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Shadow Walker

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all bark and a lot of bite!
« on: October 08, 2009, 01:20:09 pm »
O.K, I attempted to post this earlier but I don't think it worked, so, I'm trying again.
This is the 5th bow I've made. It is hophornbeam with hophornbeam bark back and belly.
The bark is amazingly strong in tensile strenght as well as compression.
The bow is 48" long ( 46" n to n ) It pulls 52 pounds at 26' draw. It can handle a 28" draw, but being a small man, I am still practicing to handle that last 2" with comfort.
Pics arent the greatest, but I'm no photographer!
Hope the pictures post this time. I resized them, so maybe it will work now.
The tiller on this bow isn't perfect, but it is incredibly fast and accurate, so I'm not going to "fuss" with it.
Hope you all like it! and thanks for looking!

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Shadow Walker

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 01:22:49 pm »
It appears I'll have to post the pics individually, sorry guys!
Here is the full draw pic.

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Offline GregB

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 01:23:47 pm »
It's got a nice shape, but sure would like to see more pictures. Can't see the bark that you mentioned...brace pic, and full draw pic would be good as well.  ;)
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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2009, 01:25:13 pm »
Looks good, could you post a close up of the bark some time? :)
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Shadow Walker

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2009, 01:26:16 pm »
here is brace pic

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Shadow Walker

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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2009, 01:27:45 pm »
here is pic of bark, sorry for the crappy shot, but I'm no photographer!

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Offline kylerprochaska

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2009, 01:41:36 pm »
looks great I like it...should be a good tree stand bow being that short.... Bambi Killer??

-Ky
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Shadow Walker

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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2009, 01:55:55 pm »
this is the tip

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« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2009, 02:00:38 pm »
and finally!

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Shadow Walker

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« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2009, 02:04:10 pm »
I'm only 5' 6", so I like the short bows. Besides that, I don't hunt from a tree stand, I stalk hunt through some pretty rough brush and swamp so the shorter lenght is less likely to get snagged a lot.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2009, 02:06:36 pm »
Looks like yo scraped most of the bark off and left a lot of the cambium layer, be interesting to see if
it stays put or pops off. Thats a lot of bend for such a short bow :) Congrats and hope ya make meat with her :)
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Shadow Walker

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« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2009, 02:18:10 pm »
Yes, all the "rough" has been taken off. It has an almost "birdseye" type of swirling pattern in it.
I have shot probably in the nieghborhood of 150 arrows through it and it seems to be holding quite well.
I used hide glue for all the applications. I don't believe there's a better glue in existence!
I am really pleased with the properties of the bark.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2009, 03:10:40 pm »
Sharp looking lil' bow. Looks like a good hunter.
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Offline Kent D.

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Re: all bark and a lot of bite!
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2009, 04:30:34 pm »
I love it. 
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Shadow Walker

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« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2009, 04:42:59 pm »
Thanks for the kind comments,, next spring, I'm really going to go out on a limb and try a bow out of strictly the bark.
I honestly believe the bark is strong enough and has enough camber to make it work.
I'm definately going to make a bark quiver to match though!
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