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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2015, 07:38:47 pm »
Really nice bow for a transition to shooting a selfbow for the young man, the tiller looks dead on so it's gotta be a sweet and smooth shooting bow. Perfect example of what can be done with a whitewood.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2015, 08:16:45 pm »
Looks very wll executed. Very fine job.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2015, 05:26:52 am »
Fine looking bow.  He should enjoy that one.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2015, 10:34:24 am »
nice bow! got some hackberry that i cut in january of this year so its almost ready, cant wait to work it. what were your dimensions?
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Offline rps3

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2015, 01:35:55 pm »
Thank you very much guys. 2" wide tapering to 1/2 inch, 4" handle, 2" fades, 66" ntn.
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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2015, 05:45:39 pm »
That is really nice!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2015, 06:11:11 pm »
Very nice.  I'm sure he will like it.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2015, 11:16:25 pm »
looks great,, congrats,,  :)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2015, 01:58:30 am »
You nailed the tiller on yet another fine hunting bow.  8)
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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2015, 05:13:30 am »
That's a beauty, you made that Hackberry shine. :)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2015, 05:45:51 am »
Ooooh I like that front profile.
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Offline Blackcoyote

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2015, 01:30:22 pm »
good lookin bow, hackberry is nice to work with!
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Offline BarredOwl

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #27 on: November 24, 2015, 04:59:33 pm »
Sure like that one.  Now I know what to shoot for with a stave I have in the shed.    Did you lose any reflex during tillering and shooting in?  If so how much did you start with?  It looks like the tips might be 2" or so ahead of the handle still.   
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Offline rps3

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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #28 on: November 26, 2015, 10:53:55 am »
BarredOwl, I should keep better records, but I dont have an exact measurement. I can tell you that my caul drops 3.5", and I bet at least .5-1" of springback off the caul. Good luck with yours, and once again, thanks for all the great comments.  Happy Thanksgiving.
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Re: Indiana hackberry
« Reply #29 on: November 26, 2015, 01:49:38 pm »
Oooh, very pretty  :D  I still need more practice to get to that perfcet bend!
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