Arrowsmit,

The Dakota is rated at a 29" draw and the Sley is at 30" I ordered the Dakota first and went by the formula that you lose 2" when going from compound to recurve. I found, I only lost one inch.
The Sley is 3# heavier than the Dakota Recurve at my 30" draw. That is one reason it shoots the same arrow a little faster.
I shoot weighted ACC arrows that weigh in at 625grs.
I got 173fps with my Dakota Recurve and 185 with the Sley. I thought that was decent speed for a fairly heavy arrow.
Nowhere near what some of those Big East shooters are claiming though. LOL.
My Dakota is built by Rick Welch. Not Bob Morrison. Bows with the same name cause some confusion at times.
I used the chronograph at my archery shop and realize that these figures could be off. I plan on checking the bows out with my uncle's chronograph when I get the chance.


Sag.

I was talking to the bowyer down at Great Planes bows this morning. I was asking him about the tonkin bamboo limbs on my bow,he said that he felt that all the limbs were pretty much the same but that the bamboo were maybe a little better than the others.I find that they draw very smoothly and I like the dark golden yellow and dark spotty color a lot. Cam [8d]

I was talking to the bowyer down at Great Planes bows this morning. I was asking him about the tonkin bamboo limbs on my bow,he said that he felt that all the limbs were pretty much the same but that the bamboo were maybe a little better than the others.I find that they draw very smoothly and I like the dark golden yellow and dark spotty color a lot. Cam [8d]

Thanks 4 da info Sag!

stealthycat (and Hi Sag!)

My friend is a bowyer, builds the best longbow I have shot. Now I know that sounds like favoritism, but it is not.
I have shot a half dozen longbows all high buck.
His "new" design has Bamboo/Carbon core. It is VERY fast very smooth and quiet.

The speed comes from the fact that bamboo is strong and LIGHT in weight. Ditto for the carbon! Both in combo produce something specail.
Like most bows with glas overlays,you don;t even have to see the bamboo/carbon if you use other type of wood veneer "lams". You can make them look like anything you can think of!!

I am having a bow made as we speak, Carbon/Tempered Bamboo Core, Black glass over the carbon on the back side, and Tigerwood lams on the belly to make the bamboo "purtier". Cocobolo/Tigerwood riser.

Yes, Howard Hill did use Bamboo alot, as does Ron LaClair's "short" longbow, the "Samurai"
The top line dan Quillian LongHunter longbows are bamboo core!! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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