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Offline Swampman

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Black Walnut Bow
« on: January 12, 2015, 10:41:09 pm »
Here is a Black Walnut bow I made this summer but wasn't happy with it so I retillered it.  It now pulls 55# @ 26".  It is 65" tip to tip.  There is a pretty substantial knot right at the fade in the lower limb so that fade is longer than the top, making the lower limb 1.5 inches longer than the top limb.  I wasn't happy with how it shot when it was au 60 pound bow.  Now it is the nicest shooting bow I have made to date.  It ended up with about an inch of string follow.  I thought about heat treating but after shooting it I decided to leave it as is.  The handle is finished with a repurposed purse  :)
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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2015, 10:42:18 pm »
Another pic
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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2015, 10:42:56 pm »
Full draw
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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2015, 10:43:47 pm »
Back colored with dye.
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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2015, 10:45:04 pm »
handle
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 10:49:29 pm »
Nice!  Is it all sapwood?
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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2015, 10:54:57 pm »
It is all sapwood except at the handle.
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2015, 11:13:50 pm »
Nice looking bow man!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2015, 11:48:58 pm »
Nice. It been a long time since I've made a BW bow.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2015, 12:10:39 am »
Very nice little bow! How was Walnut to work with? I have a few staves of it and thinking about using one for a Franken bow I need to make. Patrick
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2015, 07:46:30 am »
Nice looking job ,tiller looks really good. :)
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2015, 08:20:18 am »
Good looking bow!! I love walnut bows.

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2015, 08:25:03 am »
 Gorgeous bend, no wonder it so smooth 8)...
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Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2015, 12:07:04 pm »
Nice bow makes me want to cut some black walnut. We have a lot of it
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Black Walnut Bow
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2015, 01:23:19 pm »
Good call on re-tillering .It's nice and it looks like a sweet shooter. God Bless
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