« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: Hickory Selfy  (Read 3790 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,676
Hickory Selfy
« on: September 14, 2012, 01:03:12 pm »


    Yesterday I finished up a Hickory bow that I am particularly happy with. It has just enough character to be interesting but still has clean lines and great finish work. Its 66" long and 66# @ 28" chocolate deer leather grip & walnut tips. the top and bottom tips are different to accommodate a knot in the lower tip. I did some gentle heat treating on the belly, but not enough to scorch it. just wanted to share it with you! thanks- Ryan
Logged
Formerly "twistedlimbs"
Gill's Primitive Archery and HuntPrimitive

Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,676
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2012, 01:04:02 pm »
more
Logged
Formerly "twistedlimbs"
Gill's Primitive Archery and HuntPrimitive

Offline rossfactor

  • Member
  • Posts: 805
  • Humboldt County CA
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2012, 01:09:14 pm »
Real nice Ryan.  Classic tiller.  I love the character on the back of a nice hickory stave.

Gabe
Logged
Humboldt County CA.

Offline BowEd

  • Member
  • Posts: 9,390
  • BowEd
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2012, 01:25:33 pm »
Nice....Gotta love that hickory.
Logged
BowEd
You got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
Ed

Offline Tom Leemans

  • Member
  • Posts: 524
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2012, 02:18:18 pm »
Nice! Tiller looks good! I like the toasting too.
Logged

Offline Del the cat

  • Member
  • Posts: 8,298
    • Derek Hutchison Native Wood Self Bows
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2012, 02:24:47 pm »
Yup, great bow, clean and cool. 66# I'll bet that packs a punch.
Del
Logged
Health warning, these posts may contain traces of nut.

Offline k-hat

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,058
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2012, 02:35:14 pm »
Another twisted beauty!  Need to get my hands on some hickory staves, i've only been able to do hickory boards so far, though i'm loving my hackberry and elm staves.  Love the natural look to it.
Logged

Offline hedgeapple

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,835
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2012, 02:52:57 pm »
That's a fine meat getter if ever I saw one.
Logged
Dave   Richmond, KY
26" draw

Offline bubby

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,054
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2012, 03:49:56 pm »
as allways a great lookin' bow, Bub
Logged
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
The few the proud the 27🏹

Offline JW_Halverson

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,881
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2012, 04:26:30 pm »
Keep posting pics of bows like this one and people on here are gonna start thinking that you know what you are doing!

I've said it enough times, but these simple-straight forward bows must be tillered perfectly.  There is just no character to hide any tillering errors.  In that way, a simple bow like this is a difficult bow to produce.  Once again, you nailed it but good. 
Logged
Guns have triggers. Bicycles have wheels. Trees and bows have wooden limbs.

Offline Dauntless

  • Member
  • Posts: 282
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2012, 05:03:54 pm »
Really nice! Elegant lines like that made me think it was one of GMC's bows for a second.
Logged
The starving grad student with too many hobbies.

Offline lesken2011

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,063
  • Kenny
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2012, 06:04:02 pm »
Really nice job! ;)


 Tell me how you gently heat treat without scorching. I got a white oak molle that is to that point and as much as I would like to heat treat, the oak is so pretty, I would rather not scorch it.
Logged
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Kenny from Mississippi, USA

Offline Hrothgar

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,475
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2012, 09:28:37 pm »
Really nice job. Good weight too, wish I could get that out of a hickory flatbow. :embarassed:
Logged
" To be, or not to be"...decisions, decisions, decisions.

Offline nativenoobowyer86

  • Member
  • Posts: 267
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2012, 10:08:35 pm »
Very nice Hickory bow! I am not the biggest fan of hickory but that beauty is definitely tempting me to try again :)
Logged
"If it feels like ur life is about to fall apart, back it with some rawhide an hope it holds together"

Offline H Rhodes

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,172
Re: Hickory Selfy
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2012, 10:13:09 pm »
Excellent work as usual!  I am a huge fan of hickory and that one looks like it will last you through a mile of bow strings. 
Logged
Howard
Gautier, Mississippi
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »