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Offline okie64

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Juniper and Locust Bows
« on: December 27, 2011, 12:14:00 pm »
Heres a couple of bows I've finished over the last few months. The first one is a 68" ntn rawhide backed juniper. It pulls 50# at 28". Second one is Black Locust with a little bit of character to it. It pulls 50# at 28".


Black Locust


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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2011, 12:23:44 pm »
Sweet...I like the reflex maintained in the juniper,and combine that with its lightweight it should be a good shooter....hope it holds up for you. Is it all sapwood?

Tiller looks awesome on the black locust...nice job on both ;)
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Offline Keenan

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 01:11:51 pm »
Great looking bows. Nice tiller on both
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 01:27:14 pm »
Both are very nice but I really like the juniper D-bow.  cant beat a well tillered D-bow! :)
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Offline bubby

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2011, 06:16:10 pm »
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Offline SA

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2011, 06:39:40 pm »
good job okie , those  are nice bows w/nice bends.
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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 06:42:18 am »
Nice work
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 11:09:03 am »
Both nice bows, great tiller.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 01:38:42 pm »
You've got this tiller thing down!!

I'm still waiting for the one I build they will hold your reflex...

Great job!!
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 02:46:42 pm »
great bows, especially like that locust.....

Jon
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 12:02:22 am »
nice looking bows. is the juniper all sapwood?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2011, 12:43:10 am »
Fantastic tillers on those bows! Nicely done. Jawge
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Offline okie64

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2011, 11:40:36 am »
Thanks for all the compliments guys, it means a lot. This was my first time workin with both of these woods and they were as different as daylight and dark.

Blackhawk and Juniper Junkie, yes the juniper bow is all sapwood. Like I said above this was my first time workin with juniper so I didnt really know what to expect from this style of bow but I am very happy with the way it turned out. I heated 2" of reflex into it and it ended up with 1.5". The juniper was a gift from a friend in Idaho. We have lots of erc around here but not this type of juniper. Do you guys know if erc would have about the same characteristics as the juniper does?
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2011, 03:34:44 pm »
cool bows , nice work....

Dave
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Offline DirtyDan

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Re: Juniper and Locust Bows
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2011, 10:50:22 pm »
Thanks for this thread.  I got some juniper from Gordon at Pappy's last May , and I couldn't remember how he told me to make it.  All sapwood. Okay.  I love both your bows. Well built.  Thanks for showing them.
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