How Does a Custom Recurve Bow Get Made?
(World News Science)

James `Big Jim` Babcock crafts some of the finest laminated-limb recurves and longbows in the country. We paid a visit to Babcock earlier this year at his custom-bow shop in Albany, Georgia. Andrew Hetherington Taking Shape Babcock with a bow form used to press and cure the laminations of a recurve bow. Andrew Hetherington A slab of spalted maple. Andrew Hetherington Limb veneers of black-and-white-ebony lumber. Andrew Hetherington A stack of black-and-white ebony lumber. Andrew Hetherington A lineup of domestic and exotic woods, including cocobolo, zircote, bubinga, and bocote. Andrew...