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Offline Jonas

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"Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« on: July 04, 2017, 07:11:24 am »
Hello,
long time no see (ok, thats on me  ;) ). Here is a recently finished black locust bow. The stave had a lot of very thin rings with a high percentage of early wood. Only four rings had a decent percentage of late wood, together they had a thickness of less than 1cm. Anyway, to use this four rings as good as posible i chased a ring as well at the back of the bow as at the belly, which resulted partially in a low hollow-limb design. The finish is with a selfmade sandel-wood stain, shellac and boiled linseed oil.
the lenght is 1,6m, weight 355g and drawweight 23lbs@26" (tillered till 28")
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Offline Jonas

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2017, 07:12:23 am »
More pics
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Offline Jonas

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2017, 07:13:09 am »
More pics
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Offline Jonas

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2017, 07:13:38 am »
And the last 2
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2017, 10:31:51 pm »
Beautiful bow! Nice work.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2017, 11:03:20 pm »
Nice looking bend.  8)
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Offline leonwood

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2017, 06:32:10 am »
Beautiful bow! Good to see the pyramid shape in combination withe the chased belly ring resulting in a nice bend!
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2017, 06:48:30 am »
Another nice bow from a challenging piece of wood. Couldn't figure out how you got that kink out in the braced picture. Then I realized you turned bow around for braced picture. Good work Jonas. Keep em coming
Bjrogg
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Offline BowEd

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2017, 08:32:35 am »
Very nice bend and finish work on your BL.
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Offline Jonas

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2017, 09:42:10 am »
Thank you, I m glad you like it
Quote from: leonwood on July 05, 2017, 06:32:10 am
Beautiful bow! Good to see the pyramid shape in combination withe the chased belly ring resulting in a nice bend!
Exactly! It was really fun to build this bow. After chasing rings on both sides of the bow and working out the pyramid shape, there was practically nothing left to tiller. I reduced the thickness once or twice with the cabinet sraper, thats it.
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Offline shofu

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2017, 09:51:48 am »
Super cool! I bet that took awhile...
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: "Red Locust", 23lbs@26
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2017, 10:18:10 am »
nice curves )P(
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