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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2011, 01:03:00 am »
awesome save Ken, the standard double your draw length plus 10% rule don't seem to bother you any :) The whole thing is really nice, skins, profile and especially the full draw.
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2011, 01:05:24 am »
thanks Scott first time with the copperheads
thanks Eric ...no not really
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Offline crooketarrow

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« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2011, 11:24:33 am »
   MY FAVORITE COMO
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2011, 11:37:00 am »
I love the way those copperhead skins jump.  Great looking bow once again, Ken.
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2011, 01:45:50 pm »
thanks gentlemen !
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Offline Scott E

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2011, 01:03:45 pm »
Another sweet bow, I really like the profile on your bows.
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Offline jturkey

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2011, 01:36:34 pm »
luv those skins i have 2 over 30" long but they do not match when it comes to color schemes or is darker and the other is just like the light colored oak leaves on the grond but both are beautiful
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2011, 06:37:14 pm »
thanks Scott
thanks doc
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Offline Gaur

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2011, 11:25:09 pm »
Great looking bow.  Question on the v splice.  Is that all that is holding it or is there an overlap somehow under the skin?  I would have thought you would have needed some sinew there.  Thanks.

Randy
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2011, 12:54:02 am »
Randy the v splice is overlayed with an 1/8th thickness of maple but not for the integrity of the splice . the tips are cherry which i know doesnt like tension and with this short design i knew there would be high stress on the recurved section of the tips. i didnt trust the cherry grain to hold up so the maple was to help it . in an unbending section of the bow especially the limb tips a v splice is extremely strong and i wouldnt hesitate to use it unbacked
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Offline Gaur

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« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2011, 02:30:08 pm »
thanks for the reply.  I have heard it said that a v splice is as strong as solid wood if done right.
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Offline criveraville

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2011, 02:39:48 pm »
The color pattern on our Texas copperheads seem to match. That last one I got was 30 inches long... Long for a Texas copperhead. That one I hunted on the back roads. At about 2:30 AM I cam across it..

Ohhhh. It was hard to let go of it, but I'm glad I did 8)
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2011, 12:02:03 am »
thanks CP these were my first copperheads , glad you let me use them. they might just come back home to texas
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2011, 02:51:36 am »
As others have said...Nice save man.  No offense but I'm glad it split.  Just so I could see how you handled it.  Very impressed.  Good job.  Nice bow!
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2011, 01:04:17 pm »
thanks Arrowind , it was a new expirence and im glad too
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