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Offline huisme

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*Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« on: January 30, 2014, 09:02:41 pm »
Sp I was chasing rings and got this really big shaving. It looked to me like if I really wanted I could make it into a bow.

I really wanted >:D

Tillering took about an hour, maybe and hour and fifteen minutes. Simple one-sided knocks, one natural flipped tip and one induced, very gentle heat treating (didn't want to stress everything with too much weight). So far, fifty arrows in, it's shooting arrows that are way too heavy with respectable velocity, no chrisaling, and about an inch and a half of set.




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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 09:16:06 pm »
Wow  :o  My daughter would really like to shoot that one ....that's her specs.  sweet looking bow
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 09:24:44 pm »
Great looking tiller! 26" on a short bow, you really have all the wood working, nice job.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 10:49:51 pm »
Nice one man.
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Offline 4dog

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2014, 11:09:55 pm »
doesnt look all that "puny" to me,,,well done!!
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 12:16:32 am »
    well done, very cool.

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 04:01:11 am »
Nice bow, good work! lot of bend for that lil locust
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Offline half eye

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2014, 09:48:26 am »
Now that's a bow right there, them string angles get my attention 8) Make yerself some 27" overall cane arrows and you in for a big surprise sir!!!!
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Offline ohma2

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2014, 10:15:44 am »
Seen alot of nice bows made from shaved scraps.proof you dont need a prime stave to make a shootable bow.nicely done.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2014, 01:32:32 pm »
That's impressive!
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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2014, 03:40:21 pm »
Thanks guys!
It amazes me what wood can do when you don't ask for a miracle, just its best.

Half eye, the problem is that I really stink at making arrows ;)

Ohma2, so far I've accidentally peeled two short bows off the backs of larger ones. I need to make this a habit!
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline huisme

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2014, 04:33:58 pm »
I just measured it. Forty three inches tip to tip, forty two knock to knock.

I maintain my definition of puny ;)
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2014, 12:44:47 pm »
dang. that is a LOT of bend.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2014, 02:22:45 pm »
Nice bow.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: *Puny* black locust 35# @ 26"
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2014, 07:39:49 pm »
Very nice little bow there! Good eye for the unwasted sliver of wood ;)
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So far I not only suck at arrow making, I have yet to do it and I gotta get with it soon.
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