static recurves

bam_bam · 02-17-2002, 01:09 PM

hey guys...i am looking for info on getting a static recurve i really like em....so can anyone tell me a place where i can get one...and what is the advatages of a static limb????

Lilhunter · 02-17-2002, 03:14 PM

I think my buddy got his static bamboo osage from Genisis? Cant remember being he has been gone for awhile now. You could buy the built up bamboo osage straight bow from locust creek and bend the tips for a static your self...alls thats needed would be final tillering.

Whats good about them...I figured they were the inbetween from longbows to the recurves we shoot today. I dont think they knew how to get the curves to 'unroll' back in the haydays to get more performance and it was a step up from the straight or r/d longbows of there times.....I have an older article in Mo where the cover has a cool pic, some are shooting straight longbows but most are shooting some type of static. For info on bending them get the tradbowyers bibles or check this link out. If ya got the built up ready to tiller blank from Locust Creek I think it might work!

http://residents.bowhunting.net/stic...g/static1.html

Lilhunter · 02-17-2002, 03:17 PM

man after looking at that site again, maybe I will do that then try and build a hickory bow....LOL! Forgot about the sinew back and the snake skins....the sinew backing is covered by Jim Hamm in the trad bowyers bibles and check out Paul Brunners site for the snake skins...if not talk to Mike Yancey, you can find him in the primitive archery mags, great fella to talk to and he has a ton of skins by the sounds of things!!

Wahya · 02-17-2002, 03:27 PM

What's good about em? They look real cool! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Wistiwasi · 02-17-2002, 09:29 PM

This is a sinew backed reflexed static recurve elm I finished a few weeks ago. It draws 58# @ 28". It launches a 500 grain arrow well over 200 yrds. It's fast and smooth.

You are right Carl. A static recurve is faster than a working recurve plus they are smoother and have less finger pinch.

Here is a pic of the same bow at rest.

bam_bam · 02-20-2002, 04:51 PM

hey fellas i appreciate the help...i am not looking for one i can tiller myself the main reason bieng i dont have a clue as to what i am doing.....lol.....i prolly turn it into good kinling wood....i was wanting to by one with built up tips...anyone got any phone numbers or websites to hand out....i really appreciate the help guys

Floxter · 02-20-2002, 07:52 PM

I think Jim Reynolds, the bowyer who makes the Thundersticks Longbows, makes a static recurve called the Ram Horn. It features a longbow type grip and comes in 58" & 60" for about $480. He used to be a sponsor on that other board, but I see he no longer has a website there. He's located in Charlotte, MI at 445 N. Stine Rd. (517) 543-8167. His e-mail is: tbs@ia4u.net

Jack

Wahya · 02-20-2002, 08:12 PM

Nice bow Wistiwasi. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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