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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2014, 07:48:02 pm »
Man am I glad your back posting bows again Simon, otherwise we wouldn't see some of the most innovative and finely crafted bows of our time. This one is exceptional, a real beauty to look at and tillered to perfection. That hollow limb reminds me of a highly polished dugout canoe. 8)
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2014, 08:57:26 pm »
    very very cool

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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2014, 09:59:50 pm »
Looking at your bows is a whole separate addiction >:D.  I just keep wanting more.. This one is no exception.  I love it.  Great job. 
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2014, 10:10:15 pm »
Wow  :o
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2014, 10:48:01 pm »
Wow!!! Truly an amazing piece of work.  I bet it is even nicer looking in person. 
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Offline Will H

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2014, 11:02:20 pm »
Your work is inspirational! You make it look so easy  8) I'm really loving the hollow limb bows you've been turning out, gonna have to try that eventually :) thank you for sharing!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2014, 11:10:47 pm »
AMAZING!!!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2014, 11:43:22 pm »
Incredible, Simon. Very cool bow.   8)
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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2014, 05:03:47 am »
Hi Simson, what specific species is the elder you use?
I 've made a couple of elder bows nows and really rate it as a bow wood. Low density, very elastic and able to take lots of compression with no chrysals around pin knots.
Nice bow you have made there!
So is your thinking behind hollowing the limbs out anything to do with the poisson effect, mass reduction without affecting stiffness and/or just the thin edges you end up with on these short of sapling bows?  My mind keeps on thinking about the 'snap' effect that happens when you keep extending a metal tape measure......let off at the end of draw maybe???
We need some tests doing with this design to see how it compares to a standard limb cross section.
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Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2014, 05:46:09 am »
Such a beauty!!! soo elegant!
what kind of tool did you used for tillering?
cant wait for my elderberry to dry
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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2014, 05:56:11 am »
Another very cool bow,nice job. :)
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Offline Prignitzer bowman

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #26 on: January 17, 2014, 06:31:38 am »
Yep, got some elder myself!!!! Have just made a molly kind of bow out of half of it. Not decided if I am going to leave it as is or do some experimenting - thought of het treating a lot, scraping and reducing draw weight so that I can put some recurve into it, sinewing the back and even putting some horn on the belly a first for me. Any thoughts on the ideas, ever done them with elder?
Not trying to get in the way (again) your bows are just something to aspire to. Elder is great bow wood, I think it is sambucus nigra around here for those of you wondering Thanks once again Yoda simon for your thoughts

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mikekeswick

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #27 on: January 17, 2014, 09:23:00 am »
Elder is too light to work as a horn bow core IMO. It works really well with a little heat treating. Elder strikes me as a great wood to be sinew backed but i've never tried it yet.
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Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #28 on: January 17, 2014, 09:52:29 am »
every time i see one of your HLD bows i drool man! such a kool idea, how did you think of trying that? or did you learn from some one. gorgeous bow right there
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Elder HLD 40/28
« Reply #29 on: January 17, 2014, 09:58:49 am »
That is outstanding, Simon. I bet that screams an arrow. Very impressive. Jawge
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