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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 07:36:20 pm

Title: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 07:36:20 pm

Just finished this one about 2 weeks ago just in time for hunting season in Montana :). Took it elk hunting but wasn't lucky enough to get anything hopefully I will get a chance at a deer before the season ends. It's made from a hackberry stave given to me by Justin Snyder. It's 63" long and pulls 55# at 28" the overlays are from a whitetail shed found on the farm I hunt every year. I gave up on the hackberry for a while after breaking my first one but I was inspired to try again after seeing the bow that Sulfur posted a while ago. Thanks to Sulfur for his help with dimensions. I changed the profile of this bow a little from the first one I didn't taper the limbs until about 7/8 up and shortened the overall length by 2".  This bow is the best performing bow I have made yet it is fast and holds an inch of reflex when unstrung.

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Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 07:37:16 pm

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Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: radius on September 25, 2009, 07:44:17 pm

dude i love it...how thick were those ends when you recurved em?  use dry heat, wet heat?  show me the form?

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Justin Snyder on September 25, 2009, 07:47:09 pm

Great looking bow partner. Im glad you are making good use of the wood. Justin

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: PeteC on September 25, 2009, 07:57:28 pm

Good job,it looks great!! I really like the tips,and you did real good on the tiller.That's a bow to be proud of. ;)Did you heat treat it?      God Bless

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Dano on September 25, 2009, 08:01:35 pm

Outstanding!!

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 08:31:29 pm

Thanks everyone! Radius the tips were about a half inch and I'll post a pic of the form I used also I boiled them. Thanks again Justin. Pete I did heat treat it but i didn't add any reflex when I did it I figured it had enough.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 08:40:03 pm

This is the form I used. I clamp it onto the tip, or sometimes the bottom it depends, of the bow and boil or steam it with the bow then tighten it without removing it from the heat adding clamps as I move up the limb.

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Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Hojo on September 25, 2009, 09:30:11 pm

Nice work.  How wide are the limbs? 

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 25, 2009, 10:04:18 pm

The limbs are two inches down to 3/8 at the nocks.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: bcbull on September 25, 2009, 10:24:48 pm

VEY NICE  AND GREAT TILLER I LOVE THAT HACKBERRY  BROCK

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Josh on September 25, 2009, 10:40:55 pm

nice bow and great tiller!!!!! :)  i love the grain in that hackberry!!!   -josh

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: sulphur on September 25, 2009, 11:21:20 pm

you did a great job on that stick!!  i like that one a lot better than mine.  did you stain the belly or is the color from tempering??  excellent tiller  btw!

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Pat B on September 26, 2009, 12:09:06 am

Beautiful recurve. I need to try hackberry.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 26, 2009, 12:23:29 am

Thanks sulfur I still think yours was better  ;D. The color and grain on the belly was from the stain, I did heat treat it but the stain really brought it out.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Timo on September 26, 2009, 07:17:49 am

Very nicely done!

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: OldBow on September 26, 2009, 11:04:41 am

While in Montana, what do you mean you didn't get anything? You got fresh air, excercise, and world-class scenery. Did you hear any elk bugeling?
Great work on your new hackberry recurve. I'll bet it is a snappy shooter. Bookmarked, too, for Sept Bow of the Month.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: radius on September 26, 2009, 05:31:18 pm

thanks bro...so you don't find that boiling the form with the bow wrecks the form over time?  Or i guess you just make new ones...that's not a bad plan, bro, you sure pulled it off!

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 26, 2009, 10:09:32 pm

Ha ha yeah I guess I did get alot out of the trip. I got to spend time with my dad who I never really see and the scenery was world-class for sure. But the elk were really quiet when I was there but I did hear a few bugles and seen a couple large bulls. None within range though. Radius boiling the form does wreck it but it takes a few bows and it only takes a couple minutes to make a new one.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: recurve shooter on September 26, 2009, 11:38:17 pm

nice work man.

from the looks of that pic, i bet yall got alot of trouble with floods huh?  ;D ::)

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 27, 2009, 05:24:21 pm

Yeah we haven't had any trouble since I moved here but a few years ago one of the rivers flooded and took out a whole bunch of houses.

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 27, 2009, 10:05:33 pm

That really is a great looking bow! Jawge

Title: Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
Post by: Jmilbrandt on September 28, 2009, 06:00:18 pm

Thanks George, I'm glad you like it.