 STRIKE EAGLE 11 TAKE DOWN Reflex Deflex Longbow -SOLD
This is an extreme custom carbon limbed moderate Reflex-Deflex bow. It doesn't get much better and if you want a truly high end custom this is it. The Eagle Wing longbow and the Strike Eagle Take downs are the culmination of over 40 years bowhunter experience and over thirty years of woodworking and custom gunstock building. These bows are truly a work of art and the design is as efficient as a bow can get with fairly straight limbs, And the best of technology and workmanship This bow features a special limb layup in which the bottom carbon is placed inside the core area and the top carbon is placed immediately under the back. I will admit it was an experiment and it came out perfect. the tiller is right on and it shoots awesome.
The limb design itself is a short working area but perfectly tapered and tillered so that the work is spread evenly throughout the limb. This is not only a fast design but I have done things to make it etremely smooth drawing with an even power curve.This bow feels like a 45 lb. bow but is 58 sbs at 28 inches. When you pull it you will not believe it is 58 lbs.With the limb design this bow has the short brace height which means the arrow is on the string longer and the power stroke is longer. This means more arrow speed than a bow of the same weight with a longer brace height. The bow is simply more efficient.
Another design feature that enhanses the performance of this bow is the limb weight . It is about 2/3 the weight of most limbs for the length of bow. this is accomplished by three very important design features. The materials that the limb is composed of is the first. This bow is built of the very best of modern materials. Gordon's bowtuff glass with scrim is the very best glass available. It has fiberglass laid at a 90 detgree angle to the limb which keeps linial cracks from developing as easily as will with bows built of linial glass. Its not used except in extreme custom bows simply because it cost the builder more and the bow owner won't know the difference until little cracks develope in his or her bow. Second I only use the best core material, Action Boo which is the stiffest, lightest, strongest core available. third I laminate a very thin exotic veneer under the glass and right under that is the speed angel, carbon. Won't give any demons credit for this one it and the ability to build it comes from God.My concept is to do everything I do as unto Christ and that includes bow building. Not a single corner is cut in materials workmanship or time to do the job to the best of my ability.
This bow is heirloom quality. Secondly I personally grind and mic the veneer laminations out of the very finest instrument grade hardwoods. In the case of this bow the veneers are a gorgeous quilted maple. This thin veneer goes under the glass on the back and belly of the bow and is what you see. It is gorgeous. Next comes a layer of carbon. Another feature used by few bowyers because of the care and knowledge required to use it plus it is extremely expensive to only add 5 to 10 fps to the speed of the bow. Those are the reasons given. However it does much more than just add speed it adds stability to the limb and makes a more accurate bow killing vibration which is commonly called hand shock. The combination of limb design, bamboo core and carbon makes this bow as smooth a pulling bow as it is possible to build. I will not say my bow is the smoothest and fastest bow built but I will say that bows that are equal are built the same way or with the same concepts.
Next is the true core material which is the very best for many reasons. I use only actionboo bamboo core and tapers in my bows. This makes an incredibly fast and smooth shooting bow even without the carbon but when combined with carbon is simply amazing. It is the lightest strongest bow limb material available. It really is a grass so the fiber structure is extremely long and strong. It is incredibly stiff and is called natures carbon. So I end up with a beautiful bow that not only looks awsome but performs even better than it looks. Using these materials allows me to build a very light weight , very stiff limb. It springs foreward faster than a heavy limb of the same pull weight. This is what makes a bow fast compared to other bows. Now to a bowhunter speed is not the consideration but energy is. This bow will give a heavy hunting arrow more energy out of a lighter pull weight than most bows. A 45 lb pull weitght bow like this will actually shoot an arrow harder and faster than most bows that are 10 lbs heavier in pull weight.
This bow has every feature to make it just the most beautiful work of art you can lay eyes on. In fact if it was a picture you would frame it and hang it on the wall. I make each one of these bows one at a time and do not care how long it takes to make it. There are no corners cut in materials or in workmanship I believe that the pictures will speak for themselves. The riser is built for tremendous strength and beauty out of premium instrument grade hardwoods. I have as much money in the woods alone in some of these bows as other builders have in the whole bow. Each riser requires careful sand fitting and multiple glueups which means I will spend from three days to a week on the riser layup alone. This is not finished or even sanded but is laying in custom beauty stripes, shaping and designing for strength. Each takedown will have Multiple feature stripes plus 1/8 in linin phenolic across the whole riser on which the limbs rest. Again a custom feature that adds tremendous strength to the riser plus stability against any future warpage or limb twist. While talking about Phenolic I use it in abundance even though it is extremely expensive. The overlays are phenolic. The tips are overlaid with at least one and sometimes multiple layers of phenolic.This is not only for beauty but makes the bow fast flight ready. Finally comes the finish on these bows. At this time I hand sand and hand finish each bow. First it is sealed with a premium clear sealer and then carefully finished with a high gloss oil finish. This is not a spray can finish but is the same finish I use on custom rifle stocks. It requires hours and hours of sanding and recoating until the wood looks like a piece of glass and three miles deep.With this type finish you can actually see into the wood which brings out the great beauty God placed within it.
Details of bow, 59 inch, 58 lb at 28 in, fastflight, carbon limb with Phenolic overlays, riser window cut 3/16in. past center for true centershot, Riser radiused for fletch clearance, medium grip, Koa flares, double mosaic strips, koa overlays on phenolic. riser has bloodwood I beam construction with an incredible marbled Myrtlewood and heavily striped koa flares. It is outstanding and unique. No one else will ever own a bow like this and it will be the first bow anyone looks at on your rack.
I've given you the thousand words, now look at the pics. I believe the care to detail reflects what this bow is all about. Simply the best. God Bless and good hunting, Steve. |
 
   
 
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