Author Topic: My first lever bow!  (Read 28718 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Japbow

  • Member
  • Posts: 113
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #60 on: November 09, 2012, 02:15:47 am »
I love this bow! I've been back many times to admire it. :o
There's something about a Molly...and the craftsmanship
on this particular example is absolutely outstanding!
I've got a primo mulberry stave with a few more months
to cure that would make a great Molly. Thanks for the
inspiration!

Offline Kviljo

  • Member
  • Posts: 488
  • Archaeologist, Antitheist
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #61 on: November 09, 2012, 04:56:19 am »
Brilliant bow! - and the workmanship is very good! It's a pleasure to see such good photos too.

I've found that these bows seem to perform better with closer to 30/70 ratio for the tip/bending limb, as long as the inner limbs get an elliptical tiller. A little more bending limb will reduce stress and also reduce the tip weight that may contain a little "dead" weight. The 50/50-ones are incredibly smooth though, if the wood can take it, as it seems that this osage could. Beautiful!

Offline doulosparachristos

  • Member
  • Posts: 145
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #62 on: November 09, 2012, 04:56:46 am »
This is the most beautiful bow I have seen in a while; makes me want to walk over to my shelf of bows and shun them all to the "corner of shame" and start all over!
Philippians 3: 7-11

Offline Del the cat

  • Member
  • Posts: 8,300
    • Derek Hutchison Native Wood Self Bows
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #63 on: November 09, 2012, 06:29:59 am »
Blimey, dunno how I missed this one but that bow is sweet as heck.
Del
Health warning, these posts may contain traces of nut.

Offline dragonman

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,142
    • virabows.co.uk
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #64 on: November 09, 2012, 01:47:00 pm »
very nice bow..cool....well made
'expansion and compression'.. the secret of life is to balance these two opposing forces.......

Offline missilemaster

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,172
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #65 on: November 09, 2012, 03:24:04 pm »
thank you all. It was a lot of fun to make
All men die,  few men ever really live.

Real men love Jesus.

Offline armymedic.2

  • Member
  • Posts: 331
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #66 on: November 11, 2012, 08:35:53 am »
Yes.    Wow.
Some say freedom is free, well i have to disagree-
some say freedom is won, by the barrel of a gun.

Offline spyder1958

  • Member
  • Posts: 239
  • Retire Air Force, love all outdoors, 7 grandkids
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #67 on: November 11, 2012, 10:27:00 am »
Cody, Its all been said by all here, and I agree and then some, I love it. Great work.
Graylan

Offline Pappy

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 31,915
  • if you have to ask you wouldn't understand ,Tenn.
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #68 on: November 11, 2012, 11:21:09 am »
Been off line ,but heard about this one,like I have tould you before, you have lots of talant ,beautiful bow. :)Looks great in all aspects. :)
   Pappy
Clarksville,Tennessee
TwinOaks Bowhunters
Life is Good

Offline LJB

  • Member
  • Posts: 37
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #69 on: November 11, 2012, 12:09:16 pm »
That's one awesome bow!!
I think i know now what to do with my one and only Osage stave. Thanks for sharing this excelent bow.

Leo

Offline kevinsmith5

  • Member
  • Posts: 287
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #70 on: November 13, 2012, 10:18:17 pm »
Incredible bow!

Offline missilemaster

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,172
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #71 on: November 13, 2012, 11:01:09 pm »
Thanks a bunch guys!!!
All men die,  few men ever really live.

Real men love Jesus.

Offline Judo Point

  • Member
  • Posts: 114
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #72 on: November 14, 2012, 03:35:45 am »
Another Misslemaster piece indeed!!! Amazing work as usual you are truly talented and I think my next bow will be a Molly also I've been admiring  Blackhawks for sometime also and this one just confirmed it I've gotta try one. Excellent work Cody!

Offline HoBow

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,439
  • The choices we make dictate the lives we lead.
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #73 on: November 14, 2012, 01:39:11 pm »
Another great one!  That is pure beauty!
Jeff Utley- Atlanta GA

Offline Cameroo

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,579
    • Cam's Stuff
Re: My first lever bow!
« Reply #74 on: January 20, 2013, 08:53:43 pm »
That's one sexy beast Cody.  Congrats on another BOM winner.  I'm glad you won or I would have missed this one.  I missed when you originally posted, and was working out of town during the voting so I never got a chance to vote or even go over the entries.

That one is going to look real nice as a centerfold...  ;)   You took great pictures too.  If any of you other guys want some pointers of how to take good pictures for a BOM collage, just do like Cody does :)