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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jodocus on December 05, 2012, 06:07:15 am

Title: European black cherry bow
Post by: Jodocus on December 05, 2012, 06:07:15 am: Hi all

I haven't got around to posting in a while, maybe I'll catch up these days.

This flatbow is from prunus padus. Very light wood, feels like it could collapse very suddenly. My first bow from it.
67" long, 2" wide tapering to 2/5, thickness goes from 7/10" to 2/5". Pulls 45# at 26", a bit over 17 ounces mass. Shoots fine. The stave had about 1/5 deflex to start with, now 1 3/4" incl. set. Fat strike plate and tips from cow horn.

It's not finished yet, comments on the tiller are welcome.
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Pappy on December 05, 2012, 06:10:49 am: Tiller looks good. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: H Rhodes on December 05, 2012, 08:51:41 am: That's a good looking bow! Pretty wood. and the tiller looks good.
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: lesken2011 on December 05, 2012, 09:02:07 am: Smooth and simple. Very nice job!! :)
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: blackhawk on December 05, 2012, 09:04:25 am: The bend looks good to these novices eyes ;) ...those tip overlays n nocks look awful similar to some of mine..are ya gonna stain or dye it,or leave her as is?
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: dbb on December 05, 2012, 09:09:19 am: Looks nice!
I have some pretty good staves of that wood myself that should be ready to work soon.
The heartwood seems very brittle,was yours the same?

/Mikael
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Jodocus on December 05, 2012, 09:19:04 am: Thanks all for the kind remarks! No staining planned, just some wax. Unforunately, there was no heartwood at all in these. The wood was rather soft and very light, I guess it would just fold rather than brake.
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Badly Bent on December 05, 2012, 09:35:46 am: Nice bow, I think you have a good bend on her.
Greg
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: dbb on December 05, 2012, 10:22:29 am: I have a picture i can post that shows the heartwood if you dont mind me posting it in your thread.
The padus is said to be pretty good in compression but lacking some in tensile strenght.
(only read about it ,no experience yet)

/Mikael
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Jodocus on December 05, 2012, 11:59:41 am: Feel free to post it! I',ve seen pics once, real pretty. Woul've loved to have some in the handle.

I've read the same about the wood. But you can't really tell unless you break some...
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: dbb on December 05, 2012, 12:12:40 pm: Ok,here is a pic from the staves i have,the darker heartwood is really brittle but pretty.
(http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr17/dbb1963/Bows/DSC_0091.jpg)

/Mikael
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: dragonman on December 05, 2012, 01:58:03 pm: Great tiller , good work for a light wood.....
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Post by: Zion on December 05, 2012, 07:13:19 pm: Awesome. Looks like some nice wood. Nothin wrong with light wood. Nice tiller too!
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Del the cat on December 05, 2012, 07:30:35 pm: Good looking tiller, smooth looking bow.
I rather like the real white stuff, looks a bit like the Hazel I've used.
Del
Title: Re: European black cherry bow
Post by: Jodocus on December 06, 2012, 04:55:07 am: Thanks Zion and Del. It's much lighter than hazel, hazel feels like hardwood next to it. Unfortunately, I messed up my first attempt at a hazel bow, but the next one is in the tillering already! I'll post it. Blackhawk: should you insinuate I copied your overlays? Well... here on PA is where I got all my inspiration how to do things :-) Thanks alot! You guys sound like I should leave the tiller alone and wax it then.