Bow number ALB 212

Laminated wood backed with bamboo, American Red Elm grip. Buffalo horn nocks, oiled finish

71¾” between nocks, 48 lb at 28” draw, 61 lb at 32” draw, tillered to 32”

£200 plus £20 p&p

How it bends

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Notes:

A heavy bow, very straight when un-strung. 

The material this bow is made from is a sort of dense plywood which is made for mounting heavy electrical switchgear. It looks like wood, indeed it looks very nice, and it doesn't give any unfair advantage.  So why not? For this bow I've used it “on edge”, that is, with the plane of the laminations in the plane of the bow. It doesn't seem to make any difference.

I will supply this bow with either a dacron or a fastflight string, the fastflight giving slightly better performance (but it is teal green).

If you use the full 32” draw then expect to have a few problems with the grip coming unglued. This shouldn't be much trouble if you can use a tube of glue.

Arrow speeds:

arrow weight \ draw

28” dacron

30” dacron

32” dacron

28” fastflight

30” fastflight

32” fastflight

400 gn

162

175

191

168

184

192

500 gn

153

166

180

159

173

181

600 gn

145

157

171

150

163

172

700 gn

138

150

163

143

155

164

802 gn

132

144

156

137

148

157

802 grains is the weight of a “standard arrow” - the modern version of the war arrow.