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Offline GetWood

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Hello folks!
Its bin a while! So i got back into my stable
Made this BL Flatbow out of a nice piece of wood i got from work..(thank you taxpayers! )
She's 66" ntn 2"wide at fades,and under a 1/2" at the nocks,straight taper,kida like a piramide bow. She pulls a good +60# at 28" draw. she has a good cast, and hits the target very hard! Backed it with a 1piece shed skin of a boa constrictor! got that from a friend, she used to trow them away!!! finished with 4layers of clear P.u varnish.










This one is an elderberry recurve(ish)bow 63" ntn 1"1/4 at the fades, and under a half inch at the nocks. This one, is one of the fastest bows i made for sure! to bad i have no fps meter!!
Smooth draw and shoots where i look every time! 0 hand shock..Love this wood realy! Tiller look a bit weird,i know..but i did the best i could do
ow yea,i forgot, its around #50 at 27"     1/4" stringfollow.

Hope ya like! FD picture isnt that great..ill take an other one asap.




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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2011, 12:09:57 am »
Nice work!! I love that elderberry stick! You gonna go put some meat in the freezer with one?

Tattoo Dave
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2011, 12:11:20 am »
both are sweet but the knotty limb on the flipped tip bow is very cool.
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Offline nyarrow

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 12:51:00 am »
Both great looking bow! I also wish I had a chrono to check my bows with, perhaps Christmas!

Offline medicinewheel

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 03:00:46 am »
Nice bows!

Skin backing looks great. Did it work well backing with the shed skin? I can have plenty of those...
Frank from Germany...

Offline Del the cat

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2011, 05:39:00 am »
handsome bows.
I'm gonna have to try some Elder, there's plenty growing around here.
Del
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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2011, 07:59:59 am »
Verey nice bows, both look great. :)
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Offline Keenan

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2011, 11:51:38 am »
 Those are both very sweet bows. Love the gracefull sweeps on the tips. Great detail work.

Offline Ifrit617

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2011, 01:46:43 pm »
Those look really nice, though I love that character in the second bow.

Offline coaster500

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2011, 02:17:37 pm »
Great looking bows!!!!  I really like the Ala Natural Elderberry, Sweeeeet!!
Inspiration, information and instruction by the ton and it's free,,, such a deal :)

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2011, 09:46:19 pm »
those are 2 very beautiful bows!!!!!!!!! Are you gonna hunt with them?

Offline Dvshunter

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 12:08:54 am »
That is awesome. Those shed skins looks great.
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 01:11:41 am »
so how does the eldeberry work for bow wood? isnt it hollow in the middle, or is that only the shoots? really cool bows good job. just curious how this wood works, I have access to some ;D

Offline druid

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 02:42:38 am »
Good bows.

Offline GetWood

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Re: BL 66" Boa Constrictor shed skin backed! And a 62"Elderberry recurve
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2011, 04:29:32 pm »
Thanks for the good comments everyone! That elderberry bow is my favorite too! It draws and shoots sooo smooth! :)
elderberry is definetly on my favorite bow wood list!@Del the cat,, juniper junkie; (black)Elderberry is Very good bowwood. Its light,dries fast and is very elastic! i made this bow from freshly cut tree into this in 3 weeks!!thats how fast it dries..
@medicinewheel, I find it easy to apply shed skin. Just make sure u use enough glue!(i use regular woodglue) when its all on there,rub it in with glue again, I use a soft pencil
@youngbowyer, tattoo dave;I could but i dont have a hunting permit yet. its quite expensive here in Belgium!

Cheers!

Kristof.
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