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Offline seabass

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2 Update, couple more pics plus shooting video...
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2012, 12:47:46 am »
i didn't get your pm but i sent you one.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2 Update, couple more pics plus shooting video...
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2012, 02:14:24 am »
I somehow ended up sending myself the message I meant to send to you somehow, LOL. Anyway, ya, that might work out. It would have to be in a couple months when the sap is running and the bark peels off easy though.
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2 Update, couple more pics plus shooting video...
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2012, 05:48:34 am »
I think your bow looks nice. On your next one maybe try to get a little more bend coming out of the handle. It's tricky not to overdo it and get set there but a little movement near the handle translates to a lot of tip movement, I only mean a little more bend there if you get set in the inner limbs you've over done it....re-curves are a balancing act :D
That osage you put the link upto is pretty special to me - thanks for the nice comments.

Offline Jude

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2 Update, couple more pics plus shooting video...
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2012, 01:46:02 pm »
That's a nice looking bow you have there.  I had a similar problem with the Sudbury I made for my son.  Every time I flipped it over, the bottom limb looked weak.  Must be an optical delusion ;)
"Not all those that wander are lost."--Tolkien
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