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Title: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 20, 2011, 03:06:11 pm

finished this one today , modified after limb split during steam bending . V spliced cherry limb tips overlayed with maple and black walnut tips.
1 3/4 wide at fades to 1/2 inch tip , 50 inches tip to tip 45lbs at 27 inches tilller was a booger on this one.  copperhead skins and antler rest.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Matt S. on April 20, 2011, 03:10:37 pm

Those copperhead skins are striking! The only other snake I've seen more of around here than copperheads have been garter snakes. Neither of which I have seen large enough for backing bows.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Cacatch on April 20, 2011, 03:29:46 pm

Nice bow and good save with the cherry tips! Is it fast?

CP

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 20, 2011, 03:34:15 pm

thanks Matt , there are two skins on this 50 inch bow so sometimes you gotta use the little ones.
thanks Cacatch , its speed is impressive i dont own a chrono but compare it to others ive built

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: DEllis on April 20, 2011, 04:10:04 pm

Another nice one Ken, the copperhead skins are purdy :)
Darcy

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: tdog on April 20, 2011, 05:31:26 pm

Great bow Ken. You must be the busiest bowyer on this site. :-)

Mark

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: half eye on April 20, 2011, 05:46:03 pm

Hell and Damnation, looks like it would be about perfect for one of them Michigan midgets, eh?  ::) Nice bow Ken.....

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 20, 2011, 06:06:41 pm

thanks Darcy
thanks tdog , i try to make the best of the four days off a month !
watch what you wish Rich it might end up at your doorstep.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: NTD on April 20, 2011, 06:10:00 pm

Nice save ken for sure.  I really like the braced profile.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 20, 2011, 06:11:38 pm

thanks Nate i have one more to save but thats for another day

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: DLH on April 20, 2011, 06:17:50 pm

Ken75 nice bow I love to see your work. Is the humidity very bad in your part of Georgia? The reason I ask is because I have noticed you make a lot of bows from hickory and was curious how that affects them?

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 20, 2011, 06:30:09 pm

Dlh humidity is an issue here winter is not so bad but spring an summer iits usually maxed out. i get good performance from hickory i would like to think design plays a roll in that

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: criveraville on April 20, 2011, 07:43:16 pm

Ken my skins keep getting mas bonitas y mas bonitas on your bows!!!!!  Those are the prettiest skins in my opinion... Very vibrant earth tones..  Like it a lot..  ;D ;D ;D

Half eye dont get too excited up there in cold country... a big guy for his people down here Texas was would look good with one...   O:) O:)

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: BowJunkie on April 20, 2011, 08:32:03 pm

That is one awesome deadly looking bow
Nice work Ken

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 21, 2011, 12:46:37 am

thanks again for the skins CP
thanks Bowjunkie glad u like it

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ErictheViking on April 21, 2011, 01:03:00 am

awesome save Ken, the standard double your draw length plus 10% rule don't seem to bother you any :) The whole thing is really nice, skins, profile and especially the full draw.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 21, 2011, 01:05:24 am

thanks Scott first time with the copperheads
thanks Eric ...no not really

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: crooketarrow on April 21, 2011, 11:24:33 am

   MY FAVORITE COMO

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: jonathan creason on April 21, 2011, 11:37:00 am

I love the way those copperhead skins jump.  Great looking bow once again, Ken.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 21, 2011, 01:45:50 pm

thanks gentlemen !

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Scott E on April 23, 2011, 01:03:45 pm

Another sweet bow, I really like the profile on your bows.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: jturkey on April 23, 2011, 01:36:34 pm

luv those skins i have 2 over 30" long but they do not match when it comes to color schemes or is darker and the other is just like the light colored oak leaves on the grond but both are beautiful

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 23, 2011, 06:37:14 pm

thanks Scott
thanks doc

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Gaur on April 23, 2011, 11:25:09 pm

Great looking bow.  Question on the v splice.  Is that all that is holding it or is there an overlap somehow under the skin?  I would have thought you would have needed some sinew there.  Thanks.

Randy

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 24, 2011, 12:54:02 am

Randy the v splice is overlayed with an 1/8th thickness of maple but not for the integrity of the splice . the tips are cherry which i know doesnt like tension and with this short design i knew there would be high stress on the recurved section of the tips. i didnt trust the cherry grain to hold up so the maple was to help it . in an unbending section of the bow especially the limb tips a v splice is extremely strong and i wouldnt hesitate to use it unbacked

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Gaur on April 24, 2011, 02:30:08 pm

thanks for the reply.  I have heard it said that a v splice is as strong as solid wood if done right.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: criveraville on April 24, 2011, 02:39:48 pm

The color pattern on our Texas copperheads seem to match. That last one I got was 30 inches long... Long for a Texas copperhead. That one I hunted on the back roads. At about 2:30 AM I cam across it..

Ohhhh. It was hard to let go of it, but I'm glad I did 8)

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 25, 2011, 12:02:03 am

thanks CP these were my first copperheads , glad you let me use them. they might just come back home to texas

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Arrowind on April 25, 2011, 02:51:36 am

As others have said...Nice save man.  No offense but I'm glad it split.  Just so I could see how you handled it.  Very impressed.  Good job.  Nice bow!

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 25, 2011, 01:04:17 pm

thanks Arrowind , it was a new expirence and im glad too

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: swamp yeti on April 25, 2011, 09:47:59 pm

Like em skins and wood,beautiful bow.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: nyarrow on April 25, 2011, 11:29:57 pm

Ken,

 Awesome bow! Those skins are sweet. Coppers are my favorite lookin skin.

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: ken75 on April 26, 2011, 12:32:10 am

thanks Swamp
thanks Dustin

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: criveraville on April 26, 2011, 01:12:43 am

That would be too Kool!!! :) ;) :D ;D :o 8) ::) O:)

Title: Re: hickory and copperhead(no bom)
Post by: Mark Anderson on April 26, 2011, 01:13:40 pm

Superb!!! I like it a lot.
Mark