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Offline bubby

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maple backed epe shorty
« on: April 08, 2012, 07:10:36 pm »
here's one i just finished up, gotta make some room to work some 'sage i got from pearlie, it's 50 3/4"ntn with a slight r/d profile, somewhere around 55# @ 24", i'll get it on the scale's later, leather handle, also from PD, with the arrow pass burned in, just nice and simple, and shoot's a hard hittin' arrow, Bub


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Offline bubby

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 07:11:51 pm »
full draw
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Offline half eye

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 07:22:57 pm »
hey bub, ya still got my address????? ::) that is what shorties are all about right there
rich

Offline Ifrit617

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 07:37:01 pm »
Incredible little bow Bub.. I really like that one..

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Offline Arrowind

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 07:45:35 pm »
Nice bow.  The tiller looks great!  Good job!
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Offline bubby

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 08:21:23 pm »
yeah Rich i still got your address, as long as it aint to long for ya  >:D
thank's ifrit and arrowind, Bub
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 09:42:47 pm »
Sweet bow Bub! I like them simple, perfectly tiller bows. The tip tassle whips butt to!
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2012, 10:07:30 pm »
Nice one Bubby!! I have an epe self bow in the works, but mines not a shorty. I love it. Keep up the nice work. I also have some horse hair waiting to go on the end of a bow.


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Offline Pat B

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2012, 10:09:00 pm »
Very nice simple bow Buddy. The best like IMO.   Like osage it don't take much ipe to make a bow either.  ;)
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Offline bubby

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2012, 10:36:54 pm »
thank's PD, gotta make room for the twisted twin build
thank's Dave, good luck on that epe self bow i've only seen one posted here, the grain is a b*%#h
to see
thank's Pat, all told with the leather, string and everything it comes in at a whopping 12oz
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Offline ken75

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2012, 10:49:03 pm »
exceptional full draw , looks fast too

Offline bubby

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2012, 11:01:20 pm »
thank's Ken, yeah it really bury's an arrow, Bub
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2012, 01:06:50 am »
Yee-Haw! That is wonderful! What a nice bend! Just beautiful.

Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2012, 01:23:02 am »
Questions.

How do you like that maple as a backing?  What is the grain orientation for that maple peice?  I've got two large flitches 9' long by 8X10" ish.  I try not to carve maple but that is originatly what I cut them for.  I wasn't doing bows then.  I looking at them as cores.

When drawing a shorties how do you know how deep to draw?  I'm a traditional 28" right to my anchor point.  I have no idea where 24" would be.

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Re: maple backed epe shorty
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2012, 02:17:26 am »
thank's APH
prairie it's plain sawn, and what I've used for backing has been great, as far as draw, use short arrows,with 25-26" arrows the broadhead will let you know when to stop pulling, that arrow in the full draw has a piece of tape so i knew i got to FD, i usually use the timer for the FD but i wanted to hit the mark and told my wife when the tape disapered take the pick,Bub
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