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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2014, 08:48:29 pm »
Yet another from you simson.  Well done.
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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2014, 12:03:01 am »
Very nice Simon, good looking wood and tough stuff I've heard. The bow as a whole looks great but I especially like the side profiles, both resting and braced. Also impressed with the tiller, especially for a bow of that length that draws 28" with a stiff handle. Great work as always. :)
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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2014, 03:50:33 am »
Another great bow  :)
If you ever have any pieces of cornus mas 12 inches long that you don't need/want please let me know!

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2014, 04:07:47 am »
Wow, great tiller on that bow.
My Dogwoodbow is 72" long and not the best I've done so far.
Chrysaling in the midlimbs after heat treating for correcting - maybe not the best for heat treating...
The interesting things is, that the wood is smelling like fish when you use the rasp. I fished a big Pike and after that a worked on the Dogwood Bow and that smell was really confusing me :-)
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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2014, 06:01:27 am »
Thats a looker  8) Have to give a grip like that a try one day.

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2014, 09:15:34 am »
Another nice one! Like the custom handle work too

Tracy
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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2014, 09:27:08 am »
Tiller looks great,very nice work.  :)
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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2014, 04:36:38 pm »
Thank you all, guys!

Another great bow  :)
If you ever have any pieces of cornus mas 12 inches long that you don't need/want please let me know!

you're a bit late Mike, I've given a pile of leftovers to knifemakers. They polish that wood like Ivory.
Next time you can have it. BTW. what are you doing with 12"? Foreshafts?

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2014, 04:41:24 pm »
Wild!
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2014, 06:25:17 am »
Cornus mas was the wood of choice for the old Turkish hornbowyers. I would very much like to get my hands on some as I have lots of hornbows planned  :) The idea being to place some weight in the center of the bow for stability and cornus mas glues well with collogen glues. Other dense woods not so much so.
I would trade you something nice for some - many thanks.

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Re: Cornus mas flat 55/28
« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2014, 04:32:32 pm »
Soy, hi again -- waiting for your next bows ....

Mike your name is on the next ones! I think I will get new c. mas in autumn
Simon
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