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Offline Lehtis

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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2016, 03:21:27 am »
Looks great!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2016, 07:17:21 pm »
I always like viewing your bows for their smooth bends Marc, at 32" draw this one just has more viewing pleasure than most. :)
Very nice bow, I wouldn't want to be the deer on the receiving end of an arrow from that one.
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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2016, 05:39:13 am »
Dang!!! Love the profile!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2016, 08:22:00 am »
Thanks guys
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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2016, 08:30:55 am »
Occasionally here some of this hickory here has a pinkish hew to it.Wonderful bow wood too.I've made a bow or two with it being wider towards the tip but had a little hand shock with it then.Probably a tillering oversight on my part.How does your bow feel shooting it?
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2016, 02:08:10 pm »
The bow does shoot good although a bit slow, but then the longest arrows I have that are suitable for it are 30" long and weigh 600 grains.
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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2016, 11:58:24 am »
What a bend! Awesome execution
A drawlength of 32" is a hard thing, must be a guy like a Yeti
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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #37 on: January 10, 2016, 12:05:03 pm »
wow what a beauty... perfect tiller too
the slowness... it could be the heavy arrows but could the thinner limbs factor in at all?
curious that's all.
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Re: Elm Flatbow
« Reply #38 on: January 10, 2016, 01:01:22 pm »
Thanks guys

The speed is more a combination of short draw, the bow is meant for a 32" draw, and heavy arrow.  At 30" it is probably pulling around 45#
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