Ranting

[Crooked Stic]

Folks I am usually pretty humble.
But I have outdone myself on this design. It is super stable real forgiving points welland plenty fast enough. I settled on a .0025 FT with a straight taper wedge. Risers from 16 to 14 in. Same length limbs. I did move the stop in 1 in on the last set of limbs. Works good at 56 in. Not as forgiving.
Have built 5 so far and extra limbs. Two in KY and one about 60 miles away.

[Noah70]

Beautiful shape to those limbs!  How long was the wedge? Tip wedge ?  Great work!!

[kennym]

Good looker Mike !! 

[BO-R]

Nice Work!

[Crooked Stic]

8.25 on the wedges and can go longer depending on draw length. No tip wedge.

[Kirkll]

kinda looks like a Zipper design.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice, Mike..

[OldRawhide42]

Can we see a unstrung pic ?   And what pad angle are you using ?
Jim

[Carpdaddy]

  Well I can't speak for the others but I can say that the two guys in Ky (me and my hunting partner) are very much satisfied with their bows! I say Homerun on this design Mike; good shooter, hope to soon get 🩸 blood 🩸 on it! 

[Crooked Stic]

Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works  although not a Shrew design either.

[Kirkll]

Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works  although not a Shrew design either.

Zipper built a lot of bows that were seriously floppy limbed and vertically unstable IMO. But they sold a lot of them.... To each his own.... I never cared for that limb design much myself. They can be pretty decent in the performance dept though.

The one pc Shrew design for a shorty bow was excellent, and I did build quite a few of those years ago myself and elk hunted with one. Those were rock solid vertically.


One man's garbage is another man's treasure .... Gotta love it!