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Offline Weylin

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Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« on: August 01, 2019, 06:52:48 pm »
This is my first time working with hop hornbeam. Definitely makes a great bow, I've got more staves ready to use. The bow is 68" long and pulls 50#@29".  I went with a willow leaf profile on this one. The customer wanted a dark bow so I stained the white wood with some dark leather dye. I got some nice skins from Cipriano and stained the wood black underneath to darken the skins. For the matte finish I used a product that Osage Outlaw and James Parker recommended to me at the Classic. It's VHT clear matte wheel paint. Not exactly primitive but goes on easy, dries fast and leaves a really nice matte finish. I still love my tru oil but it's nice to have as an alternative.












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Offline Woodely

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2019, 08:12:50 pm »
Another job well done.  Those pics are over 4MB  a little slow loading.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2019, 08:50:46 pm »
Nice  8)
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Offline jareddchazen

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2019, 12:22:45 am »
Beautiful work. The color of the wood vs. the skin looks great especially.
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Offline portlandfire

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2019, 12:27:12 am »
Gorgeous as always.  Beautiful!
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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2019, 04:53:56 am »
I love it! it looks perfect!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2019, 06:05:08 am »
Awesome bow!
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Offline Bryce

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2019, 10:36:13 am »
I like that finish as well, I’ve used it a couple times on some bush bows. They also use it on like bmx bikes and stuff. Nice tough finish. Really brings some life into those dark colors
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2019, 05:59:07 pm »
High quality, and attention to detail as always Weylin. You must have some happy customers.
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Offline kbear

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2019, 01:43:29 am »
Very nice. Thanks for sharing Weylin!
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2019, 06:38:38 pm »
With that dark stain those skins jump out at you very nice bow.
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Offline Balsatech

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2019, 10:15:43 pm »
Good looking bow Weylin, I like that one a lot. Did you notice any difference with set while tillering as opposed to Yew or Osage?
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Offline kbear

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2019, 02:27:25 am »
Hop Hornbeam makes a great bow..... Weylin makes a great bow. What a great combination!
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2019, 06:29:27 pm »
That’s a beautiful bow.  Very PNW looking.  Love your work man.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Hop Hornbeam Bow with Rattlesnake Skins 50#@29"
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2019, 07:44:13 pm »
Beautiful bow Weylin. I like HHB to. I think it likes a good toasting on the belly to. I really like the smell of heat treat HHB. It doesn't make it any easier to scrap wood off the belly though.
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