock. My target weight was 35lbs at 28”. The last time I checked it pulled 37lbs at 28”, 35@27, and 33 at 26”. The unstrung profile , as shown at the end of this video, is after being strung and shot for a couple of hours. The tips are red mulberry burl, and the grip is beaver tail. The handle is similar to most of my handles in that there are no corners to poke your hand. All sides are radiused. The indentation right below the arrow shelf insures the hand finds the same spot ever time when gripped. This billet bow is crafted from a set of belly billets taken from the top side of a rather large Osage limb, resulting in naturally strong reflexed limbs. The natural site windows are a result of grain swirl around where a knot was. Although the bow is finished to a satisfactory degree, I’ll be buffing and applying another coat or two of Truoil.
Beautiful. Hope you give out the specs on it.
Introducing Optimal 27, ‘Limbo’. Since bows are difficult to photograph, I did this little video. This bow is 61.5” nock to nock. My target weight was 35lbs at 28”. The last time I checked it pulled 37lbs at 28”, 35@27, and 33 at 26”. The unstrung profile , as shown at the end of this video, is after being strung and shot for a couple of hours. The tips are red mulberry burl, and the grip is beaver tail. The handle is similar to most of my handles in that there are no corners to poke your hand. All sides are radiused. The indentation right below the arrow shelf insures the hand finds the same spot ever time when gripped. This billet bow is crafted from a set of belly billets taken from the top side of a rather large Osage limb, resulting in naturally strong reflexed limbs. The natural site windows are a result of grain swirl around where a knot was. Although the bow is finished to a satisfactory degree, I’ll be buffing and applying another coat or two of Truoil.