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Bows -> Bamboo Longbow

Bamboo longbow deflex reflex "Milan"

The graceful flight of the Milan stood for me here as a godfather for this beautifulbow. With the natural active substance bamboo in the building of bow are approx. 1200 years used. Under the 1100 kinds of bamboo mainly "Moso" and "Madake" are processed. Course and pressure strength are enormous. Around optimal hardness the stems will attain with approx. 4 years after cut. As outside protection the bamboo stem has only the breath-thin layer of wax. The highly consolidated force fibers which are under it are permanently exposed to the weather. Thereby the very good weather compatibility of the bamboo bow can be explained.
With large heat bamboo becomes only somewhat soft. Particularly valuable for the mediteranen contactors it is added that one can hold with full strength up to approx. 3 seconds.
The type of arch is taken from that old-Egyptian Composite bow. The handle or riser is curved towards the shooter (deflex) and the limb portion is curved in an arc away from the shooter. From this result is less limb movement and maximum tension in the limbs, as well as a smooth drawing ,high performance bow. The bow grips can be built with a small arrow shelf (5mm to the bow center) (after IFAA "long bow modern"). If shooting over the back hand, the bow 12 mm to the bow center , is built without shelf (DFBV wood bow).

8 layers of Bamboo before gluing

Grip variations:


smoked oak with Hickory and leather coiled wrap	Elm grip with 2x veneer grip sections, inserted arrow head(antlers) as strike plate	Apple tree with Hickory	Acacia	Grip is carved to the DFBV (long bowdecay) veneer, bow belly combined with smoked oak.

Hickory, 1x veneer and, European plum wood combined

Possible grip woods

Apple tree, maple, acacia, Birch, elm, grove, beech , Hickory

1. European Plum, smoked oak	Surcharge 25,00 Euro
2. Osage	Surcharge 45,00 Euro
3. Handle woods (here combinations of all 7 woods are possible)	Surcharge 35,00 Euro
4. decorative ornaments doubly approximately (here combinations of all 9 woods are possible)	Surcharge 65,00 Euro
5. Takedown system	Surcharge 170,00 Euro
6. arrow head from antlers strike plate	Surcharge 25,00 Euro

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Prices

	Bow Nr. 1 Bamboo forms belly and back. The limb is made continuous laminate from heated bamboo. This wood is very light and high elastic.	up to 35 lbs, 640Euro up to 55 lbs, 760 Euro up to 65 lbs, 830 Euro
	Bow Nr. 2 (My recommendation for tournament shooters) Here the core from 4 hand sorted tempered bamboo strips. Laterally glued with finest acacia . Thus higher arrow speed and improves resetting of the limbs .	Surcharge 110,00 Euro
	Bow Nr. 3 The limb core has 11 components, of it is reduced and tapered worked the 8 standing, smoked bamboo strips up to the force fiber. In this finely adjusted limb. The energy is optimally distributed in the limbs for smooth drawing and maximum shot results.	Surcharge 160,00 Euro
	Additive to 1, 2, u. 3 Additionally the bow belly is tempered. That softening of the bamboo in the summer heat is optimally minimized, which causes faster firing.	Surcharge 25,00 Euro
	Additive to 2, u. 3 Interior bamboo with Yew wood combination.	Surcharge 30,00 Euro
The standing heated fibers essentially decide over the quality of the limbs. No. 2 and No. 3 hold its course and stress over long years.

Bow nock overlays

are generally manufactured from hard European Plum wood

They can be manufactured also from bright to black horn, the length of the bow will be measured for each individual

Surcharge 15,00 Euro

Bow length

1. 1.70 m (67") string is fast flight Flemish	to 71 cm (28") Draw length
2. 1.75 m (69") string is fast flight Flemish	to 74 cm (29") Draw length
3. 180 cm (71") string is fast flight Flemish	to 76 cm (30 ") Draw length
4. 183 cm (72") string is fast flight Flemish	to 81 cm (32") Draw length