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Offline simk

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Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« on: March 20, 2022, 03:27:58 pm »
Hello

I still have some of this totally straight white ash. It's got thick rings and plenty latewood. Only thing to dislike was some setback; also its super tough - you won't get anywhere with your drawknife. Plan once again was to make the perfect bow  - lol - of course I once again didn't succed  ;D I still like it. Ash really loves the heat treatment. Bow holds 2 1/2" reflex after shooting, returnig to 3 1/2" after resting. Stain is iron chloride and physical weight of the finished bow is 505 gramms.

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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2022, 03:28:54 pm »
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2022, 03:30:05 pm »
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2022, 03:32:40 pm »
thanx for watching
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2022, 05:05:38 pm »
  Beautiful job on that, I bet it would make a good flight bow.
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2022, 09:11:18 pm »
That’s a nice ash bow Simk. Like everything about it
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2022, 09:21:41 pm »
Wow. What’s gorgeous piece of ash!  Lol.  Seriously nice bow.  Nice cures. Nice tiller.  Love it all!   

Curious though.  This iron chloride stain… would it be the same stuff I make to etch my blade perhaps???  Ferric chloride?
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2022, 02:37:08 am »
Sweet looking bow bud.
Our ash here has been devastated by that ash bore.I still keep a bunch of really straight grained backings around of it though.
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2022, 02:45:51 am »
That is a well executed recurve :)
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2022, 10:28:50 am »
Well… that‘s how you have to do it!
Congrats, that is really a very nice Recurve.
It‘s almost a perfect bow  ;D

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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2022, 11:22:45 am »
Excellent bow in every way. Like BowEd stated the ash bore has destroyed most of the ash in my area. Years ago ash was plentiful...not anymore.
      Your bows are always very well made and this one is no exception.
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2022, 04:20:47 pm »
thank you for the kind words  :D
Badger: I will maybe chrono it when I find the motivation. It especially will be intersting to see how my new string material does; bought myself some D97 and made a 10 strand string - this a rope man  ;D Curious how much speed gets lost in comparison to my usual 8 strands of BCY452x
Superdav: Nut sure if I used the correct term for the stain. lets just call it vinegar-steelwool-stain, you know what I mean  ;)
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2022, 05:19:07 pm »
Beautiful bow with a superb tiller, as per usual for your work.

How wide are the limbs where the static tips start to curve off straight?


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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2022, 05:06:25 am »
Let's see in this way.
If you could achieve perfection every time you'll end with a bunch of bows perfectly equal
The little imperfections make it unique. That's better than perfect in my eye  :OK
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Re: Good old White Ash - D/R - 62 1/2" ntn - 49# @ 28"
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2022, 09:00:52 am »
Quote from: superdav95 on March 20, 2022, 09:21:41 pm


Curious though.  This iron chloride stain… would it be the same stuff I make to etch my blade perhaps???  Ferric chloride?

Iron acetate
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