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Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2016, 10:42:09 pm »
I like it good job!!!
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Offline Dakota Kid

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2016, 11:45:18 pm »
You're replicas never disappoint.

Careful running around the woods like that. Might end up on youtube as proof time travel exists.
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Offline loon

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2016, 01:26:41 am »
I don't want to believe rawhide makes a much worse string than dacron, it was even used in hornbows..

Looks awesome. Like a pyramid bow? Wonder why the design died out..
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2016, 03:51:33 am »
I always enjoy looking at your replicas nice bow !
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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2016, 03:59:52 am »
Nice work  :)
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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2016, 04:34:14 am »
Good looking bow, nice job. Love the outfit also.
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Offline smoke

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2016, 08:31:13 am »
Really cool project!  So how does that bad boy shoot?
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2016, 08:59:16 am »
I'm really satisfied by how smooth it shoots. No kick at all. The deer rawhide is rather thick and probably robs the bow of some cast. I would like to make a groundhog rawhide string, or a gut string. I believe that would increase cast by a few FPS at least.
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2016, 10:28:41 am »
Looks nice, simple and clean. Tiller looks great.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2016, 10:42:00 am »
It would be interesting to see chrono results comparing a rawhide string to modern materials
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Offline Hunts with stone

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2016, 06:45:30 am »
Again awesome job bro! Hey how long did it take to heat treat it with camp fire coals?
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2016, 10:04:53 am »
I would also love to test it through a chronograph. The heat treatment took about 15 minutes for each limb. I probably should have done another one after final tillering, but as it stands the bow only has about .5" of set unbraced.
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2016, 08:50:09 pm »
I am happy to report that the bow has gained considerable speed since switching strings from the thick deer rawhide to a 3-ply gut string. Really casts an arrow with authority now.
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Offline loon

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2016, 08:53:57 pm »
Oh yeah! Thanks for reporting.

how'd you harvest and make the gut string?
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Offline Airborne890

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Re: Elm Holmegaard Bow
« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2016, 10:09:49 pm »
I was given a cleaned elk gut that had the fat removed and was twisted. I soaked it, cut it into 3 equal lengths, tying a knot at the top and bottom, then hung it with about 15 lbs of water in a bucket. After that I twisted the 3 plies all together and added another 15 lbs of water to the bucket. It stretched considerably and by the time it was dry all the plies were tightly wound and bound together.
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