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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: tombo on May 09, 2010, 05:57:53 pm

Title: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: tombo on May 09, 2010, 05:57:53 pm

Sugarberry Hackberry...S.Texas. Had some natural R/D so I went with it.
50#, 62" ...old man....
Tom
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/atkinsont/MayHack3.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/atkinsont/MayHack1.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/atkinsont/MayHack2.jpg)

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: El Destructo on May 09, 2010, 06:16:43 pm

Looks Great Tom...and I like the Lever Tips...hows it shoot?

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: osage outlaw on May 09, 2010, 08:34:00 pm

Nice bow.  I like the design.

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: Lombard on May 09, 2010, 10:04:36 pm

Tough looking bow.

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: tombo on May 09, 2010, 11:45:23 pm

Thanks guys....it shoots real well. I like hackberry although you have to make 'em a bit thicker than some other woods 'cause they're so "springy".  This one is very accurate at 20-30 yds,  Tom

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: osage outlaw on May 10, 2010, 12:46:49 am

How wide is it?  I have some hackberry drying.  Did it turn colors as it dried?

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: tombo on May 10, 2010, 08:10:00 am

It's about 1-1/2" at fades and tapers to the levers at ~8" from the tips. Yes it darkens a bit although some trees change color a lot and some stays fairly white...don't know why, I like it to turn a dark gray. Seems to be stiffer wood if it turns gray. I stained the bow with Huisache bark...an old Indian/Pioneer dye used for cloth and leather too.
Tom

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: Pappy on May 10, 2010, 08:39:49 am

Very nice looking bow,well done. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: OldBow on May 10, 2010, 11:56:28 am

Very nice and bookmarked, too, for May Self BOM

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: dragonman on May 10, 2010, 02:57:55 pm

Nice bow, I like the thin tips. hackberry must be fairly hard wood to make that bow at 62"??? What kind of tree is it?

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: acker on May 10, 2010, 05:11:34 pm

Nice bow , well done  :)
acker

Title: Re: SugarHack thanks Guys
Post by: tombo on May 10, 2010, 11:09:09 pm

Thanks Pappy and Oldbow... honored.  Dragonman, Hackberry is considered a hardwood, although it's fairly soft compared to others. I like it's toughness and resilience. Once you get a good Hackberry bow tillered and it's pretty clear, you don't much have to worry about it breaking. It needs to age a while, though. Down here, the "Sugarberry" Hack is a nice tree, I have 2 in my yard 'cause they make good shade and live a long time (native). You can tell Sugarberry from regular Hackberry by it's bark...smoother with only a few "warts".
Tom

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: mullet on May 10, 2010, 11:23:02 pm

  That's a great looking bow and the Tiller look's "spot on". I'd like to try Hackberry one day.

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: n2huntn on May 11, 2010, 12:16:33 am

Inspiring,
 I have cut a few hackberry trees this spring and this really lights my fire. That is the kind of bow that brought me to this forum, primitive.
N2

Title: Re: SugarHack by a silverback
Post by: Postman on May 11, 2010, 11:00:34 am

nice job!