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Offline sleek

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Spliced handle red mulberry
« on: December 24, 2012, 03:07:48 am »
Here is a simple scarf joint spliced deflexed in the handle with flipped tips red mulberry bow. The backing is silk with many coats of true oil to a mirror finish. I applied a thin coat of watered down TBIII that made it yellow as a base. Never again. The silk was not needed, I just thought the sapwood back was ugly as hell, so I covered it. The bow is 66 inches tip to tip, 40#@28", and is probably the most sweet shooting bow, so smooth to pull back, I have ever made. Also the only deflexed handle I ever made... coincidence? I bet Blackhawk would say not!

One note on the handle scarf. When you clamp those two haves together, the glue will allow the halves to slip. It help to drill a little dimple on the inside of the splice on both halves and insert a little BB, to lock the halves together under a clamp so they dont slip.

















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Offline bubby

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2012, 03:10:58 am »
look's like a winner, Bub
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2012, 09:39:04 am »
You can hardly see your splice.Nice job.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2012, 09:45:04 am »
Another nice one, Sleek. You have sure been busy!!
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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2012, 09:48:37 am »
Looks like an day shooter to me sleekster...did you use titebond for the scarf joint?
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2012, 09:54:20 am »
Nice work Sleek! That baby is polished and certainly does look to be a smooth shooter.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2012, 09:57:42 am »
Nice splice. Good job. Jawge
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Offline sleek

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Re: Spliced handle red mulberry
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2012, 03:22:25 pm »
Thanks guys! And yes, you can shoot that bow all day long. Just holding it in your hand, you feel the confidence in it to just know you can hit any mark. Blackhawk, yes that is tightbondIII. Love that stuff.
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