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Offline ken bee

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black locus flat bow
« on: February 19, 2009, 12:06:24 am »
dont you guys like a backing on a wood that is so suceptibale of chrisal crush i made a flat bow of 65 "l  2"wide to middle taper to 1!2 but the sturgeon back allows to pull longerdraw wo out cc on belly no check lines i think neutral plane moved with tb2 and tough fish skin
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Offline Ryano

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Re: black locus flat bow
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 12:14:15 am »
If designed, seasoned and tillered carefully there's no reason for black locust to fret with or with out a backing.
I seriously doubt a fish skin backing would have any effect on the bows belly anyways. Sinew maybe.....
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: black locus flat bow
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2009, 12:38:22 am »
I always thought a heavy backing would cause worse crysals and frets.  ??? I do think Ryan is right, a fish skin isn't going to make a huge difference to the belly.  Justin
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: black locus flat bow
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2009, 09:01:56 am »
The only troubles I've had with locust chrysaling is when I did a sloppy tillering job and hinged it, especially when I made the limbs wide and thin. 
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: black locus flat bow
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2009, 09:58:16 am »
Good comments above. I'm not being a wise guy but I do think there are regional differences to BL. Northern BL is good stuff. I've had more ash chrysal than BL. Jawge
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