Author Topic: FINISHED Snakey Hickory Takedown (Read 18058 times)

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2007, 06:49:02 pm »

Nice job! Jawge

white wood · « **Reply #16 on:** May 09, 2007, 11:39:43 pm »

full draw.... sorry for the wait, my computer was in the mood to shut itself down 5 times last night so i went to bed.

-jesse

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Coo-wah-chobee · « **Reply #17 on:** May 09, 2007, 11:57:25 pm »

Hey cool bow ,Jesse !.bob

venisonburger · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2007, 11:58:09 pm »

great job, I want to make a take down one of these days, yours looks like it turned out really well.
VB

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2007, 01:08:06 am »

Glad to see she turned out good for you Jesse. Justin

brokennock · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2007, 02:16:09 am »

Very nice, the full draw pics clinched it. Guess I better get to work on mine.

Pappy · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:00:18 am »

Nice bow jesse Love the character.The sleeves are cool also.

Pappy

a finnish native · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2007, 09:27:36 am »

a fine weapon. though the upper limb seems to be a bit stiff on the outer part, but it's hard to say for sure cause that sure is one cranky stave.
How about a full unbraced sideprofile?

I want to apologise, for the fact that I do not say "cool, nice!, wonderfull, gnarly, great" and so on for every bow. it's just not in the Finnish customs, and feels somewhat obligatory round here.. so don't hate me, hate my silent culture if you will

it's just a part of me.

Lost Arra · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2007, 11:59:32 am »

T. Sawyer: I have seen them with the steel handle epoxied directly on to the stave or the steel handle epoxied on to a brass sleeve which has been epoxied on to the stave.
I've never really understood why some setups have a brass sleeve epoxied to the upper limb if the steel handle is going there anyway. It seems if the upper limb is going to have the steel handle just fit it and epoxy it to the stave.

OldBow · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2007, 12:19:10 pm »

Yes, indeedy. The full draw just got you signed up for May Self Bow of the Month. Very nice work, here.

GregB · « **Reply #25 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:03:05 pm »

Good job on the bow, turned out nice! Great lookin' country in the background!

white wood · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2007, 09:43:41 pm »

thanks everyone for all the nice comments! finnish native, it looks like extra bend in the upper on the top pic because im canting the bow in the pic. ive got to get a fulldraw on the tiller stick for you guys. its so hard to get a perfect side picture. Lost arra, the sleeves i used had a 2" brass sleeve, and a 4" steel sleeve with another 2" brass permanently fixed in it for the other brass sleeve to but to. for both limbs you still only need to fit the limb only 2" in. for everyone sayin they want to try one, i recomend it!

not as hard to fit as you think. they really are a unique bow in a collection. it deffinatly wont be my last takedown. i already feel the urge to make another one if i can come up with some extra time

gregB, our farm is 40 acres and is home to 5 hereford cows. really nice area and holds all kinds of critters. -jesse

medicinewheel · « **Reply #27 on:** May 12, 2007, 07:06:16 am »

yes indeed, a nice bow!

frank

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #28 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:58:33 am »

Very nice tiller. It is nice to see character bows. This one is a beauty. Jawge

white wood · « **Reply #29 on:** May 12, 2007, 08:17:45 pm »

thanks frank and jawge. i knew when i split this set of billets and saw the wavy grain i had to make a bow with them. i dont see alot of wavy grained hickory so i had to make a special bow with them. -jesse

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