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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bambule on February 12, 2009, 07:02:08 am

Title: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bambule on February 12, 2009, 07:02:08 am

Hi,

this is a BL Longbow from 11/08. It's 67" long and 44#@27".
Limbs are 1,5 wide tapering down to 0,5 mm (don't know how much inch that is  ???).
I'm thinking of shooting only bows with a drawweight about 45# because they are easy to shoot and very accurate.
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob446.jpg) (http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob444.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob445.jpg) (http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob442.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob443.jpg)(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/rob441.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/fulldraw1.jpg)

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: DanaM on February 12, 2009, 07:10:17 am

Looks like a keeper to me, well done :)

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Pappy on February 12, 2009, 07:42:01 am

Very nice job ,should be a good shooter.Tips look great. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: cheapshot on February 12, 2009, 08:43:50 am

Real good looking bow. Love those skinny tips. What kind of handle wrap is that?

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bambule on February 12, 2009, 08:48:36 am

It's a cow leather handle wrap - a long piece wrapped several times around the handle and fixed with superglue  ;D

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Cromm on February 12, 2009, 08:59:04 am

Nice work my man!!!!!!

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: cowboy on February 12, 2009, 09:45:58 am

Fine looking bow and what tiny tips. No black locust around here but cut a honey locust couple weeks ago - I'm inspired to give it a try.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: FlintWalker on February 12, 2009, 10:23:08 am

I like that one alot and those are my kind of tips! ;)

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: adb on February 12, 2009, 10:52:50 am

Nice job! Those fine tips will make it very fast.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: OldBow on February 12, 2009, 11:33:33 am

Great bow. Take a look at Gordon's thread on taking bow pictures...especially of the full draw. Got this fine bow bookmarked, too, for Feb Self BOM.  Thanks for the posts.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bambule on February 12, 2009, 11:39:11 am

Yeah, I know what you mean with the fulldraw and the backround - but it's the only place in my house where I can make a full draw picture with the selfphotooption on my camera  ;D

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Keenan on February 12, 2009, 12:00:10 pm

Very nice bow. looks like it wood be a great shooter. Congratulations.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Dean Marlow on February 12, 2009, 01:22:45 pm

Very nice bow. You did a great job on that one. I like black locust for bows. Dean

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: brownhillboy on February 12, 2009, 01:53:47 pm

Nice job...the tips espeacially look good! :)

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Hillbilly on February 12, 2009, 04:08:28 pm

Fine looking weapon.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bigcountry on February 12, 2009, 04:38:47 pm

Everything looks great.  I never knew black locust would come out looking so much like osage.  I figured it would be much browner.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: sailordad on February 12, 2009, 06:32:30 pm

nice bow,very thin tips :o 8)

question on them tips.
the photo that shows the side profile of the tips,looks like your
string groove goes all the way through the overlay and the back is angled,arent you afraid that
the tips will snap or is it just an illusion that the groove is all the way through

just curious,still like the bow

                                                                          peace,
                                                                               tim

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: CutNShoot on February 12, 2009, 09:30:42 pm

Nice bow! I Want to try black locust too and I have one cut along with an oak. I  also have a honey locust spied out too.  Your bow is inspiring to say the least. Thank s for showing it.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Jesse on February 12, 2009, 11:31:27 pm

Looks like a great bow to me. Well done

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bambule on February 13, 2009, 03:59:12 am

Thank you all for your nice comments.
The tips are not all the way through the limb.

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: GregB on February 13, 2009, 08:23:13 am

Looks like a fine bow! Great job... ;)

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: medicinewheel on February 15, 2009, 04:52:15 am

very nice bow!
have one just alike in the makings...
f.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: PeteC on February 15, 2009, 08:50:38 am

That's a fine lookin' bow.Good job!!  God Bless

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: Justin Snyder on February 15, 2009, 11:15:18 am

Nice bow and really nice tips.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: denny on March 02, 2009, 10:01:04 pm

great looking bow ...I just made 3 of them this last week with some friends. They turned out great. My staves were about a year old . Is this your first locust bow ? keep bending those sticks.. by the way nice horn tip overlays.

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: bambule on March 03, 2009, 04:26:06 am

Thank you all again - this is not my first BL bow.

Greetz
Cord

Title: Re: Black Locust Longbow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 03, 2009, 01:58:13 pm

Very nice bow. Jawge