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Offline Radon

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The laburnum bow is done!!!
« on: April 01, 2009, 02:33:07 pm »
Hi all,

finally I managed to get the laburnum bow finished.

It's 64"ntn and draws 53#@28"
I spliced two billets of home-garden grown laburnum, the handle riser is cherry and the bow is backed with watersnake skin.
After tillering and some shooting, the reflex is mostly gone.



















After having worked with that wood, I think that its physical qualities are as good as osage. It sure looks better ;)
For me, Laburnum is probably the best locally growing bowwood.
It seems a bit harder than osage but is similar workable. Probably as "brittle".

Radon
« Last Edit: April 02, 2009, 04:00:25 am by Radon »
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Offline DustinDees

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2009, 02:40:21 pm »
thats a beautiful bow. makes me wish my elm would hurry up and dry. Keep em coming.

Dustin D
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Offline knightd

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2009, 02:54:18 pm »
Looks good.. I like those tips..
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2009, 03:05:25 pm »

Very nice work! - have a full length stave waiting in the workshop, too!
Is yours sapwood on or just heartwood??
F.
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Offline Radon

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2009, 03:09:32 pm »
Hallo Frank,

it's only heartwood.
The sapwood felt pretty soft and somehow "spongy" so I decided to remove it. However, the colour contrast would certainly look great.

Stefan
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2009, 03:14:23 pm »
Very nice bow. 

It is indeed a pretty wood.  I have a set of Laburnum billets that Glenn Doane gave me a few years ago.  Still haven't done anything with them though
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Offline Ryano

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2009, 03:28:22 pm »
Looks a lot like black locust. Nice bow!  :)
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Offline comix

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2009, 04:10:31 pm »
a beauty... nice details ... love it !!!
radon you seem quite productive lately ;-)
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Offline JustAim

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2009, 04:22:44 pm »
Very Nice Bow!!!
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2009, 04:23:25 pm »
Quote from: Ryano on April 01, 2009, 03:28:22 pm
Looks a lot like black locust. ...

In real it looks different from BL and the texture is different, too. The wood probably can compete with osage in tension and compression.

Radon, it's been used for ELBs with sapwood on, so i guess I'll go for that...

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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 04:26:15 pm »

ps: Radon, what was the diameter of your stem??
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Offline african man

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 04:55:38 pm »
VERY nice bow there , well done
hope to see it in BOM

Chris  ;)
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Offline Staver

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 05:29:40 pm »
That's a beauty of a bow! 8)  The watersnake skins look great.  Joe H
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Offline sulphur

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2009, 11:17:55 pm »
what is laburnum?? never heard of it.  is it a shrub or something???  awesome bow, tiller looks darn good.
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Offline 22arrows

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Re: The laburnum bow is done!!!
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2009, 11:44:44 pm »
Sweet ;)
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