Originally Posted by
burniegoeasily
I make lots of longbows with deep grips. Almost the same grips I put on a recurve. 72" is pretty much my starting length for most materials. I started making recurves years ago. I then started making longbows. I fell in love with the longbows and made many with lots of reflex and deflex with deep grips. I have since gone with a more straight grips on my personal longbows. When I buld a bow for someone else, I do what ever they want.
I'll keep you mind. If I were to "try" another longbow, I would want the length to be 72", but the poundage I want has to be at my 30" draw length. Not at 28".
Most production made bows where the poundage is measured at 28", every inch past 28", the poundage starts to increase by 4# or more making the draw to my anchor point very harsh.