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Offline Santanasaur

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Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« on: September 18, 2020, 01:14:38 pm »
70#@ 30” Asymmetric design. 74.5” long, 72” ntn

The stain is mostly bloodroot. The backside has bloodroot blended with charcoal  and cornflower blues rubbed into the interlocking ridges. There’s a big harmless drying check in the handle stained with pokeberry juice. The pith is still visible since the sapling was only about 2.5” at the widest.

The upper limb sits just about dead flat and the lower holds an inch and a half of reflex. I always try to put the reflexed limb on top like a yumi but the location of certain knots forced my hand. I think this is contributing to the very positive looking tiller at brace. It’s been pretty humid so I was aggressive with the heat treat and humidity management. The stave was quick dried in a month but I got carried away and it sat in the dry box all summer.


Update: here’s a video of how I stained the bow https://youtu.be/z7aX9vilxwc
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Offline Santanasaur

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2020, 01:19:10 pm »
More pics in high res  https://imgur.com/gallery/tROCPMC
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Offline simk

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2020, 02:06:36 pm »
veery nice  (-S I'd like to see that stain in person, everything else is beautyful also! and nice pics  :OK
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Offline NonBacked

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2020, 04:55:38 pm »
That’s a lot of bow for Hickory Sapling! Excellent tiller – 70# with no string follow! Good job!
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2020, 05:53:38 pm »
congrats,, :)
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2020, 06:52:35 pm »
Good tiller and nice finish. Congrats!
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Offline kbear

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2020, 07:08:13 pm »
Cool bow man. I like it!
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Offline M2A

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2020, 08:21:52 pm »
Nice going on that natural stain job! Heck of a bow.
Mike
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2020, 11:18:05 pm »
Very nice!  How did you extract(make) the stains? 
Hawkdancer
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Offline Shamusrobert

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2020, 02:09:16 am »
Awesome stick, I have been enjoying your utube movies as well. :)
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2020, 02:46:39 am »
Beautiful bow. Excellent tiller. Very well done.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2020, 07:45:56 am »
Cool bow.  8)  Well done.   :OK
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Offline dreamcraft_archery

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2020, 07:50:11 am »
Beautiful bow brother!!!  )P(
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2020, 08:12:59 am »
excellent tiller! I love the natural stain too. Beautiful bow! Jawge
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Offline Sagebrush

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Re: Woodlands Flatbow. Hickory Sapling with Natural Plant Dyes. 72” 70#@30”
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2020, 08:26:39 am »
Love the stain!!!
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