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Offline mwosborn

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2013, 12:36:16 am »
Looks like a nice bending bow to me!  How wide do you have it at the handle?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2013, 12:57:03 am »
Looks good to me, whatcha whinin' about Mosquito-boy?
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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2013, 01:37:49 am »
Quote from: mwosborn on April 20, 2013, 12:36:16 am
Looks like a nice bending bow to me!  How wide do you have it at the handle?



About 1.5"...just shy of that ;)
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Offline soy

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2013, 06:03:36 pm »
alright last pictures put some true oil on(3coats)and then some carnauba wax...which turns out to make the perfect coating for a ski with the effects from our latest April shower,finally made the stringnow she's done!

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Offline bubby

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2013, 07:52:21 pm »
nice bow soy, whats all that white stuff on the ground, I been wearing shorts for three weeks >:D
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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2013, 08:00:53 pm »
that there is hard water ;D
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Offline AH

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2013, 11:55:32 pm »
That's a real nice looker... ;D
I got some hackberry Im playing around with right now...
everyone sais "heat treat it"
I trapped the back and lightly toasted the belly, but I don't really think the toasting has done a difference, as it was very gentle...
I just don't like the look of toasted wood on the bellys.
I only just realized how thick hackberry needs to be...with the dimensions I roughed my bow out, it seems like it would of made a very heavy hickory bow or elm bow, but the bow feels like it will only make around 40-ish pounds... :(
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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2013, 12:28:43 am »
thank you, I have found that to be true also the thickness is a bit more than more dense woods but the strength of the back is impressive and the tempering of a belly was almost a must it really brought the performance And the weight up ;)
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Offline Josh B

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2013, 01:29:25 am »
Sweet bend on that one!  I do believe that will get the job done!  Josh
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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2013, 05:55:17 am »
Thanks doc :D
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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #25 on: April 30, 2013, 11:31:41 pm »
forgot to mention this one had a heck of a dog leg i heated out


in addition this one took a ride across the pond to Australia with the snakey voodoo
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: first attempt with hackberry
« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2013, 03:48:58 pm »
Very nice bow, it looks simple, but Beautiful!

Kevin
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