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Offline mullet

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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2008, 10:27:26 pm »
  I think it's too short for a hickory bow for weight much more than what you got. Shooting for a heavier weight and then hinging the other limb probally weakend the lower limb. Your wife ought to like it, build the boys there own. :)
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2008, 06:37:38 am »
Looks great :)
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2008, 12:28:45 pm »
I like it - nice work. Haven't tried a recurve yet, hope I can do one like that soon.
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2008, 12:46:22 pm »
Any chance of a larger full draw?
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2008, 01:40:21 pm »
Yes OldBow, I'll try to get a better pic of full draw tonight.
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2008, 07:30:08 pm »
Here's another full draw pic.  I have to be careful not to draw it too far since I'm 6'1" tall.

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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2008, 08:03:07 pm »
Good looking bow- tiller looks good, nice work. Looking at the profile, I bet it still flings an arrow pretty zippy for the weight.
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2008, 09:59:45 pm »
 I have to agree with everybody else. In that picture the tiller looks real good. She'll like it. ;)
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2008, 11:01:01 pm »
Super bow! Great job. Jawge
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2008, 12:32:56 pm »
Wow! Great work on this one. Pretty impressive to see such a short bow cranked back like that. Bookmarked, too, for Nov Self BOM.
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2008, 01:12:34 pm »
That is looking good Brad - nice full draw!! and looks like ya got that picture thing figured out too :).
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2008, 01:56:00 pm »
Thanks guys.  This is definetly the shortest bow that I've made that I've drawn this far.  It's kinda fun testing the limits when you don't have any money invested.  Yeah cowboy, I'm kinda slow sometimes, but I think I have the picture thing figured out. ::)
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Re: hickory recurve 51"ntn
« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2008, 05:50:05 pm »
Congratulations on venturing successfully into new territory with this short hickory bow. Turned out nice!
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