Noob red oak long bow and questions on hickory

[chrisgedwards]

The pic of me holding my bow and putting the arrow through the wall were taken during a rather wild and drunken night... My sister and brother in law just bought a fixer upper and right after we used that wall for target practice we tore it down with a sledge hammer.  Shooting the firearms in the house is where it got out of control....

I have a wonderful archery range at the redwood regional park here in Oakland ;-)

[chrisgedwards]

Finally bought some hickory and my god is it a whole other world compared to to oak and maple! It's so hard and dense and creamy in texture (no jokes!). I cut this thing out after a night if heavy drinking and being beaten to a pulp in a mosh pit, so my craftsman ship could be better lol. I had enough wood for several bows so I went with a short fat bow to start.

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I hate how Instagram cuts off the photos

58" tip to tip
7/16 thick (was shooting for a half but got carried away by my hangover)
2.125" wide at fades
Bow narrows after 6"
6.5" handle (thinking if making that 7.5)

The current piece of hickory I cut for the handle is way to thin. I'm trying to decide between adding a nice dark wood inbetween or just cutting thicker hickory.

It will be cut to 1/2 center shot or more.

I'm buying titebond iii tomorrow and I'll be recurring the tips. This bow is sooo short compared to my last one, it makes me nervous. I also cut out a 68" long bow but it's still very rough. I think I will be staining this one a dark blood red