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[hoosierf]

Nice bows Matt. Nekid looks good on that one.

[sleek]

Man, I need to get back to work on mine. Soon as I get my barn wired up for electricity, and my kitchen floor torn out and redone.... Eesh, I need a day off to make bows.

[Bubbabowyer]

Those are very nice bows. If its coming to me I like wide and fast lol

[silent sniper]

Beautiful bows Matt 👍🏻  The reflexed one is especially nice!

[TimothyR]

I'm still in guys. Been coaching my sons little league team this year. I will get back on mine soon and post some pics. I've got some osage and hhb shaped out to bow dimensions. just need to get them bending.

[M2A]

Was not happy with a piece of locust I was working on decided to see what else I had in the shop that would be good for this. Buried in the corner was a piece of Osage, I dont work with the stuff too much, always has been too hard to come by so I always think it best to save for another day(as a few years pass by). Having some good fortune this past winter in my stave hunting I figure its the perfect time and reason.

I didn't care for the late/early wood ratio right under the sapwood and the piece was rather deep so I split that off and may have enough for one for myself. I still needed to go down several rings on the belly split to get the ring I thought was best. No knots in this piece, a bit more character than I thought it would have. With removing as much as I did I am a little thin for a handle so will be adding some meat to it. Rummaging in my shop last night I found some interesting ebony and some purple hart, hope to finish off the handle and use for overlays. Hope to remove a little more from the limbs and be able to even up the reflex soon. There is a check in the middle of the belly of 1 limb still but I believe it will disappear during tillering.
 IMG_3560 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
IMG_3559 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
IMG_3591 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
IMG_3592 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
IMG_3593 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr   

[Swampman]

I can't wait to see how that one turns out Mike.

My plan B black locust is officially abandoned.  I did not start with a good thickness taper and chased good tiller down to a 35 pound bow.  I will finish off later for my wife as I think it will suit her well. 

I started on plan C and D this week.  Plan C is another hhb stave and I am in the process of roughing it out.  Plan D is a black locust stave that I plan to leave the sap wood on.  I built another bow from this same tree with the sap wood on and it turned out great and has really nice contrast between the sap wood and heart wood.  This one is also in rough out stage. 

I do have plan A (hhb) shot in and it has settled in right at 50 pounds which was my target weight for that bow.  The unstrung profile goes back to no net set right after shooting so I am pleased with that one and it is definitely a contender to ship to my victim. 

I will post up some pictures of plan C and D soon. 

[Deerhunter21]

oh my goodness! I finally have time to work on my bows!! schools out!!!

I was working on my hhb bow but i think i messed it up. violated a growth ring while trying to put a tip overlay. and i dont think i did the tip right but just keep on chugging. then ill start working on the osage bow ive been trying to work on. 

its been a while since ive been able to get on here

[dylanholderman]

how bad is the grain violation? if its at the tip you can just make a long tip overlay and take it out/cover it up

[liyeliye123123]

glued up some boobacked blanks. thinking about choosing one from one of these to be my trade bow project.

b86256172abb6ae730d070e9703b2ab by Ye  Li, on Flickr

aa79eb7d5f97a476918d794973947e8 by Ye  Li, on Flickr

4c885a1b5d51b4fa1f8c148bfb13be2 by Ye  Li, on Flickr

[sleek]

Very excited to see what you make Li.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I’m looking forward to seeing what you get made as well Li.

I decided to start in a second bow so I’ll have a couple to pick from. Especially considering the first hickory bow came in a little under weight. So here’s a black locust recurve I got shooting yesterday at the upper end of weight specs. Nothing incredible, but it does seem to shoot pretty decent. I glued on some cow horn for brushnocks to go with t he overlays. If I have some time this evening I may start on getting the brush nocks shaped and the tips cleaned up. Once they’re cleaned up I’ll be doing lots of shooting fun and tiller tweaking. The limbs were flat with the back fo an indicator of set at this point.

Kyle

[dylanholderman]

Very excited to see what you make Li.

Same

Mo_coon-catcher it will be cool to see you pull off those brush nocks I’ve always liked how they look.

[lebhuntfish]

I'm still here ya'll, air-conditioning season is here! I've been working 60 plus hours a week and I hurt my back a few weeks ago, mostly better but I still gotta watch what I do. But I woke up a week ago and my right shoulder was killing me. Not sure what's going on with it but I'm still going. I can work but I haven't tried shooting yet. But I hope I can get some bow work in this weekend.
Everyone's stuff is looking good!

Patrick

[sleek]

I'm still here ya'll, air-conditioning season is here! I've been working 60 plus hours a week and I hurt my back a few weeks ago, mostly better but I still gotta watch what I do. But I woke up a week ago and my right shoulder was killing me. Not sure what's going on with it but I'm still going. I can work but I haven't tried shooting yet. But I hope I can get some bow work in this weekend.
Everyone's stuff is looking good!

Patrick

Brother, you are getting old.