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Offline straightarrow

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Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« on: April 13, 2014, 12:21:48 am »
Just finished this black locust for a great friend of mine, Todd. We worked out a trade for Musky Lures. I played things safe with the dimensions to accommodate his long draw and hopes to give him a shooter for a long time. The bow is 70" and is 1 1/2" at the fades. Its mostly parallel for the first third then slowly tapering to 3/8" nocks. The tip overlays are mahogany, osage, and ebony. The rat snake has about ten coats of tru oil and the grip is wrapped buck skin. There's about 600 shots thru the bow now and is not showing any signs of stress. The black locust was great to work with and enitre process went rather smooth. In the end we both walked away happy

Jon
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2014, 01:16:49 am »
Wow, that bow looks great! Isn't it great to have friend that you can build bows for? ;) Any excuse to get out in the shop! ::)
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2014, 04:08:08 am »
By looking at the profile, that bow looks darn near center shot? Is there a cut in shelf...Nice Locust bow
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2014, 08:35:30 am »
Sweet.  +1 missilemaster.
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Offline 4dog

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2014, 08:39:51 am »
wait till ya hear the stories of the birdies attacking that bow..birdies LOVE rat snakes...beautiful bow dude!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2014, 08:44:40 am »
Looks like a fine bow. Good trade to! Musky lures haint cheap.
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2014, 09:58:11 am »
Thats a good lookin bow , aught to last him a good time for many good times
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2014, 10:08:33 am »
Skins, tips, finish and tiller all top notch work on that beauty, very nice bow Straightarrow.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2014, 10:12:36 am »
Great job man.  I really like the look of those snake skins.  That tiller looks awesome
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2014, 10:47:10 am »
Thanks for the comments guys. Heres a pic of the handle Donald and your right ....it is dang near center shot. I didn't cut into the handle but I left some meat on both sides until I got it to first brace. Once I seen which side the handle the string was favoring I removed the wood from the other side

Jon
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2014, 10:54:19 am »
That looks great.  Fine looking bow. 
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2014, 05:13:02 pm »
Looks nice Straightarrow, and I know your getting some good arrow flight of that one. Handle is nice man...
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2014, 11:06:23 pm »
Man that turned out sweet..I've even had the pleasure if shooting it..Excellent job as usual!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2014, 11:09:39 pm »
Sweet!
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Re: Rat snaked Black Locust flatbow
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2014, 07:55:34 am »
That finished up nice buddy!!!  :)
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