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Offline bubby

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white oak recurve
« on: May 09, 2012, 05:06:36 pm »
after seeing pearlie and patb and twistedlimbs recurves i got the itch to build one too, i had this white oak cut out for awhile so i went to town on it, 66" ntn pyramid profile haven't checked the#'s but it fill's like 50#, got it to about 27-28" in the pic, still got some work yet but wanted to see what ya think, Bub

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Offline danny f

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 05:48:06 pm »
great looking bow.  :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 06:04:19 pm »
Looks good Bub. With that kind of ntn length your working recurves should do the trick. There is a give and take point with static recurves and bow length where the speed gained is lost in limb mass. Cant wait to see this one dusted off!
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 06:16:24 pm »
Looks good to me Bub... And no set!

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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 07:42:34 pm »
Sweetr curves Bub.
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Offline reiko1078

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 08:12:06 pm »
That is a sweet bow. Probably a stupid question but did you make that from a white oak stave? Or a board?          Is it possible to reflex the tips on a red oak board bow?
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Offline bubby

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 08:20:22 pm »
Quote from: reiko1078 on May 09, 2012, 08:12:06 pm
That is a sweet bow. Probably a stupid question but did you make that from a white oak stave? Or a board?          Is it possible to reflex the tips on a red oak board bow?

white oak quartersawn board, yeah you can, Josh did a killer red oak recurve  awhile back, Bub
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 08:32:29 pm »
Quote from: bubby on May 09, 2012, 08:20:22 pm
Quote from: reiko1078 on May 09, 2012, 08:12:06 pm
That is a sweet bow. Probably a stupid question but did you make that from a white oak stave? Or a board?          Is it possible to reflex the tips on a red oak board bow?

white oak quartersawn board, yeah you can, Josh did a killer red oak recurve  awhile back, Bub

I remember that one, It was very very nice... I believe he told me that he got the thickness of the oak down to a little over a half an inch then steamed each tip for a half hour before bending.

Jon
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Offline coaster500

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 08:35:44 pm »
Very nice bend Bubby....  maybe some white oak is in order???  Not like we don't have enough around here  ;)
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Offline johnston

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 08:43:53 pm »
bubby in my opinion your bows are as nice as anyone's and this may be my favorite.
Oh, and I shoot lefthanded....

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Offline bubby

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 09:19:29 pm »
yeah jon, most of my pyramids start 1/2" thick limbs
coaster i've had a lot of luck with white oak and yeah were surrounded by the stuff here
johnson, thank's for the compliment, us southpaws we're an exclusive group::), Bub
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 09:40:30 pm »
Looking very good.
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Offline Rich H.

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 09:40:40 pm »
Beautiful!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 09:43:41 pm »
Nice bow, Bubby. Looks great. Jawge
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Offline soy

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Re: white oak recurve
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 10:42:08 pm »
The oak is definitely somthing off the beautiful bow list when put in your hands. ;)
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