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Offline mullet

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New Hophornbeam bow
« on: November 23, 2013, 04:13:25 pm »
I started this bow before I went to Spain to be my back up bow to take up to Pappy's hunting the first of November. Well I didn't get to finish it by then or go hunting but I did finally finish it. I've always wanted a bow with Copperhead skins and I finally got to trade for some. The wood came from Marc St.Louis a few years ago and it is stained with Walnut hulls from Pappy's farm. The tips are Whitetail horns and I was playing around with fishing rod wrap for accents and to cover one splice in a short skin.

 The bow is 60" nock to nock, 51# at 28" and took about a half inch of set. It starts out from the Fade, 1 1/2" and tapers slowly down to 1/4" nocks. It's not a "Speed Demon", but is very comfortable to shoot and plenty fast to get the job done.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 04:51:37 pm »
Nice bow Eddie. Looks like a solid hunting weapon to me and the skins and wrap combos look good on her as does the walnut stain. Nice tiller and profiles too. Too bad you had to miss your hunting trip with Pappy and the boys, don't you just hate it when that work thing gets in the way. :)
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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 04:54:28 pm »
Love the skins, the bow....and the shirt,lol.... Brian
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Offline J05H

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 05:23:40 pm »
Nice bow, the skins look great.
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Offline Badger

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 05:38:36 pm »
  That bow came out nice!! Great finish.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2013, 05:51:18 pm »
That's awesome! Nicely done. Jawge
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Offline echatham

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2013, 06:20:42 pm »
sweet.  that HHB is a pain in the ash... wait... wrong thread  :laugh:   only been able to find a couple big enough to make a bow, and 15 steaming sessions later i still got propellor twist.   great job.
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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2013, 06:21:57 pm »
BB, thank you. Yea, I sure wish I could retire and go play.

Brian, picked up that shirt and one more at the Triumph shop in Huelva, Spain.

Thanks, J05H

Thank you Steve, It's been a while since I made one without curvy tips. I fell back on a conversation we had a few years ago on a simple R/F, D/F design and performance.

Thanks, Jawge, always nice to see you posting.
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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2013, 06:24:24 pm »
Quote from: echatham on November 23, 2013, 06:20:42 pm
sweet.  that HHB is a pain in the ash... wait... wrong thread  :laugh:   only been able to find a couple big enough to make a bow, and 15 steaming sessions later i still got propellor twist.   great job.

Thank you. Actually the HHB I've gotten over the years from Marc seems to be different then what I've used in the States. Marc's trees are big in diameter and I use a heat gun to bend and correct it with no problem.
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Offline echatham

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2013, 06:27:35 pm »
hmmm... i have heard of bigger ones... but the biggest i have seen was maybe 6" diameter.
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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2013, 07:03:20 pm »
Nice Eddie...we have some large hhb here in pa too...lots of 12-18" n a few I've seen over 2 feet in diameter...old trees cus the stuff grows real slow...
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2013, 07:05:51 pm »
Really like the brace profile pic...............
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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2013, 07:35:03 pm »
Nice braced pic Eddie, looks sweet.....and mean!
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Offline DuBois

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2013, 09:29:02 pm »
Man that's real nice Eddie!
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: New Hophornbeam bow
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2013, 09:36:32 pm »
That is a sweet bow.  Love them copperheads and want to try some of that HHB. 
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