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Offline Stixnstones

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Just another hackberry bow
« on: April 01, 2020, 12:00:45 pm »
Hackberry recurve 66" ttt #48 @ 27". It's a lefty with wine cork arrow rest and rock n roll leather grip, from my old leather jacket during my punk rock days. 12 strand D 97 string with squirrel string silencers.osage and hackberry overlays.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2020, 12:02:08 pm »
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2020, 12:04:10 pm »
Wicked bend in those tips, I'll bet its fast.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2020, 12:09:33 pm »
That's a beauty my friend. Perfect bend.

Rock n roll for life brutha'!
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2020, 12:19:40 pm »
Fantastic tiller. Looks like it hardly took set. Is it heat treated?

Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2020, 12:22:48 pm »
Ryan, i usually give hackberry a couple heat treatments
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2020, 01:24:21 pm »
yea buddy!

Offline paulsemp

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2020, 01:25:13 pm »
wait lefty?

Offline Will B

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2020, 01:32:55 pm »
Great looking bow. Really nice bend and the handle wrap is nice!

Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2020, 01:40:59 pm »
Just another hackberry bow he says. LIES i say! thats more than "just another one"!
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Offline ksnow

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2020, 02:10:23 pm »
Great work, stix.

Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2020, 02:25:04 pm »
very nice... beautiful tips.  How wide are the limbs?
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2020, 02:34:33 pm »
Very nice work on that bow stix.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2020, 02:45:05 pm »
Beautiful bend Mikey

Offline PaSteve

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Re: Just another hackberry bow
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2020, 02:46:36 pm »
I like those tip overlays. Just an all around really nice bow. Great job!
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