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Offline huisme

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First BL shorty!
« on: July 26, 2013, 06:07:11 pm »
42" tip to tip

21/2 inch limbs

13/4 inch bendy handle

No backing, self knocks.

11/2 inches of set just unstrung after shooting.

65~70# at 21", tillered to 25" for safety.

Some character reflex/deflex cave me trouble during tillering, but no compression fractures in this black locust  ;D It was originally an accident while I was splitting bellies, but I decided it wasn't the end for the stave. Then I noticed a looong crack in a little over half the stave, so I decided that it was going to be a shortie instead of a 3" wide recurve experiment.







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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

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Re: First BL shorty!
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 06:18:43 pm »
cute bow. That is pushing the limit with BL.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: First BL shorty!
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 07:04:06 pm »
Looks like it worked out for you. Nice work!

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Offline JonW

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Re: First BL shorty!
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2013, 07:09:15 pm »
Wow! Can we see it yanked back?
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Offline huisme

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Re: First BL shorty!
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2013, 02:19:39 am »
Mullet: yeah, I was worried at twenty inches that it was going to pop, but all that happened was the set. I think I just got lucky with a magic stave  ;D

JonW: I'm working on that, but as of yet I haven't a photographer.
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
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