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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jon_W on July 14, 2021, 05:56:00 pm

Title: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Jon_W on July 14, 2021, 05:56:00 pm

Just finished up my first working bow (2nd attempt as the first one broke). A big thank you to everyone who answered my new bowyer questions on here!

Hop hornbeam
68" ntn
65# @ 30.5"
2" at the fades
1-1.5" of set after resting overnight
Walleye skin decorative backing
Red thread wrap
Dyed cow leather handle wrap
Tru oil finish

I don't have a chronograph to shoot it through but it seems pretty quick for a first bow and is quiet! Couldn't get the string alignment tracking super well but it hasn't caused any issues yet after ~75 shots. Any drawknife work was done with a draw knife I made last Fall from some old farm equipment sitting around. It has been a journey for a first bow and I think I might be hooked!

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Jon_W on July 14, 2021, 05:57:27 pm

Also, had the approval of our tracking dog Rukah, a corgi!

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Del the cat on July 14, 2021, 06:21:14 pm

Good job, well done :)
Nice tiller on a tricky stave.
Del

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Stickhead on July 14, 2021, 08:34:24 pm

Very impressive!  Including the homemade draw knife.  Wow!  I think the corgi even approves.

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Will B on July 14, 2021, 08:56:20 pm

Congrats on your first successful bow. Looks great!  I really like the walleye skins. Nice touch. Many more bows to come!

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: airkah on July 14, 2021, 09:35:16 pm

Congratulations! I think the hardest part is getting to the first bow that shoots. It'll only get easier from here :)

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Post by: bjrogg on July 14, 2021, 09:51:31 pm

You did well. Nice work on a tricky stave.

Love the draw knife to

Bjrogg

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Morgan on July 14, 2021, 10:33:21 pm

Great job on both projects!

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: RyanY on July 14, 2021, 10:53:41 pm

Well done! Great job for your first!

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Post by: bownarra on July 15, 2021, 02:03:50 am

Excellent :) Well done. My advise for the next one would be find as close to perfect a stave as you can.

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Post by: Don W on July 15, 2021, 08:41:41 am

Excellent! I love HHB.

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: Marc St Louis on July 15, 2021, 08:53:34 am

Looks good.  Try and get the limbs working a bit more in the inner third of the limbs on your next one

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Post by: SLIMBOB on July 15, 2021, 08:55:28 am

Congrats!  Very nice sir.

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Post by: Allyn T on July 15, 2021, 09:00:57 am

I dig it, good job

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Post by: rps3 on July 15, 2021, 10:25:23 am

Congratulations on both the bow and drawknife. Looking good!

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Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 15, 2021, 10:34:03 am

Congratulations! Nice feeling to get your first bow. I like the tiller. Jawge

Title: Re: First Working Bow: Hop Hornbeam Flatbow
Post by: boomhowzer on July 15, 2021, 10:37:48 pm

Yeehaw! Congratulations! Its a real beauty too! And it looks like you got yourself a place where you don't have to sit on the arm of your couch to get a good full draw photo too!