Here at Toelke Traditional Archery we use real hardwood risers and Limb faces, not Diamondwood or laminated, stained woods. We have a great selection of fantastic hardwoods from all over tho world.
We do not list the wood species we use on our site because the availability of certain woods comes and goes. Call or email and tell us what kind of colors, tones and figure you are looking for and will help guide you to the riser wood/limb face veneer combination to match what you are looking for in your new custom bow.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bamboo Cores
We do everything in house and never cut corners. We use Bamboo cores in all of our bows because of its great cast and exceptional smoothness. Many Bowyers tell customers that Bamboo is nothing special, from my experience they are trying to save themselves money and lots of time. We spend many hours turning strips of heat treated bamboo into Veneers. It is very light in mass for its stiffness and recoils very fast, hence its many years of use in Traditional bows and fly rods.
In our longbows we typically use two tapered strips if heat treated Bamboo(shown) one of tapered edge grain, laminated, heat treated, Bamboo in the belly for higher compression. Two strips of the best clear glass we can get, face veneers of your choice and a thin tapered center lamination to match your riser choice. This making our standard Longbow limb eight veneers!
They are now ready to be tapered and ground to thickness for each bows draw weight.
In our longbows we typically use two tapered strips if heat treated Bamboo(shown) one of tapered edge grain, laminated, heat treated, Bamboo in the belly for higher compression. Two strips of the best clear glass we can get, face veneers of your choice and a thin tapered center lamination to match your riser choice. This making our standard Longbow limb eight veneers!
25 strips of heat treated bamboo before and after initial grinding.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
WHIP HS
Guys are Talking about the new HS Whip limb so I thought I would post something about it.
First off, here at Toelke Traditional Archery we are always looking for ways to improve our products. The HS Whip limb is a result of just that. A improvement on an already good thing! The Adjustments were made to Whip lengths 58" 60" and 62". The 64" and 66" Were right where we wanted them, but we felt we could do better on the shorter models. The HS limb gave us a lighter, higher tension limb, improving both performance and the smooth quiet feel that the Whip is known for!
Jared Toelke
62" Classic Whip HS
First off, here at Toelke Traditional Archery we are always looking for ways to improve our products. The HS Whip limb is a result of just that. A improvement on an already good thing! The Adjustments were made to Whip lengths 58" 60" and 62". The 64" and 66" Were right where we wanted them, but we felt we could do better on the shorter models. The HS limb gave us a lighter, higher tension limb, improving both performance and the smooth quiet feel that the Whip is known for!
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