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Offline DC

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Cumberland Dogwood
« on: November 27, 2017, 03:28:55 pm »
At the first Cumberland Bowmakers Gathering Blayne (Top Predator) brought a beautiful Pacific Dogwood log about 8' long and 8" in diameter. We split it into 4 pieces and each took one. Blaynes broke so I made mine wide. Sorta pyramid. Tips are fumed Ocean Spray. The back is natural coloring. Dogwood bark seems to pop off in wavy pieces leaving that scalloped look. It's 1 3/4" wide, tips are 7/16",65" NTN, 37#@27", shoots in the high 170's, best of 183 @ 10ggp. That really surprised me, I was kinda expecting a bit of a dog since it took almost 2" of set. Just looking at the FD and maybe it could have bent a bit more in the tips. The top limb looks a bit stiff because the inner third twists forward and then back making that section look flat. It shoots real nice and I think the lower weight is going to get me on the right path for form and such.
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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2017, 06:33:13 pm »
Nice looking bow.

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2017, 07:42:59 pm »
That turned out really nice Don. I really like the pattern on the back. Cheers- Brendan

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2017, 06:02:21 am »
Nice tiller, good looking bow.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2017, 11:07:59 am »
Nice looking bow Don, I should really finish up my stave soon.
It's been roughed out since then

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2017, 06:39:48 am »
Wow that back looks beautiful with the wavy pattern from the bark!

Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2017, 07:25:49 pm »
Very nice!
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Offline Blayne

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2017, 11:57:05 pm »
Nice one Don! Glad one of the staves survived. Still have half the log so one day I will give’r another go;)
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Offline ntvbowyer1969

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2018, 01:16:06 am »
beautiful natural looking bow with  great back colorations and awesome tiller.

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2018, 07:26:50 am »
Nice job on a challenging looking stave.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2018, 07:45:19 am »
Sweet bow DC! Those numbers ain't bad neither.  (SH)

I love the simplicity and only mother nature could create a wavy look like that.  (-S
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Offline Badger

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2018, 08:24:57 am »
   Good job DC, I think you may have mastered the flight shooters release. Your numbers are excellent even using a good fast release technique.

Offline Philipp A

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2018, 08:47:29 am »
Awesome looking bow! I am amazed that you get that kind of speed at 37# draw weight. That is really impressive. Great job in following this curvy stick when tillering as well. I know where I need to improve now. Really all around an impressive bow!

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Re: Cumberland Dogwood
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2018, 11:50:10 am »
Thank you very much guys :D