"Javelina"
Took me a couple of tries, but I finally got my new forward riser pattern to where I want it. When I made my first forward riser bow, "Forward Scout", I was trying to see how close I could come to a photo of what we pretty sure was a John Schulz forward riser design. It came out pretty good, looked nice and shot well and I've made a number of them since.
However, other Hill forward riser bows I've seen were nothing like Scout, basically much slimmer, with no locator, simply a regular Hill made backwards, and I'm sorry to say I didn't care much for the look of them. Then, I saw a forward riser done by Ted Kramer while he was at Hill and really liked the look of that. My first try, I just didn't quite achieve the look I wanted. Ah, but the second try! I'm quite happy with this one. It is named "Javelina", after the memory of my hunt, which I spent my time kind of reliving as I made it. From this point, just as with Scout, I'll refer to this pattern as "Javelina".
Javelina is 66" and 30@28 (25@ my draw of 25"). (I had to allow for some slight difference in working with the gray glass and for the effect of the forward riser and came out exactly on target!0
Layup:
.040 gray glass
.070 lamboo parallel
.120 lamboo tapered .002
.100 lamboo parallel
24" power lam
.040 gray glass
Riser 18" laminated zircote
Total Wood Stack: (less power lam) .290
Total Stack: .370
Javie is incredibly soft shooting and whisper quiet, a real joy to shoot, very consistent as long as you are. Not especially fast, but shoots flat enough that I'll be able to hit at 30 yards guite quickly as I get used to it.
Unstrung - straight limbs
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Strung
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Laminated zircote riser close up. Really beautiful grain. I kind of hated to put the leather wrap on it.
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I've wanted a gray glass bow since I ran into a gray Hill a couple of years ago. Built one other gray one, but it went to a friend. Now I have one.
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Took a few test shots as I went around the range, then, from 18 yards... my usual new bow "OK, let's see what we have" spot.
Note: That high shot was not my fault. An eagle was flying over, seized my arrow and was trying to fly off with it but this was as high as he got before it hit the target and knocked him loose.... That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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