Another abandoned Pearl stave saved..BL D bow

[blackhawk]

Heres a black locust D bow with a subtle R/D,63" ntn,41@28". Pearl had reduced this down to floor tiller for some quick dry action,and it dried all petty wampus on him and he then wanted nothing to do with it. So i snagged it and rescued her from the fire and put her into service. I do have to admit it was a mess,4" of uneven reflex and the string was about 3" away,but i wrangled her with ease by a few heating sessions. I first aligned the string tracking by bending it at the handle,i then needed to take out some of that reflex and i deflexed it slightly at each fade,i then heat treated the limbs to match each other. whew-wee. i should have taken a before shot but i didnt. Its only a hair over 1 1/8" wide at the handle/fades. No frets,and i nailed my target mass of 12 oz. I started with 2 1/2" of reflex and it still maintains an inch just after unbraced,and after rest shes back to an 1 1/2". This is some good dense black locust. got any more from this batch that need to go to the "fire" chris....lol     

[blackhawk]

brace and full draw from both sides

[PEARL DRUMS]

That bow smells like Pat made it! Thats a Pat Recipe if I ever seen one. That did turn out very nice and I will admit I didnt want that thing one bit. Keep in mind Im NOT the picky type when it comes to staves. Nice bow Chris. You would think after supplying him with his last four premium staves of hackberry and BL a guy could maybe get a "Black Mockingbird" bow sent his way.............but nooooo.

[mikekeswick]

Sweet!
Got to like that un-braced profile
I love black locust - I think it's one of the best woods out there for holding heat treated reflex.
Have you got any chrono info?

[k-hat]

Nice save!! I like the simplicity of it! Will have to put BL on my list of bows-to-be

[osage outlaw]

Nice bow.  The tiller looks great.

Hey Blackhawk, are you going to the Classic?  I'll give you some crooked and twisted osage staves.  You just have to give one back thats straight and has a string on it 

[blackhawk]

@pearl...thanks...soooo...you still don't want anything to do with it? 

Thanks mike....I haven't gotten the chrony out lately..I shoulda done it yesterday(nice warm sunny day) as I have a few I need to run thru it. I really like me some black locust too 

Thanks k hat...yeah put it on your list for sure

Thanks clint...yeah buddy ill be there....sounds like a deal to me ......are we there yet...man two more months yet  ...ill be there wed morn...hope you can make it before it goes full blown party to work on some wood together.

[osage outlaw]

Me and my son are going to try to be there Thursday evening.  I'll bring something to work on.  Ole' Pearly don't know what he's missing.

[coaster500]

Another abandoned Pearl stave saved....... 

You would think after supplying him with his last four premium staves of hackberry and BL a guy could maybe get a "Black Mockingbird" bow sent his way.............but nooooo.

Sounds like we need some mediation here 

Cool donation Drums!! Nice BL bender Hawkman

[sleek]

Blackhawk, you keep that up and you will make Pearl look bad.  Takin his trash and makin treasures you are....

[ErictheViking]

Nice Phoenix bow, from out of PD's ashes it rose. great job, love the full draw. btw Do you and PD have a secret contest going on for who can put out the most bows this year? just wondering.

[blackhawk]

aint that the truth clint 

thanks coaster...no mediation required here   just a couple a buddies jabbing at each other,cus thats what friends are for 

thanks sleek...how did you know my secret plan with pearl 

thanks eric..no secret contest going on here...BUT...we both feed each others fire for this passion and talk bows all day long when were "working"...so by the time its time to go home were both all fired up to tear up some wood. then theres our budy marty,and i thought we were bad,well hes sicker than us. we all have the extreme addiction case of bowyering and we all feed off each other.

[ErictheViking]

 

[Buckeye Guy]

Another good one Chris !!
Life sure wood have been different If I had come across you boys a little sooner!
It is a treasure to watch you three feed of of each other, this is the one arena where it is a good thing to try to out do the neighbor !!
Keep up the fun ,we are watching !
Guy

[seabass]

nice work blackhawk.i am thinking about sending pearl a mulberry stave that wil leave him scratching his head.i have a bad one.if he can't do anything with it,maybe he can send it to Clint.if he can't use it,we'll send it to you and wait for the bow pics lol.nice work buddy,Steve BTW,see you at the classic.