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		<title>Putting some bounce back in my bent stick.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my nice 45Lb Longbow has been loosing some of it&#8217;s kick lately and it&#8217;s kinda leading to me not enjoying shooting it as much and opting for the Recurve.  It&#8217;s time that I either did something about it or &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://syridian.id.au/archives/618">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So my nice 45Lb Longbow has been loosing some of it&#8217;s kick lately and it&#8217;s kinda leading to me not enjoying shooting it as much and opting for the Recurve.  It&#8217;s time that I either did something about it or retired the bow and saved up for a new one.  So on the weekend I took the plung and took to the bow with a woodworkers scraper, taking off all of the previous varnish and taking it back to just pure wood.</p>
<p>From there I cut and layered on 2 layers of a nice heavy linen backing with outdoor aquadhere, this was then stretched along each of the upper and lower limbs and left for 4 days to harden.  on the 4th day I cut off the excess, strung the bow and ensure that it was still the same, then I left it until Yesterday before attempting to shoot it.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s well&#8230;  Smoother&#8230;  Seems to have taken out alot of the kick, but unfortunately it also seems to not really increased it&#8217;s poundage at all, which was the hope.  Further testing shall continue, as will actually testing the draw weight, but so far it doesn&#8217;t really seem to have made a huge improvement.  Might be time to make my own bow like Lorccan and Mercurio have.</p>
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