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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Mystery Wood Bow (Finished)
« on: March 30, 2009, 12:06:19 am »
Here is my newest bow. It is made of a unidentified Montanan wood, It is 65" ntn and pulls 60# at 28" it is 1 1/2 inches at the fades and tapers to 1/2 inch. The nock overlays are ipe I think at least thats what I was told ::). The inlay on the handle is of purpleheart. There is no arrow rest, I prefer shooting off my hand. This is by far my favorite bow I have made it's a great shooter. The wood is great too this bow only took about 3/4 of an inch of set.

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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2009, 12:12:10 am »
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2009, 12:13:10 am »
Cool bow J. The unbraced pic says it all.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2009, 03:47:32 am »
What ever it is I don't want to be at the recieveing end of it. Looks real pretty from here. Danny
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2009, 07:23:16 am »
Ya done well on that one congrats :)
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2009, 07:34:19 am »
Very nice bow,beautiful wood and finish work,I would also be proud of that one. :)
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Offline Timo

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 08:01:51 am »
Nice job on the mystery wood!
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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2009, 08:19:53 am »
Great job, and ought to be a fun one to shoot... ;)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2009, 10:18:23 am »
Looks great. Congratulations! The only thing I can offer for the next one is I like the bending to start at the end of the fades on most of my rigid handle bows. Jawge
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2009, 11:04:28 am »
#1 candidate for April Self Bow of the Month. Very nice work. Wood looks like mountain maple which can be a very nice bow wood (but not always).
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Offline hawkbow

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2009, 11:12:29 am »
Very nice bow brother, I agree with Oldbow.. definately a BOM candidate....... Hawk a/ho
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2009, 03:20:58 pm »
Thanks everone for the compliments and thanks even more for the advice my bows would never look like this without the advice from the bowyers on this site.
George that was the one thing I didn't like about this bow. The stave had a slight deflex to it and when I was near finished I decided that it was too much and reflexed the limbs at the handle. The limbs some how became stiffer at that section, I'm guessing it was because I used dry heat, but I didn't want to lower the weight of the bow so I left it. I didn't figure it would be a big deal because the bow still took almost zero set even with that part hardly working.
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Offline JustAim

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2009, 04:35:05 pm »
Thats a great lookin' bow you made!
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Offline 22arrows

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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2009, 06:31:07 pm »
That's a dandy ;D
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Re: Finished 60# Bow
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2009, 10:57:21 pm »
I'm with Oldbow on the species, and George in that I would get it bending a bit closer to the grip, but often folks like their bows this way as well..I like the pics and nice work!.

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