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Offline Stickhead

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Red Elm for Phil
« on: February 04, 2023, 10:32:29 pm »
Hi, Y’all,

I haven’t posted one in a long time, so here goes. This is a Red Elm wavey pyramid self bow for my friend, Phil.  He’s a novice with long arms, so I made it 45#@30”.  (My full draw pic is stretching as far as I can, maybe 28”.). It’s plenty long, at 70”, 1-7/8” wide at fades, down to 3/8” tips.  I followed the wavey grain on this one, but the jury’s still out on whether it’s all that necessary for this wood.  Had a helluva time getting it to line up, but eventually managed it.  I heat-treated it and flipped the tips some.  Dressed it up with a dye job, ebony tips, suede wrap, and a bit of purpleheart for the arrow pass.

(Phil owns and brews at a local microbrewery, so I’m hoping for a nice barter.)
















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Offline superdav95

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2023, 11:35:36 pm »
Sweet lookin bow!  Love the dark Colors.  Nice curves in the tiller. 
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2023, 08:23:59 am »
I’m thinking that should be worth a couple rounds.

Nice bend.

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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2023, 08:49:48 am »
Nice bend on that crooked stick. Beautiful stain job.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2023, 12:44:05 pm »
Beautiful bow all around, Stick. I'm sure Phil will love it.  :OK
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Offline wooddamon1

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2023, 03:06:46 pm »
That's worth a few growlers, very nice work.
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Offline Will B

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2023, 04:35:05 pm »
Beautiful snakey bow, Tom. I love the bend on that full draw photo. Excellent build!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2023, 06:15:42 pm »
Just gorgeous! Beautiful tiller!
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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2023, 08:49:06 pm »
Now that's a beauty, he should love that one. :)
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2023, 10:02:08 pm »
Thanks a lot for the kind words, guys.  It means a lot coming from this bunch!

It’s always a bit awkward for me, making bows for these long-armed gorillas.  I got frustrated with this bow and it sat in my shop for 6 months before I finally saw the potential in it. 
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Offline M2A

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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2023, 08:33:47 am »
Very nice stick. Good looking tiller on that character bow. Hope you make a good trade with your buddy. I think red elm is an good overlooked bow wood, at least in my area. Just cant prove it yet. Heading to a wood lot this week to try and find a few small trees of it. Mike 
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Offline Stickhead

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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2023, 01:21:01 pm »
Quote from: M2A on February 06, 2023, 08:33:47 am
Very nice stick. Good looking tiller on that character bow. Hope you make a good trade with your buddy. I think red elm is an good overlooked bow wood, at least in my area. Just cant prove it yet. Heading to a wood lot this week to try and find a few small trees of it. Mike
I’ve been messing with red elm a lot lately, since I harvested a big fallen tree last year.  It likes heat treatment, and bends pretty well with dry heat.  I’m starting to like it a lot.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2023, 01:39:02 pm »
I've never used it. Some FG bowyers do sandwiched between fiberglass.
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Offline simk

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Re: Red Elm for Phil
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2023, 04:43:00 pm »
That looks mighthy fine Tom!  (-S
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