hickory ipe hickory mild r/d

[ken75]

finished this one today ,its hickory backing ipe belly , and i put a strip of hickory on the belly that stops midlimb. 64inches tip to tip 43#s at 28 . 1 1/4 wide at fades to 3/8th tips.hope this one is better thatn the last. think im going back to simple bows after the next one since its glued up already .thanks for lookin

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[ken75]

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[mullet]

 That's different. Nice!

[Pat B]

Cool looking bow and very nice tiller. The color combination is very pleasing. I'm curious to see how well the hickory strip on the belly holds up to the compression stresses.

[NTD]

Tiller looks nice!   Curious about how the hickory belly will do too since the big advantage of Ipe is it's compressive strength.  Like the profile though and the color combo sure is attractive!

[ken75]

thanks guys for the nice comments , as far as the hickory belly time will tell . wont be the first one a screwed up trying something different. more than anything i wanted the stiffer center after the last one and the color contrast was enticing.

[half eye]

Man that bend is beautifull, bud. Everything about it is great especially the full draw profile.....wow

[ken75]

thanks Rich wasnt a bad finsh job on a bow after working all night .

[hedgeapple]

I like this bow.  I appreciate the out of the box thinking with the hickory belly strips.  Granted I don't know a whole lot about the physics of bending characteristics of different wood combination, but a hickory self bow has a hickory back and a hickory belly.  So my first thought is this bow should do fine.

Now newby type question:  What's the trick for glueing the handle onto a curved section of the bow?

[NTD]

Not sure how Ken did his but if you cut your handle lams thin enough they can bend to the shape of the bow with a clamp.  If using a thicker riser block and not multiple lams you have to cut out the shape of the deflex and fit the block to the bow.  I always do multiple thin lams and just clamp them to the bend.  Perfect fit everytime that way

[Pappy]

Love the colors,tiller looks great also.Nice.
   Pappy

[ken75]

thanks hedge nates right thin strips that form to the deflex
 thanks pappy

[Parnell]

That is a smart looking bow.  I dig that hickory mid-belly.  Very nice, Ken.

[ohma]

like how that belly fades out,great tiller, let us know how that belly holds up.

[ken75]

thanks Parnell
thanks ohma, i think it will be fine its a thin veneer and i think the ipe will hold enough compression that the hickory will be along just for the ride