white oak shorty molle - finished!

[blackhawk]

As long as your happy with it then it doesn't matter what anyone else says(including me) 

But,if it were me I couldn't let that tiller go on a molly. Because I wood be concerned that its going to break down and start to fret or eventually break. Report back when ya put a thousand+ arras thru her 

[H Rhodes]

It was about half tillered in that photo...  I will post some more when I get off these doggone 12 hr shifts of how it looks now.  I think if y'all get your hands on a good white oak stave and give it that deeeeeep heat treating that Badly Bent mentioned, you will be amazed at what is possible.  I have a 48" stave that I am going to work on next, that is drying in the shop.  I really want to see just what the limits of white oak really are. More to come....

[H Rhodes]

Today is my birthday and my wife said "what would you like to do to day?"  I said, "I would like to work on bows with as little interuption as possible".  So, here are few pics of the little white oak molle all finished up.  She came in half skinned with water snake.  It was a really pretty skin, but danged if i could find another one to go with it!  Leather handle added and some dark walnut stain.  It came in dead on 40lbs @ 27".  51 and 1/2" NTN.  Shows less than a half an inch of string follow after a couple hundred shots. 

[Adam]

Looking good!  Happy birthday!

[half eye]

Man that's fine howard.....real nice
rich

[H Rhodes]

Thanks Adam.  Thank you Rich.  It came in a little lighter than I really wanted.  If I would learn to slow down and not tiller like a maniac gorilla, i am sure i could have gotten  more poundage out of it, but it shoots good and seems to have great cast for a 40lber.   This style of bow really flings an arrow and is light as a feather. Thanks for looking.

[lesken2011]

Alright, Howard, I guess you and Rich are just tryin to see who can make em the shortest. That one turned out good....and Happy Birthday!!

[dwardo]

Today is my birthday and my wife said "what would you like to do to day?"  I said, "I would like to work on bows with as little interuption as possible".  So, here are few pics of the little white oak molle all finished up.  She came in half skinned with water snake.  It was a really pretty skin, but danged if i could find another one to go with it!  Leather handle added and some dark walnut stain.  It came in dead on 40lbs @ 27".  51 and 1/2" NTN.  Shows less than a half an inch of string follow after a couple hundred shots.

Would have been my exact response and cool bow.

[H Rhodes]

Thanks Dwardo! 

Thanks Kenny!  I am going to yield to the short bow master - halfeye has that title.  I have been curious about the possibilities with white oak though.  This one really opened my eyes to how rugged this bow wood truly is.  Blackhawk was right as rain about how this one was bent too much with hinges showing.  I really abused it during tillering and this little white oak stave just keeps bouncing back straight again, no matter how far you bend it!  That is a 29" arrow in the full draw pics.  That first picture makes me think that I may have drawn that bow close to 28" which is surprising,  given the length of the bow and my tillering skills!   White oak is good stuff.