Fibre-glass, as applied to items that must bend and makequick recoveries, is processed by arranging thousands ofstrands of spun glass-threads—much smaller than human hair—in a form then binding them in a matrix of synthetic resins.The process is technical and requires certain specialized
equipment in order to accomplish the desired results. It hasreally been the task of big money; the small manufacturers,such as bowyers, could not afford such expense; this, prob-ably, answers the question as to why the fibre glass bow hasbeen so long in making its appearance.
A few days ago, a sample of one of these long awaitedweapons reached this writer who gave it a fairly thorough fieldtrial. It was found to be stable, sweet shooting and of satis-factory cast. It may not be quite as fast as some of the recurvedlaminated jobs or a bow made from prime yew but it isdecidedly faster than lemonwood and is about on par withosage orange. This fibre glass bow did not lose cast neither didit take the slightest set; the last arrow that was shot held upjust the same as the first one. Its chief virtue seems to be de-pendability.
