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Title: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: ken75 on March 07, 2011, 04:06:00 pm

heres two i finished today . first is hickory backed maple core birds eye belly mild r/d . 62 inches tip to tip 47 lbs at 28
second is hickory backed two lams of hard maple painted black with acrylic 60 inches tip to tip 40 lbs at 28 (for my bride )

Title: Re: two finshed
Post by: ken75 on March 07, 2011, 04:07:34 pm

more

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: half eye on March 07, 2011, 04:14:19 pm

Man those are damned fine lookin bows, sir!!!!! That birdseye turned out super nice lookin. Ya for sure got some serious bend into the wife's trilam.

Got to say though that bow ya made for you is real sweet, like everything about it.
rich

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: DEllis on March 07, 2011, 04:16:26 pm

I like em both, but that black one is just awesome. :)
Darcy

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: Cameroo on March 07, 2011, 04:25:13 pm

You've made some nice bows Ken, but that top one is probably my favorite yet.  Birds eye maple = genius! :)

Very sexy!

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: toomanyknots on March 07, 2011, 04:27:09 pm

I second dellis. That black one is damn sweet. The recurves stuck perfect. Can we get a full draw?

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: NTD on March 07, 2011, 04:28:25 pm

I want more pics of the birds eye maple!!!  That thing looks sweet from here though.  I like it!

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: half eye on March 07, 2011, 05:01:35 pm

Talkin with Ken right now, he's at work.....will get full draw tomorrow.
rich

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: jwillis on March 07, 2011, 05:05:31 pm

Nice bows! Looks like spring has arrived where you live. I looked up your profile to see where you live...Blakely GA...makes sense. Jim

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: wvarcher on March 07, 2011, 05:09:08 pm

Both bows look great,but the top one is something else.  Eagerly awaiting more pics

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: Ifrit617 on March 07, 2011, 05:38:37 pm

Awesome Ken.. I love the black one!

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: bubby on March 07, 2011, 06:12:10 pm

both sweet bows, but i'm into curves, Bub

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: ErictheViking on March 07, 2011, 08:21:25 pm

Outstanding. love the profile and birdseye of the first one and the braced pic of the black one is just wicked. the tips on the birds eye are sweet as well. excellent job.

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: PeteC on March 07, 2011, 09:38:58 pm

Very nice Ken.The fancy maple looks great. God Bless

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: Pappy on March 08, 2011, 07:39:17 am

Beautiful work and wood on both,very nice job. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: ken75 on March 08, 2011, 12:08:55 pm

more pics and fulll draw

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: ken75 on March 08, 2011, 12:10:54 pm

thanks everybody for the nice comments these were fun to build and there is something about both that i like the curves on my wifes bow and the beautiful belly lam on mine.

Title: Re: two finshed, hickory backed birdseye , hickory maple trilam
Post by: GaryR on March 08, 2011, 12:12:50 pm

What a beautiful place you have, good looking bows too.

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: Josh on March 08, 2011, 12:13:42 pm

Nice!  Man you crank out the beauties Ken!  Got both bookmarked for March BOM conest toO!   :)

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: ken75 on March 08, 2011, 12:14:42 pm

thanks guys , spring is here !!

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: Bevan R. on March 08, 2011, 12:34:24 pm

That black one has an Oriental Feel to it. Liking it!!

Bevan R

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: ken75 on March 08, 2011, 03:31:44 pm

thanks Bevan , thanks Scott

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: jonathan creason on March 08, 2011, 03:46:30 pm

Those are some very cool bows, Ken.

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: Cameroo on March 08, 2011, 04:27:51 pm

I can't stop looking at these bows Ken, musta come back 5 times already to gawk at that maple.  Gonna have to acquire some of that! :)  I wasn't sure if that would be suitable for a bow or not.  Does it scrape and perform just like regular hard maple?

Thanks for the inspiration!

Title: Re: hickory backed birdseye,hickory maple trilam.( more pics added full draws)
Post by: ken75 on March 09, 2011, 05:24:36 pm

thanks jonathon , thanks cam this maple will work same as hard maple . does great in compression