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Birch flatbow

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An about 40 pound birch flatbow. Dacron string, the arrows are made with glue, dyed turkey feathers & factory-made steel tips. At that time was tooo lazy/busy to try to make my own.

I love the simple elegance of this :) Now, if I just learned to shoot...

Updated: it's actually closer to 45-50 pounds, and shoots about 43m/s so that's straight on the target efficiency curve Bowyer's Bible suggests. Not bad for first go :)
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Your first bow? That's amazing. I went the safe route and made a bow out of pvc and arrows with duct tape flights. I am truly humbled.