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Title: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: froplord on June 30, 2007, 06:44:29 pm

Hickory(Carya ovata) backed Massaranduba/Bulletwood (Manilkara ridentata) lefthanded shooter. It is 65 1/2" ntn, 1 1/2"@ the fades and 9/16" @ the tips. It draws 58#@28". The handle is Monterillo/Tiger Rosewood (Brownea macrophylla) & Satinwood/Yellowheart (Euxlophora paraensis). The tips are of Satine/Bloodwood (Brosimum paraense) & Bocote (Cordia elaeagnoides). It has Western Diamondback snakeskins, leather grip and lace and a Tru oil finish.



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Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: froplord on June 30, 2007, 06:47:48 pm

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Post by: bullcreekboy on June 30, 2007, 08:16:20 pm

Great looking bow Chad.

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Post by: koan on June 30, 2007, 08:51:04 pm

Great bow! Really dig the handle and tips!!.....Brian

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Post by: Roger on June 30, 2007, 09:33:41 pm

Nice Bow!...good job on the skins


R

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Post by: mullet on June 30, 2007, 10:45:16 pm

    Very nice bow Chad,tiller is right on.Guess now it's time to paint the shed? ;)

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Post by: ScottH on June 30, 2007, 11:33:17 pm

Real purty bow! :o :)

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Post by: Robinwho on July 01, 2007, 01:38:04 am

That is real pretty !  ;D

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Post by: medicinewheel on July 01, 2007, 06:13:52 am

yes, nice bow! did you glue it up with some reflex??

frank

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Post by: GregB on July 01, 2007, 12:02:17 pm

Great looking bow...beautiful tips!

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: froplord on July 01, 2007, 02:48:08 pm

Yes, I added about 2 inches of reflex which all of but about 1/2" was pulled out. This is my third bow and I won't tell you how many I that I splintered while attempting to add reflex. Thanks for the compliments and for all the helpful information that made this bow a shooter, my next bow Will be a selfbow without an arrowseat :) Painting my shed is also on the list.

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: a finnish native on July 05, 2007, 08:00:45 am

I like the skins and the tips. The outer thirds of both limbs are showing to be a bit stiff among with the lower mid limb.

PS: don't get me wrong. I don't mean to be rude, it's just that in my culture people say what they think. We Finns are quiet and can seem a bit rude by your standards.

the bow has no visible string follow though, and that tells that the wood is not over stressed from any point.

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Post by: Pappy on July 05, 2007, 08:10:23 am

Very nice bow.Love the contrast of colors. :) Tiller looks good also.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: tom sawyer on July 05, 2007, 12:11:03 pm

Good looking bow, that Massaranduba is good stuff isn't it.  I have a R/D hickory-backed Massaranduba glueup, waiting for a handle piece.  Its only 1" wide, I found on my first one that 1.5" required me to really thin the limbs a ton in order to get in the 50lb range.

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Post by: jpitts on July 05, 2007, 10:15:04 pm

Beautiful bow. I love the tips.

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: brian melton on July 06, 2007, 02:42:50 am

   No offense intended, but those tips would worry me a bit.. very pretty, but that far through the bamboo. I had a bow snap on me onceduring a shot with similar tips...otherwise VERY NICE!

Brian

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: froplord on July 08, 2007, 01:03:11 pm

No offense taken. The backing is Hickory however, not Bamboo and I just barely filed through the surface of it. Thanks for the concern, but Im pretty confident in their stength or I would just hang it on the wall.

Title: Re: Hickory backed Massaranduba
Post by: OldBow on July 09, 2007, 06:47:41 pm

Here's a real contender for July Backed Bow of the Month.  What a beauty.  Came in late in June and I was out of state. Which is good because now we can enjoy this bow for the rest of July.