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Kyle

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My New Bow
« on: January 18, 2008, 09:30:28 pm »
I'm Kegan's brother, I made the flatbow he put up earlier. This bow is made of a very straight 68 inch hickory stave that had a natural reflex, giving it the gull-wing shape; it is 75# at 26 inches. The handle is just regular leather, as is the strike plate. It shoots an 830 grain arrow with accuracy and speed. I stained it with speicial walnut to give it the nice color,and finished it with floor wax. I like this bow and the way it shoots. It performs well for the times that I have shot it. It is an all around well performing bow, especially for my second ;D.

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Offline DanaM

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2008, 09:36:50 pm »
Nice to meet ya Kyle, so now its two of ya cranking out bows not sure us old farts can keep up with ya all ;)
Nice bow but at 75# it hurts just to think about pulling it. Tiller looks pretty good but it looks like it could bend into fades a bit more.
If yer like Kegan you will probably post another one tommow :)
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2008, 09:49:17 pm »
Very nice bow,
with two of you, I'll bet it's fun talking about bows and arrows and just about anything related to archery, eh?  ;)
    Sean
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Offline david w.

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2008, 11:10:41 pm »
wow nice bow. I like it. very nice
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 12:56:43 am »
Nice work, 75# !!!!  what are you guys hunting? ;D
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Minuteman

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 12:06:54 pm »
Ya'll actually got a scale or are ya just guessing the weight? ???
 Can't imagine a fella with that size  arm could draw a 75# bow.
 Feel like I'm bein' bamboozled! :P
 But hey, maybe ya'll are real men ! ;)
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Offline tom sawyer

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2008, 02:18:16 pm »
Nice bow Kyle, glad you are getting into this with your brother.  I would offer that your lower limb is just about hinging in the outer third of the limb.  I'd get it bending better at mid-limb if I were you.  You certainly have the poundage to give to make this happen.  I like the bend in your upper limb.

Looking forward to seeing a lot more of your bows in the coming months/years.  Startiong this young, you and your brother ought to really get good at this if you stick with it.
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Offline Gordon

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2008, 02:38:45 pm »
Looks like bow building must run in your family. Nice work for your second bow!
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Offline Wulamoc

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2008, 03:20:30 pm »
Very nice... Good luck to both of you!
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2008, 04:41:54 pm »
Pretty good for a second bow, or even a third or fourth.  I also think you need to get a little more limb bending.  There is a huge non bending section in the middle and quite a bit of outer limb that is not bending.  If you will use these areas more you wont get so much set.  What are the dimesions of the bow, width thickness and such.  How about a front profile picture.  Justin
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Offline Kegan

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2008, 07:38:24 pm »
Quote from: Gordon on January 19, 2008, 02:38:45 pm
Looks like bow building must run in your family. Nice work for your second bow!

Unfortunately, it's mainly frugalness  ;D.

Minuteman- I got an actual scale (the 110# bow scale from 3Rivers), before that using the bathroom scale. I just became enamored with heavy bows, and he feels the need to show me up ;)
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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2008, 08:47:48 pm »
Thanks :). Justin the Dimensions are: 1 1/2" for most of its length, tapering at the tips to 1/2" nocks. I dunno the thickness, but the handle is a bit thicker than the surrounding limbs. It had a natural reflex in the grip and took some set after beign tillering slightly green.

Rick- tree rats and bambi's ;)
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Offline OldBow

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2008, 09:28:33 pm »
Great job, Kyle! We'll look at it again for January Self BOM.
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2008, 09:29:56 pm »
Kyle, that'll be more than enough for the both of 'em.  ;)
     Sean
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My New Bow
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2008, 09:30:58 pm »
Very nice. Looks like a fine  shooter. Jawge
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