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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Ash-backed Lilac
« on: July 06, 2019, 02:11:48 pm »
Made from billets. Lilac is one of my all time favorites. It's just so darn snappy.

55# @ 27"
62" ttt
cow hoof tip overlays (thanks for the idea DC)
beaver tail handle wrap
lacewood, lilac, ipe handle build up

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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2019, 02:12:36 pm »
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2019, 02:13:07 pm »
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Offline PatM

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2019, 02:20:41 pm »
Very cool.  The two are even related.
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Offline DC

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2019, 02:31:36 pm »
Very nice. I haven't found any lilac yet.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2019, 02:35:38 pm »
Cool bow.  8)
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Offline Woodely

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2019, 03:52:16 pm »
Thing of beauty.  I have Lilac in the front yard,  wife would not be happy camper if I cut them. 
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2019, 04:03:46 pm »
 upstate,
                    Hope you don't mind me reposting pictures of your build, but I had to...I played around with one pic to see the bend in this bow...I must say this is what tiller is all about, getting everything moving from the fades to the tips in harmony...You got it going on here...You nailed this one also...Tried to get the angle in the first pic close to your full draw...I love to see a pair of fades working...Wish I could put them side by side but not that advanced yet, lol...
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Offline bassman

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2019, 04:55:05 pm »
That is a beauty.
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2019, 05:03:01 pm »
Sweet bow. I bet it even smells good, too.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2019, 05:26:55 pm »
Very Nice Jeff. Lilac is my wife's favorite to. I know I can't use hers, but I keep eyeing up a very large lilac bush growing next a telephone pole in road ditch. Once upon a time there was a old farm house there. It's gone but the lilac bush is very large.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2019, 05:59:12 pm »
That is a lovely bow. 

I wonder if the Lilac down there has the same purple and tan coloring in the heartwood that it has up here, it also smells really nice when worked.
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Offline backtowood B2W

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2019, 09:08:30 pm »
Just wow! That's a really nice bow, you can be proud about.
Is it a perry reflex?
The only thing are your blocky handles I cannot get warm with, but if you like it like that, why not.
Congrats!!
Martin
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2019, 05:08:17 am »
Very nice!  Like that a bunch.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Ash-backed Lilac
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2019, 05:42:59 am »
Awesome bow!
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