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Offline Almostpighunter

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Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry (full draw pic added)
« on: May 07, 2013, 03:13:03 am »
Little bow and quiver combo.

The bow is 60" t2t, 58" n2n, hackberry bow pulling 34#@28" and, with a rawhide backing covered by a western diamondback snake skin.  I was going to add a leather hand wrap but the skin turned out so nice I couldn't cover it up. It is shoot off the hand style but I still cut the bow for a right handed shooter to bring the arrow a little closer to center. Very quiet, low to no vibration and pretty darn fast with a 400 grn arrow for a 34# bow.

The quiver is also from a Western Diamondback, although a substantially larger specimen of snake-zilla proportions that was sent to me by a hunting buddy from Texas. The pattern was so large that I thought it would get lost on a bow, thus the quiver was born.

Hope you enjoy, full draw and more vanity pics to follow.

« Last Edit: May 07, 2013, 10:33:16 pm by Almostpighunter »
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2013, 03:45:34 am »
Man that is a pretty combo! Were you going for that weight? I seem to come in light too often and plan to try some hackberry soon.
Love the finish, what is it?
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2013, 05:05:26 am »
In the case of the bow, I was going for a lighter bow per request. The finish is a combination of fiebings leather dye USMC black and light brown with the whole bow sealed in poly, satin finish.

THe quiver is as a result of a hunting bud in Texas sending me a snake that was taken out at the ranch. He sent me the skin for bow backing, but it was so large that I thought the pattern would be lost on a bow limb. So I came up with the quiver instead.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2013, 06:47:30 am »
Very nice work and matching quiver!



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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2013, 09:10:36 am »
Nice bow and quiver, Mike. OK, where's the full draw?? ??? ;D
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2013, 09:19:19 am »
Beautiful bow and quiver! Great job on the stain and finish too!
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2013, 09:25:32 am »
  Nice...Love me some snake skins.
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2013, 09:34:59 am »
Beautiful outfit. Very nice work. God Bless
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Offline Christian Soldier

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2013, 10:11:24 am »
Good looking tiller and I'm falling in love with that quiver!  :)

We had a missionary that was a linguistics expert and evangilized in the rural rain forrest of South American come talk at our Youth Group about a year ago. He had a really cool testimoney and some awesome stories. He also had a snake skin that must have been 25 feet long and was as thick as deer hide. According to him it was one of the smaller snakes that the natives had given him. It had a beautiful pattern similar to a rattler but it was red and black. Since then the Snake skin quiver idea has facinated me and its good to see this quiver that utilized that look!

Can you post a pic of wearing the quiver?
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2013, 10:32:45 am »
Gorgeous work!!!

Your recipient is going to be ecstatic :)
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2013, 02:01:37 pm »
I love that quiver! The whole set is beautiful! Great work on those two.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2013, 02:53:56 pm »
Another gorgeous bow ,Piggy!
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2013, 05:40:14 pm »
Well Sir....that is a fine looking combo for sure.  Love the skins.
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Offline hatcha

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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2013, 06:19:20 pm »
Fantastic set!!  They look amazing together.

Looking forward to the full draw...
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Re: Snake/Rawhide backed Hackberry
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2013, 06:57:22 pm »
very striking combo!!!!!!!! :o
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