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Offline Del the cat

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Hickory Warbow
« on: January 27, 2025, 04:34:48 pm »
My first heavy Hickory bow from a board. I sawed the back to follow a growth ring which gave a hint of natural reflex. I was aiming for 120# @ 31" but it ended up at 100# as I cut it a tad too fine on second rough out.
Lower limb (left) is a tad stiff, but I'll let my test pilot shoot a couple of dozen through it before I do any final tweaking.
It's 75 1/2" ntn, heavily heat treated, it's a little flat bellied for an ELB, but whatevs ;)
It'll be interesting to see how it performs as it has taken very little set.
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Offline Ruddy Darter

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Re: Hickory Warbow
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2025, 01:38:05 pm »
Nice one Del,
Interested to see how it performs, I don't know how heavy that bit of Hickory is but maybe it might be better suited to the 100lbs mark?

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« Last Edit: January 28, 2025, 06:23:49 pm by Ruddy Darter »
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Re: Hickory Warbow
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2025, 05:30:10 am »
I'll report back on how it goes :)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Hickory Warbow
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2025, 01:50:27 pm »
cool bow, Del. I'm curious how the hickory will hold up. I'm sure the heat treating will help.
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