Hickory backed Hickory...Creaky Bow finished!

[Josh]

    Here is the hickory backed hickory bow that I was asking about how to keep the handle from creaking, I finally finished it.  It is 63" NtN/52lbs @ 28" It shoots pretty fast for a hickory bow,  I didn't decorate this one as much as I do my other bows or narrow the tips as much (they are around 3/8" with red oak overlays) because I wanted a bow that I could drag through the woods and be rough with and not have to worry as much about its stability.  Basically wanted a "go to" bow.  i chose hickory for this because it is dang near impossible to break (at least for me).
     I used ebony stain followed by 7 coats of tru oil, havent decided if i wanna use the old satin polly on it to knock down some of the shine, guess I will if i decide to hunt with it.   Also this bow only took like a quarter inch of string follow (or whatever you youngsters are calling it nowadays  )  But I did start with like 2 inches of heat gun-induced reflex. So I guess it took 2 and a quarter inches of set.  Whaddaya think?   Thanks again to Jawge and PatB, they are the reason this bow still has a handle attached to it.  Thanks for looking!     -josh

[Josh]

here sommore...

[Josh]

and the rest....

[Hoot]

That is a really great bow.  I am really partial to a bow that follows the string a tiny bit.  They seem to shoot noticeably better for me.

[OldBow]

And this fine weapon is bookmarked under laminates for BOM

[Josh]

thanks Hoot and Oldbow!     -josh

[zeNBowyer]

Looks  pretty  sweet,  nice  to  see someone  pulling  a  bow  back  with the  left  hand also:)

[TBod]

Nice tiller!

Do you think you got extra speed from the glue line or was it just extra work?

[medicinewheel]

Tiller looks good! - Nice bow...

[mox1968]

nice bow ,like the stain job on it!

[Josh]

thanks every one!! 

TBod, I backed with Hickory just to see if I could do a bow with a backing strip.  It was my first attempt at gluing a bow together.  So it was just extra work but i figured it would be a good place to start.  My other bow I did, the R/D  hickory backed ipe bow was the first one I glued up wit the reflex-deflex profile so I was just basically practicing for that one.   thanks for looking!   -josh   

[gmc]

Very nice looking spread on that bow, Josh. You know, that could be the longest 28''draw in the world.

Shoots good for Hickory, huh? What shoots better? 

[ricktrojanowski]

Another fine bow Josh.  I like the finish work, also the tiller looks spot on.

[Josh]

thanks rick and GMC!!!

this is the best bow I have ever made from hickory GMC, but my osage character bow I built still outshoots it a little bit.  But outta all the hickory I have used this one definitely is the best so far!  I love hickory, it just dulls the heck outta my tools so much faster than any other bow wood I have tried so far.  but for unbreakability, I would choose hickory over any other hands down.  thanks again guys!     -josh

[Pappy]

Sweet looking bow very nice work.Love the finish and tips,tiller looks great also,I don't know how I missed it,see it on minwax thread and looked it up. 
   Pappy