Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"

[bentstick54]

Looks real good to me too. I like the looks of persimmon.

[Pat B]

Nice Kyle. 

[Chief RID]

I really like the looks of that bow. Great job of finish and tiller, I think. The accents are functional and provide good contrast. Thanks for sharing.  Wish I could borrow your brain for a day or two and finish this sassafras thing I am stuck on. What diameter log was that bow from? Does the back have a lot of crown?

[BowEd]

Nice work on the persimmon bow.Don't see them very often.

[mullet]

Good looking bow, Kyle. Hard to find a straight piece of Persimmon.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Thanks guys!
In liking working with this wood. This is my third bow from the tree. It's sort of different, it's a dense hard wood, but seems to take more material than it should to keep set low. So all them I've built have a good cast o them but it comes with a little thud from the extra limb mass. It's nothing severe, but it is noticeable. I got lucky with this tree. It was about 12" diameter and split out almost perfectly straight. So they have a pretty flat back. I ended up wth about 20 good staves. About half a dozen ate very straight and clean for about 80". So there's a little pile of warbows in there. I may be willing to trade one of those for a decent yew stave. That'll be about the only way I think I'll part with the long and straight staves, as I doubt I'll come across more very easily.

Kyle

[Jedi45]

Good looking bow! And good on ya working around those knots! I just learned how easily they can break a bow 

[Aaron H]

Nice work Kyle

[Hans H]

well done, nice bow
Hans

[Stickhead]

Good looking bow!  Nice tiller.

[ntvbowyer1969]

good looking bow. I have yet to try persimmon.

[sleek]

Thanks guys!
In liking working with this wood. This is my third bow from the tree. It's sort of different, it's a dense hard wood, but seems to take more material than it should to keep set low. So all them I've built have a good cast o them but it comes with a little thud from the extra limb mass. It's nothing severe, but it is noticeable. I got lucky with this tree. It was about 12" diameter and split out almost perfectly straight. So they have a pretty flat back. I ended up wth about 20 good staves. About half a dozen ate very straight and clean for about 80". So there's a little pile of warbows in there. I may be willing to trade one of those for a decent yew stave. That'll be about the only way I think I'll part with the long and straight staves, as I doubt I'll come across more very easily.

Kyle

Kyle,  in my experience, persimmon likes a crowned back as its tension strong. I have made only 3, and they were saplings with a high crown. Perhaps the set and high mass you are dealing with can be remedied by allowing a more crowned back to reduce comoressjon on the belly, allowing also for mass reduction?

[Selfbowman]

Well done Kyle. Arvin

[Parnell]

Looks like some pretty wood.  Never touched a piece of Persimmon before.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

On the next flatbow I do from it I may give trapping the back a shot and see how it goes. Worst that'll happen is I break it. Or it'll turn out even better. It seems to take similar set on the rounded bellied ELB I tried this last spring. A smidge over an inch and it pulled 60# but was very long between the nocks. I've got some more experimenting to do it think.

Kyle