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Offline Dauntless

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Snaky little longbow
« on: June 05, 2014, 05:02:12 pm »
This is a short "longbow" I teased out of a twisty piece of red oak. She is 61" nock to nock and about 50lbs between 28 and 30" of draw. I'm only drawing 29" in the pictures though. She took 2" of set. Has ipé overlays and now I think I could have probably flipped the tips too even though there is some funkiness in the outer limbs.





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Don Case

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2014, 05:10:51 pm »
I like that! Not your typical Red Oak bow ;D
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2014, 05:24:37 pm »
Nice work Don! Good to see a red oak bow with a little character.

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2014, 05:53:09 pm »
Really nice there  8) Just out of curiosity what species of Oak...
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Offline Dauntless

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2014, 05:59:18 pm »
Quercus rubra which is usually known as red oak.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2014, 06:23:07 pm »
I like your style :).  Good job.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2014, 07:41:52 pm »
Real nice bow Dauntless. The simple style bows look great when well done and this one was done very well.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2014, 08:14:30 pm »
Nice bow. The front profile has just enough character to set it off.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2014, 06:21:22 am »
Very nice tiller, lot of bend for a short stick like that. :)
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2014, 08:21:44 am »
Nice stick!

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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2014, 08:25:51 am »
Nice work sir.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Snaky little longbow
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2014, 12:05:47 pm »
I like that!  Nicely done.  Josh
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