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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: John K on December 01, 2010, 10:36:00 pm

Title: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 01, 2010, 10:36:00 pm

Haven't posted a bow in awhile, here is a Black Walnut i finished back in October, just never got around to posting it. for a friend of mines husband for Christmas.

68" ttt i forget how long the levers are 13" maybe, fun bow to shoot and plenty fast for 49# @ 28'

Thanks for looking  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Keenan on December 02, 2010, 01:06:43 am

Very nice bow, Great full draw pic ;)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Peacebow_Coos on December 02, 2010, 05:30:42 am

Awesome bow!

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: half eye on December 02, 2010, 08:23:22 am

Outstanding Sir !!!!!  Nice bow, nice wood choice well.....just very nice.
rich

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Little John on December 02, 2010, 08:39:21 am

Nice bow, looks like you got the levers doing their job with out the excessive mass I see on most holmies. How about more dimentions like limb width and lever and tip width. Thanks for sharing.        Kenneth

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 09:09:27 am

Thanks guys ! Kenneth don't remember all the measurements, i don't do much measuring i just start caerving and see what happens  :D
The working limbs are around 2" wide the levers are about 1/2' wide same thickness.

Thanks  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: mox1968 on December 02, 2010, 10:18:39 am

love it!! nice looking bow great finish.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: ohma on December 02, 2010, 10:46:44 am

another great xmas present. good on you.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 11:51:24 am

Thanks, mox and ohma  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: NTD on December 02, 2010, 12:42:33 pm

Very Cool!  I'm really starting to warm up to those Molles, Nice bow all around!

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 12:43:43 pm

Thanks Nathen, try it you'll like it  :D

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Cacatch on December 02, 2010, 12:48:26 pm

This is a really nice, primitive looking bow. It looks like you have some bend in the levers - did you intend for that? I've always heard the levers weren't supposed to bend. Not saying they shouldn't bend, it's just the norm typically that they don't. Either way I really like this bow and would love to make one like it.

-CP

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 01:09:08 pm

Might be a little bend in them   :)

Thanks !

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Cacatch on December 02, 2010, 03:22:20 pm

I'll tell ya what though John, I like it better this way than if they didn't bend. This is really a nice looking bow and I bet it's a sweet shooter. Makes me want to try a black walnut but I don't think I'd ever convince anybody to let me cut one.  Did you chase a ring on this? It looks like it's all heartwood, is that right?

CP

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 05:33:55 pm

CP, It's a sweet shooter very light in the hand for the amount of wood there is in this bow.
I was lucky to get the butt end log off a tree my brothers neighbor cut down in the city of Milwaukee, there was a thread about the tree a year and a half ago, i'll see if i can find it. any ways this bow is mostly sap wood i have some nice heart wood staves i need to get after soon. I'll try and get some pics of the handle up to show you the contrast  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 05:45:36 pm

Lets see if this works i see photobucket changed some stuff on there site.(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/DSCF2023.jpg)



(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/DSCF2024.jpg)

Cool  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Cacatch on December 02, 2010, 05:47:46 pm

Oh yeah, I guess it does look like white sapwood - except the back of it looks pretty dark. Did you stain it or is that a natural color? I also wonder if BW gets darker with age, since its nuts are good for dark stain.

CP

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Cacatch on December 02, 2010, 05:48:46 pm

Right on! Thanks John. Man that looks like sweet wood to work with, was it? How was it to split?

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 02, 2010, 05:54:51 pm

Here's a few more of the finished handle, to pretty to cover up with anything  :D
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/shopgunhunt022.jpg)

(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/shopgunhunt024.jpg)

(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/shopgunhunt023.jpg)

It was a bugger to get started being so big but once we got it in half it split nice  :)

The color on the back is all natural i think it has that "antique" look to it.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Frode on December 02, 2010, 11:15:49 pm

Well done!  Looks like you could go for low orbit from that deck  ;D.  If I might ask, what did you finish it with?
Frode

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 03, 2010, 10:53:22 am

Hi Frode, the bow is finished with Tru-oil 6 light coats, it's all i use on my bows  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: PeteC on December 03, 2010, 07:59:22 pm

Beautiful bow.Great job. God Bless

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Jesse on December 03, 2010, 11:57:52 pm

looks great John. I really like that one.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: El Destructo on December 04, 2010, 12:17:38 am

Nice Job on this Stave John....was wondering what had become of all that Walnut....

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 04, 2010, 10:00:45 am

Thanks Pete, Jesse and Mike  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: HoBow on December 04, 2010, 10:51:39 am

Nice bow.  That black walnut split beautifully for you.  I wasn't so lucky when I split about 4 logs a few weeks ago.  I had kept getting runoffs mid-log  ???

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on December 04, 2010, 11:08:58 am

Thanks Jeff, this log split real nice  :)

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Lombard on December 04, 2010, 02:26:20 pm

Fine bow, that the recipient should be quite happy with.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: nativenoobowyer86 on January 04, 2011, 04:41:42 pm

Awesome bow, a pleasure to set eyes on  ;D

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: Michael C. on January 04, 2011, 05:29:37 pm

Sweet profile on the bow, love that color in the handle. I like those shorter stiff levers too, there is a guy at our cornstalk shoots that has one similar to that made of hickory it's levers are a bit shorter and it shoots wicked. Good job.

Title: Re: black walnut
Post by: John K on January 04, 2011, 05:36:15 pm

Thanks Matt and Michael, he liked it   ;D

I have a couple more in the works, but these are going to be all heartwood backed with rawhide  :)