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Offline RyanY

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White Oak ALB
« on: May 01, 2020, 03:08:46 pm »
Just finished up this White Oak ALB (American Longbow). It is made from a piece of white oak that I cut and tillered years ago while still green. Took a few inches of set at that point but I was able to heat treat it out. Holds very mild reflex while unbraced so I think it evened out. 34#@28", 66" NTN. 4" handle with 3" fades. 1.5" wide at the fades to just under 1.5" at mid limb, and then taper to 3/8" nocks. Nock overlays are of white oak. Limbs are symmetrical in length so I made the limb that took less set the bottom limb. Leather handle and arrow rest with white oak insert at the arrow pass. Had some fun shooting this one as it was the first time using a chronograph. Was shooting around 145fps average with 450 grain arrows or ~13grains/lb, Highest I could get was 152fps. Let me know what you think!
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Offline RyanY

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2020, 03:09:47 pm »
More pics.
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Offline RyanY

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2020, 03:10:50 pm »
More pics.
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Offline RyanY

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2020, 03:12:36 pm »
Last few.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2020, 03:36:44 pm »
Nice white oak ALB, Ryan. 152fps for a 34# bow is pretty impressive...and with stitching like that on your handle wrap you could have been a surgeon.  ;)
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Offline DC

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2020, 04:58:17 pm »
+1  If you got a 340 grain arrow so you were at 10 gr per pound your speed should go way up.
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Offline RyanY

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2020, 05:21:54 pm »
Thanks guys. I’m curious what it would be with a lighter arrow. I’m really liking this lighter draw weight to get back into shooting more. Hard to make arrows that light though!
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2020, 05:57:52 pm »
Beautiful representation of an ALB. That stitching definitely caught my eye. Really nice looking bow.
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Offline rps3

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2020, 06:40:44 pm »
I think it looks great,  and pretty snappy too. I agree about making lighter spined arrows. They seem so flimsy.
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Offline StickMark

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2020, 08:35:50 pm »
Lighter arrows and feeling flimsy, I hear you (31# "retraining bow with 14gpp 435 grain arrows was my answer to your type of arrow question.)
Bet that is a fun bow to shoot.
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Offline Stoner

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2020, 10:09:23 am »
Beautiful white oak bow. Fine Craftsmanship. I just started to go thru some of my other bow woods and was going to build a white oak bow when I discovered all my wood is cracking/checking. trying to savage what I can. John
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2020, 12:06:42 pm »
Very nice. Tiller is excellent. Jawge
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2020, 12:38:07 pm »
Great job. Classic looking ALB and that tiller is spot on.
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2020, 04:39:37 pm »
Beautiful classic ALB 👍🏻. Nice work!
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Offline scp

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Re: White Oak ALB
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2020, 12:23:03 am »
Very well done. It sure deserves ultra light arrows, even just for speed testing. There must be a way to calculate the 10 GPP arrow speed with the figures you have, at least approximately.
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