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Laminated bow

A laminated bow is a bow

Bow (weapon)

A bow is a weapon that projects arrows powered by the elasticity of the bow. Essentially, it is a form of Spring . As the bow is drawn, energy is stored in the limbs of the bow and transformed into rapid motion when the string is released, with the string transferring this force to the arrow....
in which different materials are laminated together to form the bow stave itself. Traditional composite bow

Composite bow

A composite bow is a bow made from disparate materials laminated together, usually applied under tension. Different materials are used in order to take advantage of the properties of each material....
s are normally not included, although their construction with horn, wood, and sinew might bring them within the above definition. This term usually refers to bows made of wood, fiberglass, or other modern materials. Such bows may have any side-view profile; the modern recurve bow

Recurve bow

The side view when unstrung, the frontal view, and the cross-section of the working limbs are important elements of the bow shape....
is one example, commonly made mainly of fiberglass, and many modern longbow

Longbow

A longbow is a type of bow that is tall , is not significantly recurve bow and has relatively narrow limbs, that are circular or D-shaped in cross section....
s and recurves are made by laminating wood.

The technique has many advantages as compared to making a self bow

Self bow

A self bow is a Bow made from a single piece of wood. Extra material such as horn nocks on the ends, or built-up handles, would normally be accepted as part of a self bow....
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A laminated bow is a bow

Bow (weapon)

Composite bow

Recurve bow

Longbow

Self bow

A self bow is a Bow made from a single piece of wood. Extra material such as horn nocks on the ends, or built-up handles, would normally be accepted as part of a self bow....
. It enables the bowyer

Bowyer

A bowyer is someone who makes or sells Bow ....
to use materials on the back of the bow that are particularly strong in tension, and materials strong in compression on the belly; it is also easier to apply powered machinery to the manufacturing process so as to save time. For the amateur, lamination may make it possible to apply a strong backing to wood that would not otherwise make a good bow. A laminated backing may also save a great deal of time that would be spent following the grain of a natural stave in order to make a self bow

Self bow

A self bow is a Bow made from a single piece of wood. Extra material such as horn nocks on the ends, or built-up handles, would normally be accepted as part of a self bow....
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Other bow construction techniques include cable-backed bow

Cable-backed bow

A cable-backed bow is a bow reinforced with a cable on the back. The cable is made from either animal, vegetable or synthetic fibers and is tightened to increase the strength of the bow....
and compound bow

Compound bow

The compound bow is a contemporary bow that requires less force at full draw than other more traditional bows.The compound bow can transfer more energy more efficiently to the arrow due to its rigidity, stability, and consistency....
, and other bow forms include decurve bow, deflex bow, and reflex bow.

History

Laminated bows were rare in most of the world before modern waterproof glues became widely available, almost unknown before about 1900CE, and outside Japan and Northern Asia they have never formed a significant proportion of traditional bows. The modern Japanese yumi

Yumi

is the Japanese language for bow s, and includes the longbow, Daikyu and the shortbow, hankyu) used in the practice of Kyudo, or Japanese archery....
however is a laminated bow, as is the Korekawa bow from the late Jomon period in Japan, and the Saami and their neighbours across Northern Asia also made laminated bows for centuries. Insulander speculates that these may have been a step in the evolution of the composite bow

Composite bow

Laminated bow

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