the "D" shape R/D longbow appreciation thread!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Here is my first attempt a true R/D long bow side by side with a Howard Hill bow.










here she is unbraced...





This Bow was a gift for a friend of mine you guys might know as Captain Dick. here's a film clip of the presentation at Western States Rendezvous.

click  on the photo to start the video..

[Ben Maher]

Kirk,
looks a dandy ! Great video too mate , one of the best things I have seen ages  ! Cap'n Dick is one of the good blokes ! Good on you sir !

How does she shoot ?

[straitera]

Good thread Robster. Been considering a hybrid Dakota in my weight. Gotta be straight handle though.

[Mike Mecredy]

Here's a few of the simple ones I made over the years, (I mostly make laminated bows, but my favorites to both make and shoot are of natural materials, either wood and bamboo, hide or sinew backed wood or selfbows)

Yew and 'boo



Osage Orange and 'boo

 

Red oak and deer rawhide,

 

Osage Orange and sinew

 

[Mike Mecredy]

Excellent post, some nice plain and simple bows posted there. I like them plain and simple. A few good coments as well, and a few... well... I'll just keep quiet.

[Bob B.]

Mike I am a sucker for a good yew and boo bow, I love the combo!  Excellent looking bows!

Bob.

[AdAstraAiroh]

Here are images of the Fox Triple Crown Carbon R/D longbow.  It is distinctly a R/D form when unstrung, but has been designed to have true D shape when braced.  

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[Bernd]

Beautiful bows, no matter how you call them.

I'd like to throw in my "new to me" Great plains Bamboo longbow.
66" long, 50*@28".
Nice shooter, good looking and very reliable.
I have some nice pictures, but just still can't figure it out how to post them. If anybody is interested, perhaps I could send the photos to one of you who can post them.

Thanks,

Bernd

[T Sunstone]

Robertson 66" 63# @ 29

[T Sunstone]

[T Sunstone]

[T Sunstone]

PLEASE post images no wider than 640 - thank you.

[Larry m]

Mike from Maddog
I like your taste in bows. Nice design and very GOOD looking!!!

Interesting thread Rob.

[Bob B.]

T Sunstone,

Damn buddy, take me hunting with you!!!!  Nice bucks man!!  

[Fletcher]

I gotta go with Aussie Jeff on this one.  The bow design is clearly deflex/reflex.  Not sure how it got turned around except that it might seem easier to say and most folks don't pay attention to the details but just accept what they hear, whether it's right or wrong.  Us Yanks get "your and you're" and "there, they're and their" pounded into our heads for 12 years and most still don't get that right either.  

That said, it is a fairly minor thing and we all know what they're talking about.  I won't buy a bow from a builder that calls it an R/D, tho; it tells me that he has never really studied what he was doing.

[Rob DiStefano]

imho, this r/d or d/r thing isn't in the same category as "there, they're, their", as the grammatical use of those words are part of the qualified rules of the english language.

r/d (or d/r) is merely referring to reflex in the limbs and deflex in the riser.  put it in whatever order makes ya happy.  i've never heard or seen in print where there is a grammatical rule or precedence that requires it to be one way or the other.  perhaps i just look at it as the simplistic street vernacular of traditional archery, 'n y'all knows what i mean, don't'cha, eh?    

oh, and this thing ...

 

... is, imho, r/d/r - reflexed at the limb's ends, deflexed at mid-limb and reflexed again at the riser. as always, ymmv.    :D

[pdk25]

Originally posted by Fletcher:
....... I won't buy a bow from a builder that calls it an R/D, tho; it tells me that he has never really studied what he was doing. [/QUOTE

Sorry. I like my bows too much too be limited like that. Just because they call it r/d doesn't mean they don't know the difference or how to build a great bow.  Check out some of the sponsor websites for their descriptions. Maybe they are catering to us ignorant yanks, but so be it.

[Mike Mecredy]

Right-on Larry

[Mike Mecredy]

I just checked my website; I have them listed as Deflex/reflex, so I guess I good to go.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Mike Mecredy:
I just checked my website; I have them listed as Deflex/reflex, so I guess I'm good to go.

:D