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Offline acker

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New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« on: February 20, 2009, 06:05:18 pm »
My just fineshed new Hazelbow
Harvested on the 26 of jannuary and cut into half using the bandsaw.


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Re: New Hazel Bow
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 06:10:16 pm »
On the left the Hazel , together with a Prunus ( Wildform ) and Elderberry

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Re: New Hazel Bow
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 06:16:20 pm »
some more pics

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Re: New Hazel Bow
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 06:18:46 pm »
and more ;)


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Re: New Hazel Bow
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 06:28:16 pm »
I dried the Hazel down to 10% humidty, that took about 2 weeks.
Tipoverlays are Bulletwood, letherhandle
It pulls 49# @ 28"

Gruß acker

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Offline benjamin

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 07:08:07 pm »
Beautiful. That's it. :o
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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 07:27:57 pm »
I like it.Ron
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Offline cheapshot

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2009, 07:35:35 pm »
Good looking bow. I like the looks of the back, with the cambrium layer left on, natural camo. The red at tips and handle really sets it off. Any chance of full draw pics?
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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2009, 07:58:16 pm »
Sorry, I forgot to mention how I got that "used look"
The dark parts on the bow is not cambrium, there is no cambrium left on the bowback.
I stained the hazel realy dark and after the stain layer was dry, I used aceton ( might be den. alcohol)
to " clean" the bow from the stain a bit , after that I lightly sanded the wood and put a layer of clear varnish on it  to get that kind of look.

Thanks, acker
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 08:21:03 pm »
Cool looking bow.  I like the finish on it.
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2009, 11:46:52 pm »
Good looking bow, I like the finish too. :)
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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2009, 06:12:21 am »
looks really well acker! nice one!
good job on that stain. I might give it a try ;)

hazel is a lovely bowwood isn't it? ;)

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2009, 12:21:57 pm »
Very nice. Amazing that you can dry wood that fast. I have lots to do chorewise so, typically, my wood dries for a year. Gotcha bookmarked for Feb Self BOM fun, too.
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Offline acker

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2009, 12:28:04 pm »
@Nick : Yes it is! It`s allways there when you need it because , it grows everywhere around here .
Like Hawthorn, an even better bow wood than Hazel in my opinion you should try it.Here is a pic off an unfinished Elderberry bow ...there is a lot of Elderberry growing in Holland isn´t it ;)

@Old Bow : Thank you! Yes , you can dry Hazel quiet fast wthout any trouble well , most of the time ;D it works  ::)

thanks acker


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Offline DanaM

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Re: New Hazel Bow "stonewashed"
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2009, 12:28:49 pm »
Well done she looks great :)
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