There was some interest in this bow in another post so I thought I'd put one together to highlight this unique critter. It was made here in AK by Jack Harrison of Alaska Frontier Archery. I'm not certain what wood the riser is but I'm thinking cocobolo maybe. You can see the bamboo in the limbs and it's backed and faced with black carbon fiber. The limb tips are fossilized mammoth ivory. It's very short for a longbow, shorter than my recurve even, but it's also one of the fastest traditional bows I've shot; very handy and pleasant to shoot but also a bit demanding on form. Braced at 7" even with an 18 strand FF string. Don't even ask 1.) where to get one or 2.) how much they might cost... 1.) I don't know and 2.) You really don't wanna know! I traded a custom .45 I built years ago for it.
Thats a sweet bow Rob, I really dig the tips. I see where alot of bows have bamboo for the core woods, what are the qualities of bamboo that makes it so popular??
The only facts I know about bamboo are that it grows fast and it's not a wood, it's a grass. Other than that, better ask the bowyers on here like Kanga. They can answer better than I.
Last I heard the ones actually made by Harrison were going for something like $1250. Ones that were made by the same company after he left were going for something around $850. I never ground truthed that though. I think I had about $750 into the pistol I traded for mine. He/they also made a more conventional longbow called the Black Wolf that still broke down just the same. It was a bit more forgiving and a few hundred bucks cheaper.
Not to many bows out there that look like that but the bow looks exactly like yours. I wished I would of saved the pics and info, I deleted it!
