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Title: Mystery Wood Bow (Finished)
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 30, 2009, 12:06:19 am

Here is my newest bow. It is made of a unidentified Montanan wood, It is 65" ntn and pulls 60# at 28" it is 1 1/2 inches at the fades and tapers to 1/2 inch. The nock overlays are ipe I think at least thats what I was told ::). The inlay on the handle is of purpleheart. There is no arrow rest, I prefer shooting off my hand. This is by far my favorite bow I have made it's a great shooter. The wood is great too this bow only took about 3/4 of an inch of set.

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Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 30, 2009, 12:12:10 am

Here is a link to more photos.
http://s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu300/Jmilbrandt/ (http://s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu300/Jmilbrandt/)

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Pat B on March 30, 2009, 12:13:10 am

Cool bow J. The unbraced pic says it all.

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Sidewinder on March 30, 2009, 03:47:32 am

What ever it is I don't want to be at the recieveing end of it. Looks real pretty from here. Danny

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: DanaM on March 30, 2009, 07:23:16 am

Ya done well on that one congrats :)

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Pappy on March 30, 2009, 07:34:19 am

Very nice bow,beautiful wood and finish work,I would also be proud of that one. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Timo on March 30, 2009, 08:01:51 am

Nice job on the mystery wood!

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: GregB on March 30, 2009, 08:19:53 am

Great job, and ought to be a fun one to shoot... ;)

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 30, 2009, 10:18:23 am

Looks great. Congratulations! The only thing I can offer for the next one is I like the bending to start at the end of the fades on most of my rigid handle bows. Jawge

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: OldBow on March 30, 2009, 11:04:28 am

#1 candidate for April Self Bow of the Month. Very nice work. Wood looks like mountain maple which can be a very nice bow wood (but not always).

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: hawkbow on March 30, 2009, 11:12:29 am

Very nice bow brother, I agree with Oldbow.. definately a BOM candidate....... Hawk a/ho

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 30, 2009, 03:20:58 pm

Thanks everone for the compliments and thanks even more for the advice my bows would never look like this without the advice from the bowyers on this site.
George that was the one thing I didn't like about this bow. The stave had a slight deflex to it and when I was near finished I decided that it was too much and reflexed the limbs at the handle. The limbs some how became stiffer at that section, I'm guessing it was because I used dry heat, but I didn't want to lower the weight of the bow so I left it. I didn't figure it would be a big deal because the bow still took almost zero set even with that part hardly working.

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: JustAim on March 30, 2009, 04:35:05 pm

Thats a great lookin' bow you made!

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: 22arrows on March 30, 2009, 06:31:07 pm

That's a dandy ;D

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Rich Saffold on March 30, 2009, 10:57:21 pm

I'm with Oldbow on the species, and George in that I would get it bending a bit closer to the grip, but often folks like their bows this way as well..I like the pics and nice work!.

Rich

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: BowKids on March 31, 2009, 12:04:05 am

That is nice. Thanks for the extra pictures.

Title: Re: Finished 60# Bow
Post by: Jmilbrandt on March 31, 2009, 03:39:27 pm

Thanks everybody. And bow kids I may have gotten a little carried away with the pics! ::) ;D

Title: Re: Mystery Wood Bow (Finished)
Post by: Colt45 on April 02, 2009, 12:15:08 am

Ohman! Those are some amazing pics! Who was your photographer? Oh wait that was me  >:D  ::) A little carried away!? We musta climbed for miles!  >:( And you missed the ONLY rabbit we seen  ;D