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Offline David_Daugherty

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Latest Bow - Cherry
« on: August 04, 2013, 10:47:20 pm »









This is pics on the bow I completed this weekend.  72" TTT, 50# @ 29", Cherry wood.  I left a couple of sap wood growth rings for the back of the bow.  Stained the belly but not the sap wood.  I'm not an artist but had fun attempting to apply art work to the limbs.  Stain color is cabernet and finished with shellac.  She shoots lefty as I'm wrong handed  ???.  Hope you enjoy the pics  :)
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Offline tronman

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2013, 12:45:29 am »
Very nice looking bow.
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Offline burchett.donald

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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2013, 02:22:18 am »
Beautiful bow and nice job on tiller as well.
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Offline Lefty8917

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2013, 02:32:54 am »
Very pretty bow! And yes, nice job on the tiller also. Did you use just a clear stain on the belly or a cherry stain to add more color?
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Offline dbb

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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2013, 05:45:18 am »
Elegant and Clean lines on that one,i like it!
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Offline lesken2011

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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2013, 09:22:18 am »
Nice bend on that one. Looks like you're "right" handed to me!! ::)
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Offline David_Daugherty

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2013, 10:35:57 am »
Lefty - its a cabernet wood stain by rustoleum. I thought that clor stain would look nice on the Cherry wood. Thanks for all the comments.  Its nice to get feedback from fellow bowyers.
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Offline autologus

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 11:13:45 am »
The tiller looks really good and I love the stain job, the contrast looks great.  Excellent choice in color on that one.

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Offline BowEd

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2013, 11:58:40 am »
Nice bow Dave.Bet she pulls smooth all the way.Nice even distribution layer of sapwood on that one.I was on a 3D shoot at northern central Iowa last weekend and saw some huge 2' across thick cherries 40' tall while on the walk.I made a cherry bow a while back and was confused a little as to what kind of cherry it was[choke cherry or black cherry?].Well I know for sure mine is a black cherry now.This was the bark on mine and from an 8" tree.The heartwood on that bow turned dark brown after spar varnish was applied.No stain.
I have another roughed out future cherry bow [all heartwood]drying in the house and the heartwood is a little lighter than the previous one and from a different tree.More pinkish red.You brought out the contrast on yours real good with your stain.Nice picture of before and after stain on your belly tip picture.I plan on puttin a rawhide backing on this next one.It'll be 61.5" NTN.
I think cherry is an excellent bow wood.
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2013, 12:03:34 pm »
the sappwood kinda looks like rawhide
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Offline BowEd

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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2013, 12:11:41 pm »
Yes but if you look close you can see a little pin knot on the back on one of the pictures.
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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2013, 01:02:51 pm »
This is the belly heartwood of my previous bow no stain just spar varnish.
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Offline David_Daugherty

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2013, 12:04:12 am »
Beadman thats a very nice looking bow that you made as well.  I really enjoyed working the cherry into a bow.  It was smooth and very easy to re.move the shavings.  I hope I can find some more cherry around.  We don't have much of it here in lower Alabama.  So far I have worked osage, hickory and cherry.  I like the toughness of the osage as the cherry and hickory both had more set after they were shot in.  But i found the cherry was easier to shave down in the tillering process.
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Latest Bow - Cherry
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2013, 02:55:23 am »
That's sweet love seeing a different wood type like cherry I'd like to try my hands at it
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Offline dwardo

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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2013, 12:45:10 pm »
Very nice. Cherry is a favourite of mine too, lovely wood.
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