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Offline Holten101

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Two new Wych Elm flats
« on: July 20, 2012, 05:23:01 pm »
I havent posted much i know…but that doesnt mean I have not been productive;-)

Here are two new Wych Elm bows. Both heat treated, and both with 1-1,5” reflex after about 500-600 shots.

The shorter is a classic pyramid, 63” ntn and 43# at 28”, kept primitiv with sisal grip, no rest, linen string and beeswax finish. This bow put me in the better half at our last 3D event…as the ONLY all wood bow and shot with hassle shot arrows (yay  ;D).
Its surprisingly fast for its drawweight, but fickly to shoot well, very unforgiving :). I made this as a recovery bow to train with until my shoulder is good again.

It has some nasty twist making tiller look off (more than it really is at least ;):
Unstrung:


Profile:

Brace:


Draw:


The longer is a slim flat, with trapped back. Tung oil finish and tropical hardwood nock (dont ask me the species;-). I heated in some reflex and messed up badly giving it an extension crack on the belly which produced a crysal when I worked her in. I opted to cut out the damaged section and glue in a splinter (like described in TBB 3 page 206)…this works like a charm (to my own surprise…I had written her off). She sits at 66” ntn and 55# at 28”. Its nice and fast, but more importantly, easy and forgiving to shoot, i can hit stuff with this one :)

Unstrung:


Profile:

Brace:


Details:


Draw:


Im sorry about the angle at the full draw pics…my wife did her best ;)

Cheers
Holten
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Offline LivingElemental

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 05:30:57 pm »
I really like the shadowing on the backs of the bows.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2012, 05:34:03 pm »
Nice bows Holten, I especially like the second one. Full draw pics are good, I'd say your wife did a fine job with the photos. It's nice that you did well at the 3D shoot, now go back with the second bow and smoke 'em.
On a side note I,m going out to salvage some storm downed elm myself in an hour, siberian elm I think.
Thanks for posting your nice work.
Greg
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012, 06:10:55 pm »
Both are well done, Holten, from what I can tell! Nice craftsmanship! :laugh:
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 06:24:05 pm »
Great job all around!!!
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Offline okie64

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 06:29:11 pm »
Very nice bows. Cambium on the back looks very cool.
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 07:27:22 pm »
Nice work all the way around!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2012, 08:05:11 pm »
both bows are awesome, love the grips on both too.
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Offline ksnow

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2012, 10:46:03 pm »
I really like both of those bows, makes me want to try elm more than I already do.  Now I just need to find some that is not dead.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Two new Wych Elm flats
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 07:21:23 am »
Clean simple just what you want from a bow.
I love those pics, I know I could pick one of those up and it would feel good in the hand, doubtless a guy from umpteen thousand years ago could say the same too before he had to hop back into the time machine.
(Uggg, bow good, computer him slow, me go back now... ;D)
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