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Asiatic bow...all bamboo(belly and backing)

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akila
Hello guys....this is my first bow that i post here on this forum...i hope you will like it....its an all bamboo bow made from 2 strips of bamboo glued together with bone glue.....the bow is 48" long.... and the core and belly is 32"long including the Vsplice....the bow end up verry light...its 27#@30".....i have make a mistake whenn i wass tapered the belly strip, and whenn i put the bow to tillering tree, one limb wass ligth the the other, so i had to take material from the stronger limb , so the bow end bow with this 27#....this is it....im verry happy with the result...this is my first laminate bow, and its the first time whenn im working with bamboo...and i will try to do another bow like this, but a little more powerfuul....here are the pictures//
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I just have to put some varnish to the bow to finish him and its done.....The belly strip wass tempered on this bow, and i glued him in a little reflex..aboute 2"....i wass afraid to put more reflex, i wass sure that it will broke.....thats why im verry hapyy with the result....the syiah are made from wite ash, and they warr steam bend.....this is all for now...byee all
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Stephen Selby
Great to have a Member from Romania.

I think that you bow looks really nice. Congratulations.

Many bows from South India were made like that, and they look similar.