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Offline wildman

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eastren woodland bow (elm)
« on: February 04, 2011, 10:36:12 pm »
This is my attempt at eastren woodland bow it is elm (wich I don't like) 38#@28'' heat treated the ends and belly  first attempt at that also ,scallopped the edges  so far so good needs a little tillering yet



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Offline wildman

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Re: eastren woodland bow (elm)
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2011, 10:40:38 pm »
forgot pic
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Offline Eric Garza

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Re: eastren woodland bow (elm)
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 09:35:19 am »
Why did you heat treat the ends?
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Offline half eye

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Re: eastren woodland bow (elm)
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2011, 09:50:19 am »
pretty darned cool, reminds me of a Mohawk bow with the shallow scooped out scallops. Curious howcome ya dont like the Elm? I made a bunch of bows (some pretty heavy weights) from the red elm (slippery) and I like it a lot....so I'm just curious is all.
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Offline ohma

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Re: eastren woodland bow (elm)
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2011, 10:34:07 am »
i like the bow, loooks great ,but i to wonder why you dont like red elm ? it makes a great bow and a joy to work with.
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Offline wildman

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Re: eastren woodland bow (elm)
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2011, 03:17:25 pm »
Just seems really light, and so far I have trouble hitting the weight I want (more me than the wood I'm sure) I'm used to the osage and hickory. I heat treated the ends just  for the contrast and to see if I could gain some weight. Just trying a few things with this one, seeing how deep I can take the scallops also.I may post more pics later if it makes it
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