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Offline huisme

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Short R/D
« on: November 04, 2014, 01:53:02 pm »
Little accident ruined half a bow while we were moving to the house site but the staves from this tree had all treated me well so i didn't feel like giving up on this thing. I cut off as much as I could, keeping in mind that if I made it skinny I could use the unformed handle as part of the bow, and got to work reducing it to just a third of an inch thick down the whole thing. I induced reflex and deflex that put the tips in one inch of reflex and decided I'd do my best to make the 46"ntn I had pull to my 26" draw.

Well, she pulls about 40#@25" and didn't take excessive set getting to 26", but small chrisals showed up across the whole thing and so I plan to shoot an inch short. Nevada deems any bow capable of sending a 10gpp arrow 150yrds on level ground a hunting weight bow, and this thing made 180 with one of my heavier arrows, so when I'm confident with my groupings I'm thinking one of my visits is going to involve some crawling around in the bush  ;) ;D






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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 PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 02:13:37 pm »
Nice job Marc. Love that landscape!
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2014, 02:21:57 pm »
Wow, that's crazy!  I think I would have just made a few arrows out of the half stave...very impressive work as always, and I agree on the landscape.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2014, 02:23:20 pm »
Cool bow and scenery. What's the handle wrap?
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Offline huisme

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2014, 02:29:05 pm »
3mm leather cord, left an end sticking out on the belly side to help keep my hand in the right place ;)
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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 Springbuck

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2014, 02:41:01 pm »
  Looks fine!  What was the wood?  Locust?
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2014, 02:59:15 pm »
Sweet little bow you got there.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2014, 03:45:49 pm »
A fine looking shorty you got there.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2014, 04:26:42 pm »
Do I understand you to say the bow is a third of an inch wide?
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Offline huisme

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2014, 04:33:13 pm »
Thick, but that was just to start.
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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 GlisGlis

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2014, 05:10:11 pm »
Very nice bow and surroundings.
cant wait to finish a ash rigid handle bow to come back to locust and try a bending!!
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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2014, 06:03:14 pm »
Organic little bow. When I saw the nock that's what I thought. Very nice and simple. Well done!   8)
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Offline Accipiter

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2014, 09:42:12 pm »
Thats an awesome little bow! Looks just right for crawling around in the sagebrush  :D
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2014, 09:52:24 pm »
Wow that's one heck of a gorgeous bow
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Offline Drewster

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Re: Short R/D
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2014, 10:25:21 pm »
That's a fine little bow........you did some nice work salvaging that piece of wood......no waste, no want!
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