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akila
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My first recurve ...
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January 06, 2008, 12:43:00 pm »
Hello guys...i start this year pretty nice i could say...i wanted for a long time a recurve, and after i broke one a fiew mounth a go..( whenn i try to bend the tips), now i finaly decided to give it a try again and this is whatt it coume out.Its a honey locust bow...saap wood on the back and heart wood on the belly.Its aboute 175cm long, it pulls 52#@ 29".I give it a balck-red finish i try to make him look ancient some how, and the strike plate is made from bone, and the overlays are cow horn.I hope you will like it...
The bow had a little deflex in the limbs..so i try to put some reflex on him before tillering but the bow come oute like it wass at the first time..so the delfex is his natural deflex....
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DanaM
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January 06, 2008, 12:56:29 pm »
Looks like it came out quite well akila.
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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive
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January 06, 2008, 01:01:45 pm »
looks real good to me, did you use steam or dry heat to bend the limbs?
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akila
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Re: My first recurve ...
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January 06, 2008, 01:49:08 pm »
Hi...sorry i forgot to mention this..i used steam..aboute 45 minutes for each tip.And i have used something metalic, to help the belly of the bow not to get the tips broken or something.It worked quite well...just small splinters that i had themm remouved later.
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Slivershooter
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January 06, 2008, 01:53:19 pm »
Nice!
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medicinewheel
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Re: My first recurve ...
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January 06, 2008, 01:56:00 pm »
yeah! you did well on that one!
frank
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Gordon
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January 06, 2008, 02:33:17 pm »
That bow turned out very well indeed.
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Rich Saffold
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Re: My first recurve ...
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January 06, 2008, 02:43:03 pm »
You did real good Akila! The couch looks comfortable as well
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Rich
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PK
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January 06, 2008, 02:52:09 pm »
Inspiring and natural
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Kegan
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January 06, 2008, 03:32:54 pm »
Wish my recurves came out half that nice
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snedeker
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January 06, 2008, 03:50:58 pm »
Pretty cool, especially for the first completed.
Dave
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akila
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Re: My first recurve ...
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January 06, 2008, 05:01:19 pm »
Thks a lot for your compliments...im a little sad becose it seams that i cant make some nice pictures...im not such a good photographer..the bow looks much better thenn it is in those pictures...i want to ask you all something els..do you think the tiller its good like that?? i dont realy know verry much aboute how it should be tiller a recurve bow so...i wass loking at some pictures here on the forum and i try to do the same...thks again..
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OldBow
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January 06, 2008, 05:15:39 pm »
That is a dandy. Good work on that handle and nocks! Looking forward to seeing it for BOM voting later on.
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mamba
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January 06, 2008, 06:04:42 pm »
Akila looks great.
Tiller looks right on IMO,but you might consider a lower brace height to reduce set in the limbs.Love the looks of this bow.
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GregB
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January 06, 2008, 06:56:28 pm »
That recurve came out really nice! I agree with Mamba that the brace should be lower...might do some untwisting on that string to lengthen it.
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