Author Topic: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB  (Read 2974 times)

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Offline Et_tu_brute

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Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« on: December 21, 2009, 02:28:33 pm »
Hi all,

This is a bow I've been building over the past few weeks, I've really enjoyed building this bow, I've had a pretty much problem free time of it, and it's came out better than I expected. So the specs are as follows...

Hickory edgegrain backing, tapered Ash core, Greenheart belly. I glued them with Cascamite.
76"ntn.
47#@28" and 56#@32".
Buffalo horn nocks.
Finished with Rustins Plastic Coating, then polished up with burnishing cream and Autoglym polish.
Leather grip with braid trims.

Here are the pics...



























Cheers,
Dave

Offline makenzie71

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2009, 02:58:08 pm »
yup that's pretty long.  Nice bow.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2009, 03:10:12 pm »
Nice even tiller, I like the bulbous lower nock.
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Offline tombo

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2009, 04:53:40 pm »
et tu, I bet your feet were cold! Nice job, looks pretty and will fling an arrow for sure. thanks for sharing.
Tom

Offline Bernhard Langbogen

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2009, 05:45:27 pm »
Yeah, this is a right ELB.
Grennhart must be a fine wood for english longbows.
I hope i find a shop in Austrian where i can buy Grennhart.

Bernhard

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2009, 06:49:11 pm »
Good tiller man!
Frank from Germany...

Offline adb

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2009, 01:00:08 am »
A very classic and well tillered ELB trilam. Nice work!

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2009, 06:13:58 am »
Good looking bow,tiller looks nice as dose the finish work. :)
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Offline mox1968

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Re: Hickory/Ash/Greenheart ELB
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2009, 09:10:12 am »
looks the dogs !! well done looks like a great finish too.