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Offline cornus

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Hazel flatbow 50@28
« on: October 17, 2012, 05:57:59 am »
I still have one :)

lenght 66´´ntn
limb 48 mm, 10 mm dogwood tip
mass 500 g.

https://picasaweb.google.com/102724506646909761387/16Rijna2012Hazel5028?authuser=0&feat=directlink
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Offline dmenzies1950

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2012, 02:18:24 pm »
Nice job! That's a deer slayer for sure! Beautiful bow!             Dale
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Offline VicNova

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2012, 10:33:05 pm »
Aw dude, that has super smooth lines! I bet that shoots great huh?
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2012, 10:57:40 pm »
Nice bow.  Good job.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2012, 11:06:24 pm »
Very nice !!!
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Offline Zion

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2012, 01:37:15 am »
Nice, clean bow. Looks great, good job!
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Offline Holten101

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2012, 03:12:36 am »
This bow deserves a bump to be sure;-). Hazle is tricky wood in my experience....wicked shooters when excecuted right....but darn hard to get right (thinking crysals here). I really appreciates this bow:-).

I hate to love Hazel:-(

Cheers
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2012, 03:14:49 am »
Looks great! im not that far up yet in my skills, hope to be there in a few years. maybe more.
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Offline cornus

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2012, 03:34:29 am »
Our European hazel is a great bow wood for flatbows. Very flexible and elastic. No problem with frets.
I have a question on yellow locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
What is bow wood? Comparison of black locust and mulberry.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2012, 03:39:42 am by cornus »
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Offline Holten101

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2012, 03:43:11 am »
Quote from: cornus on October 18, 2012, 03:34:29 am
Our European hazel is a great bow wood for flatbows. Very flexible and elastic. No problem with frets.

I sooo beg to differ;-). Im from Denmark and have made bows from most woods available to me (elm, ash, plum, oak, rowan, cherry, blackthorn, hawthorn, yew and ofc. hazle)....Hazle has been the most troublesome with regards to fretting, by a margin. BUT also yielded my fastest shooters.

I prefer to think it a question of  lack of skill and experience....hence my appreciation of guys like you who can pull it of:-)

Cheers
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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2012, 03:47:25 am »
Very nice bow! And like Holten I have had nothing but bother with hazel, from Scotland and Germany, frets, frets, frets. Great to see it does work though!
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Offline cornus

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Re: Hazel flatbow 50@28
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2012, 03:50:52 am »
I do not use hazel small shoots, good wood is a trunk of large diameter. ;)
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