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Offline TacticalFate

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Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« on: April 16, 2013, 11:46:24 pm »
ah, here we go again, Buckthorn, 51" ntn, not weighed yet, feels like round 35# at 24", but I really care more about the tiller on this one than the weight. Handle wrap is cherry bark. Any comments are welcome!

Still a noob with tiller, though I am learning.




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Offline Josh B

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 11:55:02 pm »
Looks pretty darn good to me!  Nice work!  Josh

Offline Joec123able

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2013, 12:00:25 am »
Looks pretty damn good plus the unstrung pic pretty much tells you since it looks like it has hardly any string follow
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2013, 12:05:16 am »
Looks good from my house! 
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Offline Newindian

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2013, 12:13:48 am »
I would leave it if it shoots fine. If you want to be finicky a few scrapes bottom mid limb
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Offline rps3

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2013, 12:14:34 am »
Looks good to me.

Offline TacticalFate

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2013, 12:30:50 am »
Cool, thanks! This is my 6th bow, and the first that I've been happy with. My first took 4" of set, my second crysaled badly due to uneven limb thickness, my third was a monstrous wobbly takedown (ew), and my fourth was the sister stave to this one, wasn't happy with the tiller. Fifth was another piece of buckthorn with 15 large thorn-knots on the back, that went out to 22" before failing (really surprised it got that far), and finally made this one!


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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2013, 02:55:30 am »
Looks to me like you are learning fast.
Nice bow.

Offline Del the cat

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2013, 07:00:43 am »
Yup, nice bow, I like the way you've just gone with the stave and not fought it into straight lines.
The little twist at the left tip shows you know how to go with flow.  :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2013, 08:16:34 am »
Very well done, nice bow.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2013, 08:21:40 am »
Looks very good to my old eyes. ;) :)
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Offline Parnell

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2013, 08:25:19 am »
Nicely done!  Picture in your dorm or fraternity?
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2013, 08:52:15 am »
Looks like a sweet, circular bend to me!! ;)
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Offline danny f

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2013, 10:36:25 am »
that looks a great bow, tiller looks good to me.

Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: Buckthorn Shorty Tiller
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2013, 11:19:22 am »
Ooh I like this!  I'll be using this as a reference for my next bow.
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