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Offline RyanY

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Short Hickory Holmegaard
« on: July 08, 2009, 07:13:55 pm »
Been waiting to make a holmegaard bow for quite some time and am very pleased with the way it came out. 53" ntn approx. 50#@27". Made from hickory. I finished it with an ebony stain and painted on the designs with spray paint by cutting the design out of tape. The stripes on the wide part of the limb are two symbols on the korean flag. Three solid stripes means sky and the three broken stripes means earth. The other patterns are just for looks. Also, just in case, this is my bow of the month entry for july not the really tiny bow I made. Opinions please. Thanks.







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Offline RyanY

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2009, 07:14:40 pm »
Photobucket was being sketchy so they photos are weird. Sorry.
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Offline adb

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2009, 08:54:31 pm »
Very nicely done! A fine example of Holmegaard tiller. How much set did the bow take?
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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2009, 09:01:52 pm »
Nice Job, I like! Board or stave?
Tom
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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2009, 10:07:29 pm »
i like it, dude, i love holmegaard bows

how wide are the bending limbs?  looks like maybe 2.25?

radius
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2009, 11:05:08 pm »
Very nice. Good Holmegaard full draw.
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2009, 11:12:08 am »
I haven't measured it but I looks like it took around 3" of set. It is made from a stave I cut down from my back yard. The limbs are 2" wide. Thanks for the comments. I just glued up three laminated blanks for 3 english longbows I hope to make in incriments of 20# starting at 80#. Wish me luck.
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2009, 12:28:38 pm »
Here's a bow I missed for July. Sorry. I surfed back through the threads after I got back from a camping trip but still missed it.
Its a dandy, too, and is now up for August Self Bow of the Month
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Offline JustAim

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2009, 12:43:09 pm »
l dont remember seeing this one. That bow looks really nice and l like the way you painted that design on it. Great Job.
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2009, 01:32:21 pm »
looks very good! Great job.How does it shoot? God Bless
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2009, 01:42:19 pm »
Really sharp.  Perfect timing for me too, I'm in the garage starting to tiller one now.  Gives me a good heads up on how to see tiller.  Well done, thanks.

Parnell ;D
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2009, 02:59:36 pm »
Very nice bow!
Full draw looks good!!
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Offline Herm from Bavaria

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2009, 03:54:57 pm »
really nice bow, lad!

greets
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Offline TreyNC

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2009, 10:50:00 pm »
Thats a beautiful bow! I can't wait to try one.

Trey
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Short Hickory Holmegaard
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2009, 09:08:15 am »
That's really nice. Well done. Jawge
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