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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Drum-backed BL shorty
« on: November 12, 2017, 01:24:48 pm »
That's "drum" as in freshwater drum, the fish  )F( .

This bow is all BL heartwood, which is much snappier in my experience than a bow with sapwood. The stave had some natural deflex that I left in and I used dry heat to put some curves in on the tips. It's fairly short...

56"ttt
60# at 27"
1.5" wide at the handle tapering to 3/8" at the tips
Buffalo horn overlays
Some really nice thick leather on the handle
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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2017, 01:25:33 pm »
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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2017, 01:26:15 pm »
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Offline DC

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2017, 01:47:37 pm »
Good one! I like the skins, it's a nice look. Is that the skin colour or are we seeing the wood through the skins?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2017, 02:03:51 pm »
Cool little locust shorty. Well done.  :OK
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2017, 05:22:29 pm »
Thanks guys.

DC, you are seeing some wood color for sure. Freshwater drum, or "Sheepshead" has some really interesting skin. When the scales are gone and the skin is dry, what's left is a translucent hide with some iridescent shininess that these pics really don't do justice to.  This particular fish was big, close to 10 lbs and the skin was really quite thick. Comparable to deer hide. Here's the fish...
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2017, 06:06:01 pm »
Sharp looking bow.
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2017, 06:41:57 pm »
Nice looking bow
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2017, 06:52:18 pm »
very nice congrats on that bow,,
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2017, 06:57:36 pm »
Nice work on the shorty BL.
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2017, 09:06:08 pm »
Beautiful bow. I catch lots of big drum when catfishing, usually throw them back, but will be keeping them now! What did you do to the skin to make it keep?
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2017, 07:49:13 am »
Nice looking bow, Jeffrey!  Maybe you should rig it up for bowfishing, under the circumstances.  I gotta try BL one of these days.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2017, 07:52:07 am »
Very nice
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2017, 11:47:44 am »
Nice job on the bow.  Pretty nice fish, too!  They are more or less warm water fish?
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Offline Hans H

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Re: Drum-backed BL shorty
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2017, 12:23:53 pm »
nice bow, like it.
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