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Offline Bobobow

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My first Black Locust Bow
« on: July 01, 2014, 12:23:24 pm »
Here she is, my first BL bow, the growth rings were difficult to find at first, but once I figured it out it was really fun, sucks when you bust through one though and start from the beginning hehehe.

She is a lovely bow,,shoots like a dream if I say so myself.  African Black,wood tips and shelf, fast-flight.  She is 6' long pulls 50#s @ 29".  Now I want to make another.  I found this dust really did not agree with me, respirator 24/7 while working on her!?!?

Anyhoo what do you think???
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Offline Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2014, 12:37:09 pm »
Why it show 3 pics- no clue,,color me stupid....
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2014, 12:49:33 pm »
Going to need a few more pics to get any solid feedback. Unbraced and drawn pics would be nice.
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Offline huisme

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 02:18:07 pm »
Like pearly said, it's hard to tell without unbraced and draw pics. I also want to see more of the bow itself: the tips, the handle, grain, etc. BL makes a snappy bow, but that's an interesting profile to say the least ;)
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2014, 08:35:46 pm »
Here are some mor pics, I,will upload a full draw soon, cheers
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 08:50:53 pm »
That looks like some scary bend out of the fades!
Looking forward to getting into my BL soon, looks like pretty wood
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Offline Crogacht

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2014, 09:14:39 pm »
Maybe a resizing issue. How did you resize your photos?
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Offline Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2014, 09:20:02 pm »
Just do it in iphone, did the others the same, the fade is not nearly as bad as in this photo...I will try to upload another....  I live in Ladysmith BC!
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Offline huisme

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2014, 09:44:03 pm »
That does look like a lot of bend in the fades but it's true it could be a resizing issue. I run all my images through imgur and have never had a problem ;)

Do I see spliced- in knocks? I've never seen that done before. It seems like the glue line would have to be perfect to keep the tip from delaminating from the cut rings.
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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 Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2014, 10:13:55 pm »
Huisme, the image distortion makes it look awful, it looks much nicer in person.  The nock joints fit like a glove, much more secure than top glued, it is african black wood (aka ebony) hard as hard gets.

Fast little girl...
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Offline Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2014, 10:59:59 pm »
Full draw!ugggh
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2014, 11:54:31 pm »
 Wicked bend out of the fades and the outers are working nicely... 8)  Looks balanced and quick...
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Offline Bobobow

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2014, 12:20:05 am »
FYI and I am proud to say she never saw a power tool of any kind, well she saw plenty in the shop but never felt one....
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Offline Pappy

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2014, 05:27:06 am »
Looks like it is bending a lot mid 1/3,beautiful tips and finish work. Love to see an unstrung profile of it. :) I bet it's fast I would just worry about fretting in the 1/3 bending area. BL is bad about them. :)
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: My first Black Locust Bow
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2014, 07:26:02 am »
That's a nicely finished bow. I like those tip overlays. Nice way to cut them out. Very smooth lines in the bow and a sweet looking handle. Are you French? Judging by the French text on the bow :)

I have to comment on that tiller though. Unless this bow is severely reflexed/deflexed (I would like to see an unbraced pic), it has two terrible hinges. One in either limb, about 4" from the fade. Here's how I see it:


The bow consists of three straight sections, with very short, overstressed areas in between. I would be surprised if the wood doesn't show any damage there. Either chrysals, set or a clean break in the very near future. Please correct the tiller before you continue shooting this bow.
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