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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Despite all your faults
« on: March 16, 2014, 12:09:30 pm »
This is from a buckthorm stave Cody gave me at pappys last year. I got to the pile a few days too late... :o I was eyeballing it wondering where and how I was going to get it fairly symmetrical and even. As I stared I noticed it would line up at the handle as is. So I said heck with it and left it completely as split by Cody, including the stubby stick poking out the upper limb. I added Ipe tips as the sapwood is quite soft on buckthorn. That's it! Its 63" long and pulls 51-53# @ 27". Believe it or not, it shoots pretty hard and feels "normal" in my bow hand and draw hand. I wouldn't know one limb was R/D and the other D. Im guessing it took about 1.5" set max. But its hard to say for sure due to the wonky shape. I built this bow yesterday for the most part. I used super glue for the overlays and finished it with two coats of shellac and three coats of paste wax. Good enough for a summer plinker, I wont hunt with it.

 

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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2014, 12:10:38 pm »
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2014, 12:15:15 pm »
There ya go again Chris. Making me feel bad about my bows. Someday I'll learn to polish my turds.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2014, 12:19:09 pm »
Nice natural stick Pearly.  Looks like a pencil sticking out of the limb.
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Offline Jesse

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2014, 12:35:59 pm »
That's awesome.  Especially for doing it in a day. 
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2014, 12:50:27 pm »
That's a pretty cool bow there pearly.  I like the little stick you left.  Looks like a sweet stumper :)
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Offline bubby

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2014, 01:05:53 pm »
cool beans drummer boy
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2014, 01:09:57 pm »
You can hang your hat on that one for sure.  ;)  Nice bow Pearlie.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2014, 01:11:33 pm »
Real nice plinker Chris, gotta love that buckthorn. Built in a day for the most part huh, you make me sick man. >:D
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2014, 01:20:40 pm »
Thanks fellers! I glued the tips and half shaped them Friday night while DQ was over working his "gluey". Then I finished floor tillering, tillering and sealing Saturday morning/afternoon. Buckthorn is tied dead even with yew in my prettiest self bow wood categories. It just lights right up on its own after a good steel woolin', and the fleshy heartwood is flat gorgeous. Id like to get a stick suitable to make a skin backed static......Mmmmmmmm.....yummy.
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Offline adb

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2014, 01:38:45 pm »
That's a really nice character stick Mr Drums! Well done. You should go grouse hunting with it, you'll have somewhere to hang the dead ones on the way home!
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Offline Roy

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2014, 01:59:20 pm »
Pretty nice, Chris..
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2014, 02:09:14 pm »
Dude, looks like you didnt miss anything by getting over to that buckthorn pile a day late.  Nicely done.  8)
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Despite all your faults
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2014, 02:33:46 pm »
Nice
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