 STRIKE EAGLE 1 TAKE DOWN RECURVE BOW~SOLD
This is an extreme custom bow. The Eagle Wing longbow and the Strike Eagle Take down recurve 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, long riser and basically a static recurve.
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.With the limb design this bow has the brace height is not as long as most recurves 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 10 or 11 inch brace height which is common for most recurves. 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.
I personally grind and mic the veneer laminations ut of the very finest instrument grade hardwoods including myrtle wood which I believe to be the most beautiful of all woods. 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.
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.
Details of bow, 58 inch, 55 lb at 28 in, fastflight, carbon limb with myrtle overlays, riser window cut 3/16in. past center for true centershot, Riser radiused for fletch clearance, medium grip, custon carved antler burr takedown attachments.
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