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Title: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 06:53:36 pm

hi all, my name is DAVID , recently I've made re takedown recurve bow with black locust heartwood limbs , I've read topics where people say than that working recurves on one peace wooden bow doesn's work but I tried to make it anyway and it worked . here is my bow 60 inch long 48#28 inch .]

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: bubby on March 23, 2014, 06:59:08 pm

david no pic came thru

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 07:13:23 pm

here are pics

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 07:25:14 pm

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Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: bubby on March 23, 2014, 07:58:15 pm

not my cup o' tea but nice job

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: toomanyknots on March 23, 2014, 08:16:39 pm

Very cool! Great job!

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: Pat B on March 23, 2014, 08:37:15 pm

Like bubby, not my cup of tea but you have a nice bend in the locust limbs and the hooks are opening nicely. Well done.
 Where are you from David?

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 08:40:12 pm

I am from Georgia , a little country under the Russia .

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: Accipiter on March 23, 2014, 08:44:40 pm

Thats pretty sweet, nice job on the recurves. How did you attach the limbs?

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: Pat B on March 23, 2014, 08:46:35 pm

I was born in Savannah, Georgia and now live in Transylvania County , North Carolina. The other side of the world but similar interest. That is what I love about wood bow archery.  8)
 Welcome to Primitive Archer, David.

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: H Rhodes on March 23, 2014, 08:49:00 pm

Nice to see some of your work.  We don't see many bows with risers on this site, but you sure have a nice bend to those limbs.  How does it shoot? 

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 08:55:12 pm

thank you all .  I compared olipic bow and my bow they both had same drow weight 48lb and my bow shoot abot 10-13 fps faster . wood is much more faster than glass .  How I made it ? it was just a succesful experiment :)

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: mwosborn on March 23, 2014, 08:57:35 pm

Very nice - they are bending beautifully.  Nice work.

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: Gsulfridge on March 23, 2014, 09:16:24 pm

Way cool!! Nice job.

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: TRACY on March 23, 2014, 10:06:34 pm

Very nice work David! I like the artwork on the riser.

Tracy

Title: Re: black locust recurve bow ( working recurve )
Post by: datikush200 on March 23, 2014, 10:49:07 pm

thanks for your comments