Heres a few pics of a hackberry bow I just finished up. This piece was a side split from a bigger stave that I already made a bow from. I didnt really know if it would make a bow or not as it had some pretty big cracks in it. Pretty sure the cracks tore open when I split it into staves but I squeezed some glue in there and clamped em shut and theyve held up so far. This bow has some character for hackberry, its usually about as straight-grained as wood gets. The bow is 62" ntn, 57# at 27", 1-3/4" wide to midlimb and then tapers to 3/8" tips, beefwood tips, heat tempered belly, red mahogany stain and 4 coats of tru-oil. It spits an arrow pretty hard for a straight limbed bow. Thanks for lookin
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You can see the cracks in the belly runnin down the fades in this pic
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The top limb has a whoop-di-do bout 12 " in from the tip that really messed with my eyes during tillering, It kept making me think there was a hinge forming there
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Shootin the bow with arrow in flight
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