Ipe for English Longbows
Ipe....Is this a good wood for ELBs? Does it need to be backed or will it work by itself?Johnny
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It might be kind of dense for an English Longbow - might get some handshock. I'd definitely back it too.
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Johnny,Dense tropical hardwoods were used for the very narrow deep sectioned popinjay and target bows from the 19th C onwards. Hugh Soar is a mine of information on these types.Would probably make a...
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I've seen several folks making these bow out of Ipe and it's has me interested. I tend to favour the English design and would like more alternatives other than Yew and ERC.Johnny
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I wouldnt care for IPE if I had ERC or yew. But it needs to be backed with hickory. If you glue up some reflex, it would be wise to make it shorter that 72 for 28 draw, say 68. Tips has to be small...
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ERC is better...?Maybe I'll just stick with ERC.....these trees are everywhere in Tennessee...!Johnny
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Johnny IPE has SG 1.2 thats probably too much for any kind of bow unles you are brave enough to make it narrow, more narrow and so on....If you have ERC then you have all you need....
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Johnny, Mark In England has built several Elbs with Ipe backed with Bamboo or Hickory, hopefully he will be on later and tell you more himself.But I recall him saying they were quite slim compared to...
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I forgot about Elm...Lots of it around my neck of the woods.Johnny
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I've made a couple of Ipe ELBs. I can reccomend it. Brilliant ELB wood. Very tolerant of tillering mistakes even if difficult to work.Yes the bow needs to be slim, yes the tips need to be narrow but...
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One thing to add. Don't be tempted to put in too much reflex with a deep section longbow. I did with a long narrow ELB. I ended up with 5 inches of reflex much of which I expected to lose as the now...
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It needs very good hardbacking. Chris Boyton told me he has old popinjay bow with IPE belly which holds 4 of reflex, means it must have been glued with more than that.I made this one while...
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It is good to lost in count.Ipe may real heavy but that may work in shorter and narrowed piece too or can make normal size and use real heavy arrows with that. With lamination and somekind of...
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