Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jimmy on July 05, 2013, 01:39:42 pm
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My friend Sidewinder (Danny) has been flirting with hackberry a little and encouraged me to try it. I found a real nice 3" diameter tree while mushroom hunting this spring. I cut it down with my hatchet to check the growth rings and the outer one was perfect. I took it home, roughed it out square and let it season for about 2 months. I recently finished it and here it is. It is 62" TTT, 1 1/2" wide parallel limbs, last 14" tapering to 3/8" at nocks. 4" handle, 2" fades. Leather handle wrap, leather shelf, hickory tip overlays. I heat treated it lightly twice, and gave it a deep treatment with about 1 3/4" reflex. It has about 1" string follow right after being strung and shot several times, and is straight when relaxed. It pulls 55# at 26". A little more than I wanted, but I decided to stop while I was satisfied with the tiller. Hackberry is suprisingly nice and very easy to work with. This bow is the best white wood bow that I have made so far. I will be using it again. It has very beautiful grain. I stained it lightly and finished it with tru oil. I give the stuff a thumbs up. However, heat treating is a must with it.
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More pics.
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Very nice indeedy. Go a little wider at that length and you can reduce the string follow a good bit. Love HB and you did that one proud.
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Beautiful work there... By-the-way, I love the new excuse for going out into the woods to look for potential bow wood staves - - - "Honey, I'm going mushroom hunting..." I'll have to borrow that idea! >:D >:D >:D
OneBow
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Very nice job man I love hackberry. Ive went on mushroom hunts tht turned into cutting bow wood too lol
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Thanks for lookin'. Bow wood always on the brain (it comes and goes). Every good tree just a potential bow with roots. Wasn't our Creator thoughtful to have planted so many bow staves for us? ;)
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Yup nice bow, handsome grain.
Del
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Good work there Jimmy. Tell ol' Danny boy I better be seeing a Molly from him real soon.
Jon W.
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Thats a great lookin hackberry stick! Hackberry is my favorite of the whitewoods, easy to work and it smells great too.
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Nice job, Jimmy! Sweet bend on that one!! ;)
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very nice bow. congrats
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When is the best time to cut hackberry? Seeing and hearing all this talk about hackberry is giving me the itch to cut some for the future. We have it coming out our ears here.
Very nice bow too by the way. :laugh:
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Thats a great looking bow and well tillered too. Nice work on that hackberry Jimmy.
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Nice bow, tiller looks real good!
Marks, cut it now if you want the the bark to come off easy.
Tracy
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Very nice bow.
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Thanks for the compliments guys. Jon, Danny and I have talked a lot about making mollys, just haven't done it yet. Just cut hackberry in the warm months and you can peel the bark off with your fingers. When I did this one I brushed the back with amber shellac to seal it for seasoning. When I finished it I just lightly sanded it and it left that cool color combo, more camo than just plain white. Oh yes, it did smell like popcorn when when I heated it.
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very nice, glad you kept it simple, very good design.
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That's a nice bow ,looks great. Good work. God Bless
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Nice looking hack!
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Beautiful bow,nicely done,love the grain on Hackberry,it really stands out when finished. :)
Pappy
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nice bow there . nothing wrong with hack,B
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Man Jimmy, that turned out sweeeet. can't wait to shoot it. You are an outstanding bowyer and I really appreciate hanging with you and sharing thoughts and ideas. I will try and get by in the next couple weeks.
Been bowfishing lately? I shot two last night. Been getting down to the river for and an hour or so when I can. Seems like I never get skunked but have'nt been down there with my bow when they were running heavy. Its only when I'm not packin their all over the place. Otherwise its just onesy twosey.
Jimmy does'nt post much guys, but I'm here to tell ya, I've seen his work now for the last couple years and he is as good as any of em I guarantee ya. All his work is stellar. I am fortunate to have him as a friend. Danny
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Man nice touch and finish to that bow.