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Offline ksnow

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Back in the saddle
« on: June 15, 2017, 08:48:44 am »
Morning all,
Just put the first few arrows through a new ash flatbow.  After my last ash bow disassembled itself, I was a bit nervous about this one.
The growth rings look much better, thick late wood, thin early wood, nice and even.
I had it tillered to 45# at 25 inches at Marshall.  Got it back now to 47# at 27 inches, just right for me.
It is made from an ash cut on a nearby farm, they needed to make their lane wider for the new tractor and said I could have all the logs I wanted if I cut the rest into firewood and burned the brush.


And the requisite full draw pic:


Kyle
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2017, 08:51:28 am »
Nice work Kyle.  The full draw looks good.
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Offline simson

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2017, 10:47:58 am »
Yeah, looks good!
You're definitely riding again  ;)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2017, 11:09:49 am »
That bend looks real nice Kyle and that's a real nice weight to. Ash can be a very pretty wood to, a lot of people around here used it for trim work.  Show us again when you get her all prettied up.
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Offline Will H

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2017, 07:14:43 am »
Well done! I made a few ash bows years ago, good wood.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2017, 08:55:24 am »
Very nice, KS. Came out great. Jawge
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2017, 10:34:38 am »
Great work Kyle
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2017, 11:26:45 am »
Looks good Kyle!

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Offline bubby

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2017, 11:46:38 am »
Nice bend
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Offline nakedfeet

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2017, 02:17:14 pm »
Tiller looks really nice! The one ash sapling bow I did shows that the wood has some promise, and I'll at least one more.

Also, nice shirt! I missed the Draken by about 24 hours when they passed through Alpena, MI last summer. Was there seeing family, and actually in the harbor the day before for a shipwreck tour. Was pretty bummed, looked really cool. Followed the rest of their trip online.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2017, 03:21:47 pm »
looking good  :)
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2017, 04:04:01 pm »
Nice lookin stik Kyle
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2017, 07:31:54 pm »
Sweet stick. I haven't had too much success with ash. Glad to see some justice done to it.  :BB
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2017, 07:32:41 pm »
Nice look'n bow Kyle ............but I wouldn't expect anything different from the guy I met at Marshall....Good job!
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Offline ksnow

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Re: Back in the saddle
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2017, 08:31:03 pm »
 Thanks for all the compliments guys. Yes, ash can be finicky, I think the early to late growth ratio is very important. I have 9 more staves from this tree, they all look like this, hopefully there are several more bows like this.

Nakedfeet, I got to see the Draken in Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay. Absolutely stunning. Did the deck tour three times, could have spent a wolf day looking at the details.

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