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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Hackberry Flat bow
« on: September 30, 2018, 10:08:03 pm »
Hello everyone. I gave a sneak peek of this bow a month ago. I have been using it as a fill in bow while working on other customer bows. It is a 66" hackberry bow. It is backed with silk and i painted it with designs from my tribe the Mikmaq. I did the painting designs with acrylic paint and finished with 8 coats of truoil. The bow is 66" 50#@28". It draws super smooth and is a blast to shoot. The bow itself is so light it feels like it will float out of your hand.









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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2018, 10:57:09 pm »
Nice!  I like the patterns!
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2018, 05:15:21 am »
That's beautiful. Hackberry definitely makes a great bow.  8)
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2018, 05:51:17 am »
That's a dandy looking fill in bow there NTV. Nice work .
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2018, 06:21:11 am »
Good looking bow, nice paint job. Accurate description on how hackberry feels too.
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Offline Will B

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2018, 06:59:06 am »
Great looking bow!  Well done
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2018, 08:14:27 am »
Well done! Arvin
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2018, 08:31:13 am »
Good lookin bow and the art work is great.
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Offline simson

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2018, 09:28:39 am »
Can't help, looking several times at your fd pic I find the bow not balanced. Maybe it is the photo angle (which is not absolutely square, I think).
The artwork looks great!
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2018, 05:39:16 pm »
Simson i will get a tiller tree pick. the twisty ,curvy upper limb plays tricks and i am canting the bow some.
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2018, 09:55:39 pm »
Simson, I added some more photos of the bow being drawn. there is a wicked dog leg bend at the end of top limb and it is wavy from back to belly in the same spot. I see what you mean in the pic of full draw. It looks that way from angle and the one funky spot in the top limb. I modified post and added pictures on the tree.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2018, 06:06:49 am »
Great lookin bow... love me some hackberry
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2018, 07:35:06 am »
Lovely paint job.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2018, 07:40:39 am »
Wow, what a beauty!  Well done!
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Re: Hackberry Flat bow
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2018, 12:07:45 pm »
Quote from: ntvbowyer1969 on October 01, 2018, 09:55:39 pm
Simson, I added some more photos of the bow being drawn. there is a wicked dog leg bend at the end of top limb and it is wavy from back to belly in the same spot. I see what you mean in the pic of full draw. It looks that way from angle and the one funky spot in the top limb. I modified post and added pictures on the tree.

I see! And you've done great!
For the fd pics: IMO we should do always pics from the left and the right side, way more clarification
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