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Old 11-28-2011, 10:05 AM
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Default Selfwood longbow

I've been shooting from the 50 pounds selfwood hickory longbow for few months now, and I like it a lot, though it is cheap ebay build bow. Recently I started looking for the heavier pull bow 65 pounds plus. Few weeks ago I ordered another selfwood longbow from ebay. The bow was supposed to be 80 pounds pull. When I got the bow I realized right away it is much heavier bow, I clocked it at over 100 pounds. Also the lower limb is 3" shorter than the upper limb :-). So I guess you can say I was very disappointed and requested my money back.
So instead of getting another poorly build bow I want to spend a little more money and get a good selfbow, however I only get references for the laminated multilayered bows.
I would like to continue stay as traditional as possible and want to get a selfwood longbow. I could not find any reputable builders here in US that build good selfwood bows. Anyone knows good selfwood bow builders? If so please let me know. I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks.
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