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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on September 10, 2010, 11:08:19 pm

Title: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 10, 2010, 11:08:19 pm

heres two i finished today both black walnut 66inch tip to tip , one is a mild reflex deflex the other is just a recurve, the r/d one has a bull snake skin that i split in half ,the recurve has oak snake skins. in the full draw pics is another straight longbow i built today without a finsh or hand wrap.these bows finished r/d 45 @ 28 , recurve 48 @ 28. sorry bout the fuzzy fulldraw on the r/d ill try and fix it tomorrow

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Title: Re: finished some Pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 10, 2010, 11:10:21 pm

few more

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Post by: bryan irwin on September 10, 2010, 11:10:59 pm

nice i like them both

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz pic heavy
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 10, 2010, 11:30:54 pm

Wow, nice work. 

Got questions about black walnut...do you chase a growth ring?  Is that even possible with diffuse porous woods?

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz pic heavy
Post by: profsaffel on September 10, 2010, 11:34:18 pm

Those are some nice'ns there, ken me boy!  :)

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 10, 2010, 11:39:26 pm

thanks bryan, thanks professor, JW you can chase the rings on black walnut ,or use the light sap wood as the back. i dont have black walnut locally( only one tree i know of in this county ,and i aint that brave) so these are board bows the r/d  and recurve are quarter sawn and the longbow is rift sawn .

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz pic heavy
Post by: JW_Halverson on September 10, 2010, 11:42:36 pm

Thanks, Ken.  I have a source for walnut boards, too...no trees that are fair game, unfortunately.  Any backing other than the snake skins on those quartersawn boards?

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 10, 2010, 11:58:02 pm

nope just tite bond 2 and skins

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: adb on September 11, 2010, 12:23:12 am

All nicely done!!

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: NTD on September 11, 2010, 12:43:28 am

Very Nice bows Ken!

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: Thwackaddict on September 11, 2010, 02:28:49 am

Very nice ken!!Love your recurves.I got 3 black walnut bows that i'm workin right now ;) How wide did you go for the limbs?I'm goin to do one molle and i think i may make a  recurves out of the other 2.

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: half eye on September 11, 2010, 07:28:08 am

Jesus Ken, ....ever think of making a ugly bow....maybe just one?  ;D  Very nice bows for sure, Ya really do have them double curves down pat my friend,
rich

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 11, 2010, 08:04:37 am

thanks adb,thanks nate, thanks randy lookin forward to see ur black walnut bows, thanks rich and ill make an ugly one if you do ! i love the curves

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: youngbowyer33 on September 11, 2010, 03:44:40 pm

those are all very nice.

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: n2huntn on September 11, 2010, 03:54:36 pm

Good looking bows, as usual.
Jeff

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 11, 2010, 09:39:02 pm

thanks youngbow, thanks scott ,thanks jeff, Randy 1 3/4 on the r/d 1 1/2 on the recurve

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: Thwackaddict on September 12, 2010, 01:10:17 am

Thanks ken,I  got 1.25 on  one of em,and the other two are 1.5 .Hope they hold up to what i got in mind for em!

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: gmc on September 12, 2010, 02:13:23 am

Ken, they look great. How does walnut compare to the Hickory that you've been using in terms of performance?

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: HoBow on September 12, 2010, 10:16:38 am

Good job.  Did you use dry or wet heat?  How well did it take it or did it take a couple of sessions?

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 12, 2010, 06:55:50 pm

gmc its lighter but very quick i like it a lot, jeff steam in one session

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: medic336 on September 13, 2010, 12:01:54 am

got tons of black walnut around here... Wish I was as good as you guys are at this.....

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: elk country rp on September 13, 2010, 12:06:11 am

i'm thinkin you picked up a knack for tillering recurves.....

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 13, 2010, 12:07:55 am

medic im not good look around you'll see that , just keep trying the bows will improve. i just passed my one year anniversary on here and next month will be the ann. for my first successful bow . these make 37 bows ive built since oct last year. takes persistance

thanks elk c i really fell in love with the curves

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: NTD on September 13, 2010, 12:39:36 am

I'd say your pretty darn good there Ken.  I like those recurves you've been turning out.  37 bows!!! Holy crap.  I thought I had built a lot at 18 in a year, not counting those that broke.  Keep em coming Ken.

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: Pappy on September 13, 2010, 07:18:46 am

Beautiful bows,very nice,Tiller looks dead on. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: swamp yeti on September 13, 2010, 11:03:39 am

Those are some nice bows,I love the snake skins.

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: Josh on September 13, 2010, 11:23:26 am

Nice bows!  Got them both bookmarked for Sept BOM contest.  I will bookmark the other one now if you want or you can start a new thread when you finish it...it's up to you...   Again great work my friend.  :)

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on September 13, 2010, 08:40:37 pm

thanks nate , pappy , swamp yeti, josh just hold off on the third i have an idea !  thanks for the compliments

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: PepeLep on October 05, 2010, 03:39:45 pm

Those are some pretty bows!

Title: Re: finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy
Post by: ken75 on October 05, 2010, 07:10:07 pm

thanks Pepe for the nice comment makes things worthwhile