OOPS! Well..... maybe not completely traditional!

I had posted a previous thread regarding "Sterling Jensen" custom bows. A friend and I had bows made by another boyer. Some glitches caused the poundage to be much less than what we had ordered. We have those bows too. Regardless of reduced poundage, they are also nice looking and good shooting recurves.

However, we were in a quandary when we found Sterling in Utah. He said he could build bows to our specs within 4 weeks. The offer was enticing, but we would have had to push it to get everything compatible with the bow and get them shot in before the season started.

Luckily, Sterling loves to make bows and had some bows already made up. Some in his inventory were bows that were ordered but never paid for. Fate was on our side again. He had two bows in stock that, other than choosing woods, were close to our specs. We bought the two bows and at the end of the season he is going to build us our spec bows.

We started shooting these bows in last week. They are sweet to pull and very good shooters.

Sterling was a world record holder in flight shooting (his records have since been broken) and is into the science of arrow flight and bow energy.

Using his flight shooting knowledge, he has incorporated his flight shooting design into the recurve limbs, which increases limb energy without heavy draw and stacking. The limbs taper from the riser end to the mid section of the limbs, and then the thickness is increased at the start of the curve and to the tip. Sterling refers to the design as the "wedge." The wedge causes the major portion of limb to be utilized and assists in "throwing" the shaft. He also explains that the "wedge" helps the limb to quickly stop and not vibrate. From what I can tell so far, his concept is spot on.

Thought I would provide an example of some of his work. This recurve is mine. I'll try to get my bud's Jensen on at a later date.