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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DC on November 06, 2016, 01:25:34 pm
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This is my first Pacific Crabapple bow. 63"NTN 43#@28" Speed is in the high 150's,I got one 161, not a speed demon. Leather handle and arrow pass. Water buffalo overlays. Crabapple seems to like heat treating, it was kind of spongy before. The beauty in this bow is the wood. The pictures don't show it well but the natural back has a kind of ropey look. It's really nice
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And last. I hate the way pictures seem to bend the bottom limb. I'm sure it isn't really like this. Edit: Just for the halibut I took another FD with the bow upsidedown.
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Nice looking bow DC!
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That's a good looking bow ,the speed sounds real good for a 43lb bow congrats !
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Unique beautiful wood.Nice bow from that.Looks like it held up good.Congratulations.
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Nice looking bow Don! Cheers- Brendan
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A very nice looking Crab Apple bow!
Crab apple is the most abundant bow wood on the island I live on in SE AK. It is easy to find crab apple trees in the spring when it's blooming, the tricky part is finding a straight stave.
Good job!
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Good looking bow. Nice work!
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Nice looking bow
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Very nice looking bow, you did a good job. I never tried crab apple, Every piece I thought might work had some fatal flaw or twist.
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Looks good, especially been a shorty at 63".
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Good job Don! I saw that one in person and the back is amazing! Really neat wood for sure.
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Nice bow DC, I've got my eye on a couple crab apple trees that are nice and tall and straight. I'm definitely going to harvest some next growing season.
Bjrogg
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Great looking bow!
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Very cool bow and wood, first time I hear about it.
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Thanks for all the kind remarks. I've got another Crab bow in the works so that will give me a little bit better take on the wood. Aside from the great appearance I would class it as a good, not great bow wood. I cut this piece over a year and a half ago and it had stopped losing weight at 50% RH. When I started tillering it, it took a little set so I weighed it and put it back in the warm box. It continued to lose weight for another two weeks. I have run into this before but not as bad as this. So if you try it, dry it well. I collected it in 35 year old second growth so it had to reach for the sun. That helps with the straight. If you examine it closely you can see the twist in the bark. The first one that I cut twisted almost 360 degrees in 6 feet! Now, unless the cracks in the bark all line up nice and straight, I don't cut it. In my area about 1 in 5-10 are straight enough. I have one that has no twist, it's a bit wonky, but that's cool.
Again thanks for the nice comments, they keep a guy going :) :)
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Nice job DC. I remember seeing that bow at the gathering
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slick- I love the overlays. Never done any, I'm always amazed they don't pop off. Do you use epoxy?
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No, I use CA. My last remnant of impatience.
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Nicely done DC....thats a great bend!