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Title: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: HH~ on May 04, 2021, 01:01:00 pm

Pics here

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,68906.165.html

Hedge~

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: HH~ on May 06, 2021, 09:46:46 am

The GD Express
Kind of tribute to Garys billet bows. I used his templetes to build it.
HH~

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: bownarra on May 07, 2021, 03:18:58 am

Cool bow :) Some riser :)
Is it a pyramid?  Looks to be bending quite hard out of the fades?

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: BowEd on May 07, 2021, 08:42:22 am

Good looking bow Shawn.Did you use a Z splice?Wonder how Gary is doing?

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: Hrothgar on May 07, 2021, 08:58:49 am

Good looking clean lines, nice job.

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: HH~ on May 07, 2021, 10:30:51 am

Not sure. wimirwiki was suppose to keep us updated here. I only know what Pappy tells me here and there.

No it has the splice like Gary did them. A finger joint. Gary's joints were all about 4" whish are fine if your not baking the joint. I pare them down to 3" and slap a piece of wood on belly side of riser area.

Bow shoots well, being 69" with good sized limbs its not a real screamer.  Nice clean billets and easy to work with.

HH~

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: Stickhead on May 07, 2021, 10:43:58 am

Nice job keeping a flat profile.  How about some more specs?

Title: Re: The Gary Davis Express
Post by: HH~ on May 07, 2021, 11:00:11 am

They in “Hunting with Hedge” With more pics.

69”
42@28”
Width 1.5” fade to mid limb
7.5” non working grip area