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Title: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: John K on April 16, 2008, 05:11:20 pm

Here is a mini Honey Locust i'm working on 17" ntn  ;D

(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/Johnsbowshop006.jpg)
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll62/johnkeehn/Johnsbowshop007-1.jpg)

John

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: Dustybaer on April 16, 2008, 05:42:04 pm

good luck with that bow john.  we're fixing to have a minibow tournament early may.  max length for the bows is 20".  you should see some of the models presented so far.  one composit with horn an sinew, several laminated bows, holmegaards, it's incredible how creative some folks are.

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: John K on April 16, 2008, 05:47:11 pm

Sounds cool Marius ! I'd love to see some pics of them...I started this one as a test of the wood and just kept on going. I'll post more as the work progresses. Just about have it floored tillered.

John

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: tom sawyer on April 16, 2008, 06:27:20 pm

Saw a honey locust bow at OJAM, that is some pretty wood and the guy was pleased with the performance.

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: John K on April 16, 2008, 06:29:43 pm

Quote from: tom sawyer on April 16, 2008, 06:27:20 pm

Saw a honey locust bow at OJAM, that is some pretty wood and the guy was pleased with the performance.

Cool i have a boat load of it ! The only problem is that i could get nothing over 52" out of the log  :'( Time to learn how to splice  :D

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: Dustybaer on April 16, 2008, 06:45:58 pm

john, here's one link.  i know, it's all german, but just look at the pictures  ;D

http://www.free-archers.de/forum/index.php?topic=3657.0 (http://www.free-archers.de/forum/index.php?topic=3657.0)

and here's another one:

http://www.free-archers.de/forum/index.php?topic=942.105 (http://www.free-archers.de/forum/index.php?topic=942.105)

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: John K on April 16, 2008, 06:51:48 pm

Very cool !   Thanks

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: OldBow on April 16, 2008, 10:32:59 pm

I didn't see any pictures.

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: Bent Rig on April 16, 2008, 11:21:44 pm

that lil' bow in those pic's is awesome ! ;D

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: Hillbilly on April 17, 2008, 09:49:07 am

You must have some ittle bitty deer where you live  ;D Cool looking lil' bow.

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: DanaM on April 17, 2008, 10:40:41 am

Quote from: Hillbilly on April 17, 2008, 09:49:07 am

You must have some ittle bitty deer where you live  ;D Cool looking lil' bow.

I think he's hunting the wily Wisconsin deer mouse ;D

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: John K on April 17, 2008, 01:42:39 pm

It is a fun little project. I can sit in front of the tv and work on this one  :D

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: bootboy on April 17, 2008, 04:45:53 pm

With those little wee bows that I make, if I want to actually use them, just build a stock, and trigger with peg and make it into a crossbow.

Title: Re: 17" Honey Locust
Post by: gpw on April 19, 2008, 11:08:22 am

We made quite a few mini bows out of Osage scraps that shot bamboo skewer arrows (2 fletch) over 200 fps... shocked the compound boys ...hahahahaha   Great way to test 'bow" wood...