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Offline twilightandmist

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Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« on: December 10, 2012, 12:51:10 am »
This bow came as quite a pleasant surprise in every way to me. It is made from a cherry board, which i have access to a lot of now due to a new connection in the woodworking business. it is 68 inches long, with a 4 inch static handle and 3 inch fades. the handle covering is purse leather, and the handle riser is another length of the same board, glued on with titebond one. in the picture of the artwork on the belly, the upper limb is marked by a rosette on the corresponding fade. it has taken about a half an inch of set after 250 shots. finish is boiled linseed oil. the limbs are 1 and 5/8 inches wide until the last 12 inches of the limb, where they taped to 3/8 inch tips. this is a very fast shooting bow, and extremely light in the hand. definitely one of my new favorites. as always, comments welcome and encouraged! hope ya like it!




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Offline bow101

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2012, 01:06:09 am »
Nice shape. Like cherry it's one of my faves to work with. Nice smell, patina and color. Does it really stand up over time as a bow is my question.... :-\
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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 01:11:16 am »
well., i have a 53 inch bendy handled plains style cherry recurve that draws 72 pounds that ive put over a thousand arrows through that still performs spectacularly well. i think it stands the test of time just foine, as long as you care for it and carefully work it into a bow.
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Offline Zion

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 01:22:10 am »
Wow, that looks like a really thick bow. Is cherry super soft? Looks like a real shooter!!!
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Offline steve b.

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2012, 01:24:26 am »
I think its awesome.  I have some leather handles made from a women's leather dress that I bought at a second hand store.  Lots of material and nice and thin, for just a few bucks.  The dress actually fit me too.  kidding.
Ok, now tell me that is your son in the picture and not you so I can begin to reassemble my shattered ego  :(
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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2012, 01:24:53 am »
Nice work. Some Cherry's can be brash, and I'm glad you got a nice bow from it. I'd love to see a pic of the bendy handle recurve. 

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Offline RyanY

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2012, 02:57:53 am »
That's very impressive how little set you got with cherry and those specs and dimensions. Did the wood feel very dense while working it? Thanks for sharing!
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Offline Eastman

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2012, 04:36:04 am »
That looks great! I really like the artwork

Gonna try cherry for the first time next year January :)
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Offline twilightandmist

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2012, 07:37:44 am »
Thank you to all of you! Now to answer the questions, that is me in the photos, I am 16. The bow is thicker than Inormally end up with, but I dont normally do board bows. This cherry was not as dense as I  usually work with, id estimate a .65 sg, .55 at the lowest. I normally work extremely dense, locally harvested cherry. And Iwill post that bendy handled recurve later today :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2012, 08:31:11 am »
Nice bow, has a good looking bend to it. Looks like you draw to 28" - 30" ?
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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2012, 08:45:59 am »
Very well done,nice looking bow,tiller looks great. :)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2012, 09:12:35 am »
What's not to like?  Great bend on a wood that can be persnickety!  Wanna see the other you mentioned.
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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2012, 09:18:11 am »
Nice job T&M! Ain't nothin wrong with them board bows!!
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Offline Will H

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2012, 10:45:37 am »
Nice bow :)
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Cherry Longbow 51 pounds at 29 inches draw
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2012, 11:20:22 am »
Very nice bow and great looking tiller. That also one heck of a point you got there. Well done.
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