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Offline briarjumper12

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Another hickory flatbow
« on: May 11, 2012, 10:05:54 am »
I built this one for a gentleman in Arizona who is forging me a longsword.  It's 66 ttt. 1 5/8 wide.  Pulls 53@28.  I built a dozen arrows for him too. Popular with reinforced selfnocks wieghing in 560 grains.  With those arrows the bow shot 140 fps at my draw lenght of 27.  Overall I am very pleased.  In the first pic is the first bow I built for him.  I cracked the belly during the process of flipping the tips but went ahead and finished it out.  It shoots too but I didn't want to send it to him so I done up another.  Here's some pics.





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Offline briarjumper12

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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 10:08:15 am »


And a pic of one of the arrows.


Thanks for looking and if you have any suggestions for improvements I am always willing to learn something new.
John
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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 10:20:49 am »
I suggest you send your next few bows to me for closer inspection. Then I can properly critique your work. ;)


No...just kidding...nice job. I like the matching red strike plate and feathers. The stain job looks good too and nice bend.
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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 10:25:30 am »
Very nice Hickory stick.  :)
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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2012, 11:00:06 am »
Natural Beauty that.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2012, 11:51:11 am »
Really like the stained handle and natural back!!!

That arrow is cool !!!
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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2012, 12:30:15 pm »
Thank ya'll for the kind words.  It brings me much joy to hear that someone out there appreciates this art.  I hope to be able to run with the big dogs someday.  I've seen some amazing work on this site.
John
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Offline Adam

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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2012, 12:32:13 pm »
Great looking bow!  Hickory is one of my favorites.
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Offline Cherokee B.

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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 12:54:23 pm »
Nice one ;) I love them ole hickory trees :laugh: :laugh: Did you happen to use some sort of charcoal? When I do my hickory bows i will sometimes add some charcoal to the finnish. I love mine dark and smooth >:D
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Offline briarjumper12

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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2012, 02:42:23 pm »
Quote from: Cherokee B. on May 11, 2012, 12:54:23 pm
Nice one ;) I love them ole hickory trees :laugh: :laugh: Did you happen to use some sort of charcoal? When I do my hickory bows i will sometimes add some charcoal to the finnish. I love mine dark and smooth >:D

I used a mixture of two minwax stains.  Ebony and Driftwood.  I can't find the driftwood anymore though.  When it's gone it's gone.
This fall I plan on gathering some walnuts and making some natural stain with it and thought about mixing in charcaol with it too.  I too like them dark and smooth.
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Re: Another hickory flatbow
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2012, 07:16:28 pm »
Nice bow. I love the hickory back grain.
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