Hickory bow build.

[superdav95]

Making a hickory bow for a friend on a trade.  Just roughed it out.  It was a nice clean straight stave.  It will be a approx 65” ttt and shooting for 45-50lbs at 28”.  Going to flip the tips and heat treat this bow.  Going to do a special leather wrap for the handle with horn arrow pass and tip overlays.  I decided to post this build here for kicks and to give the recipient a progress series of build pics.  I know it’s a rather boring build but figured why not.  Thanks for following along.   Cheers

[Bob Barnes]

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one... 

[Selfbowman]

Me to Bob.

[bentstick54]

Will be watching also.

[Will B]

Looks like a nice stave. I’ll be watching this one also.

[neuse]

Cool.
I think I found a couple of Hickory trees the other day. I need to cut one down.

[Aaron1726]

Yeah, excited to see how it comes out

[Pappy]

Looking forward to seeing it finished up, Don't make many Hickory anymore but use to use it a lot, it makes a fine bow for sure.
 Pappy

[Pat B]

Looks like the bow I'm working on Dave. Looking forward to seeing the outcome.   

[George Tsoukalas]

Looking good. I like hickory, too. But it does not like moisture. Jawge

[superdav95]

Here’s some pics of the gentle recurves put in with my trusty old kettle used to boil the tips.  I boil them for 30 mins.  You can see my form in the background of my messy shop.  I keep them pretty stout about 5/8” thick at the tips.  This gives me some wiggle room for error if I lift a splinter on the belly of recurve.   I’ve done them previously after I’ve pretty well got it floor tillered and at brace but I’m leaving this one and doing them early on in the process to get moisture down again before I get to heat treatment.  You can’t put in recurves after heat treatment is done.  When you heat treat whitewoods there’s no going back to change or tweak anything after that.  What you got is what you got as they say.  This is why I’ve done the recurves little earlier on this one.  Thanks for watching along.

Cheers.

Dave

[PEARL DRUMS]

I really like your style, Dave.

[bjrogg]

Looking really nice so far Dave.

I like that shape for recurves.

Do you use a metal backer on the belly side when you bend your recurves? I use a thin one and it really helps keep from lifting splinters.

Bjrogg

PS one thing I would like to say. Have everything ready so you don’t waste time when you pull it out of the kettle. Every second counts

[superdav95]

I really like your style, Dave.

Thanks pearl drums!   

[superdav95]

Looking really nice so far Dave.

I like that shape for recurves.

Do you use a metal backer on the belly side when you bend your recurves? I use a thin one and it really helps keep from lifting splinters.

Bjrogg

PS one thing I would like to say. Have everything ready so you don’t waste time when you pull it out of the kettle. Every second counts

Thanks bjrogg!   I do sometimes use a metal strip also (actually it’s an old metal ruler).  I didn’t for this one as it was plenty thick enough and didn’t give me any issues.  Your right though every second counts when it comes to getting those recurves done.