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Offline huisme

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~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« on: May 19, 2014, 04:46:54 pm »
This one is special, for a special friend I unknowingly over-bowed when I first started bowyery.  I found out she actually kept using a ~45# flatbow I gave her for her first bow :o She'd been under the guidance of her father and grandfather, who have kept her out of the worst habits, but she only means to shoot targets and doesn't need all that weight.

Just a couple touches of character, really pretty simple and quick. Shoots fast for the weight and smooth as butter. Some mild heat treatment in the outer limb where it gets thin. Tillered mostly from the sides, which is why you'll see one growth ring along most of the belly. Took about a half inch of set for a half inch of just-unstrung reflex.

Black locust
~35#@26"
591/2" TtT
13/4" widest point
6" levers plus 1" fades
4"handle plus 13/4" fades
5/16" black walnut overlays
Mink silencers and arrow pass
Three strand braided artificial sinew lacing with gold/blue macaw feathers














« Last Edit: May 19, 2014, 05:03:22 pm by huisme »
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2014, 05:11:18 pm »
Hard to see your tiller on such an angle Marc, but the rest looks great from my seat. Good job man!
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Offline huisme

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2014, 05:16:15 pm »
Should have realized... ::)
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline JonW

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2014, 07:46:20 pm »
Good job. I like the contrast between the BL and BW. I may use that sometime.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2014, 08:50:56 pm »
Sweet looking locust bow Huisme. Very nice and I bet it does shoot quick for the draw weight, as you know if you get everything right on a locust bow it will have good cast.
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Offline bow101

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2014, 09:02:46 pm »
Nice job, cool bend.
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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2014, 09:59:08 pm »
  Beautiful job on that one. That bow would do very well in the 35# flight classes I would bet.
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Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2014, 10:34:11 pm »
beautiful yet again Marc. especially those tips  ;) :laugh:
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2014, 01:57:43 am »
Nice work man, the feathers are a nice touch
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2014, 10:44:39 am »
Nice work Marc.  I love the look of locust.  You sure know how to get a bend out of it that's for sure.  :)
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Offline huisme

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2014, 01:39:23 pm »
Thanks everyone :D

Yeah Neo, sure am glad I duped some poor soul into giving me these overlays for an old stick ;) O:)
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2014, 08:53:41 pm »
hahahaha, old stick ya say! I cant decide what to do with that sweet stave! let me know if ya want more, Im going to get aome more exotics soon.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2014, 04:53:59 pm »
Looks real nice, but uhhh.....what pearly said on the full draw pic. ;)   Josh
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Offline bubby

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2014, 08:01:59 pm »
That is a funky f/d pic,, sure wish you'd posts a better pic cause I know the tiller don't looks like that
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Offline huisme

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Re: ~35#@26" short mollegabet (pic heavy)
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2014, 11:02:14 pm »
Sorry it's taking so long to show the tiller better, my photographer is nowhere to be found.

Here's a more straight-on braced pic.



As you can see it's got a positive tiller and the limbs are of unequal length, which probably contributed to the funk. I don't plan on messing with it as she shoots like a dream ;) >:D
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
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