Carbon In Laminated Longbows

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Longy58 · #1 Post by **Longy58** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:00 am

Hello bowyers,

I recently acquired a Barry Johnson Longbow and was wondering if any of you bowyers have used carbon fibre laminations at all in your Hill style bows, and if you have is there a noticeable improvement over what you would normally use.

Regards. Richard.

longbow steve · #2 Post by **longbow steve** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:34 am

Longy58 wrote:Hello bowyers,

I recently acquired a Barry Johnson Longbow and was wondering if any of you bowyers have used carbon fibre laminations at all in your Hill style bows, and if you have is there a noticeable improvement over what you would normally use.

Regards. Richard.

Hi Richard, you could expect a slight improvement in speed if used without glass on the back through weight reduction and stiffness. Used under glass would be a fairly slight speed gain. I have an American made bow with 2 sets of limbs, one with carbon under glass the others without and there is no noticable difference in speed. The bows I have made with uni carbon and weave over the top have been increased in speed and draw weight over their glass counterparts. Steve

Longy58 · #3 Post by **Longy58** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:21 am

longbow steve wrote:
Longy58 wrote:Hello bowyers,

I recently acquired a Barry Johnson Longbow and was wondering if any of you bowyers have used carbon fibre laminations at all in your Hill style bows, and if you have is there a noticeable improvement over what you would normally use.

Regards. Richard.
Hi Richard, you could expect a slight improvement in speed if used without glass on the back through weight reduction and stiffness. Used under glass would be a fairly slight speed gain. I have an American made bow with 2 sets of limbs, one with carbon under glass the others without and there is no noticable difference in speed. The bows I have made with uni carbon and weave over the top have been increased in speed and draw weight over their glass counterparts. Steve

Thanks Steve,
Do you build bows and if you do, is there a website I can view ?
Cheers. Richard.

longbow steve · #4 Post by **longbow steve** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:37 am

Hi Richard, I do build bows but have no website. I can try to dig up some pics later for you. Steve

longbow steve · #5 Post by **longbow steve** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:13 am

Here Richard

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longbow steve · #6 Post by **longbow steve** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:18 am

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Longy58 · #7 Post by **Longy58** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:23 pm

Steve,

That is some fine work on your bows. I'm really starting to appreciate the quality of Australian bowyers from the few photos I have seen.

Thank you. Richard.

bigbob · #8 Post by **bigbob** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:43 pm

Seriously nice bows there Steve, like the Zebrano on the limbs.

Gringa Bows · #9 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:31 pm

Very nice Steve

longbow steve · #10 Post by **longbow steve** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:45 pm

Thanks guys. Steve

longbowinfected · #11 Post by **longbowinfected** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:53 pm

They do not just look nice they shoot seriously well. Very fast bows.

Kevin

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