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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: okie64 on June 19, 2012, 07:49:37 pm

Title: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: okie64 on June 19, 2012, 07:49:37 pm

Heres a few pics of a hackberry bow I just finished up. This is my first hackberry bow and I love it, very soft and easy to work with and shoots like a champ, it also has a really sweet smell to it that kinda reminds me of a freshly sliced apple. The bow is 64" ntn and pulls 56# at 28", heat treated the belly with 2.5" of reflex and it holds about 1" after unstringing, pecan stain and 5 coats of tru-oil and beefwood tips. Thanks for lookin.

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/012-6.jpg)

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/019-1.jpg)

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/001-35.jpg)

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/002-33.jpg)

This is the only pic I have at the moment of the bow being drawn, its around 25" in this pic.
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/e54f4b33.jpg)

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: SA on June 19, 2012, 07:57:43 pm

that tiller looks good, i like the smell of hackberry also i does have a sweet smell , i am working on one right now.
 nice job on that bow.

btw what part okla. are you from? i'm in norman

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: Badly Bent on June 19, 2012, 08:54:57 pm

SA - Like the character, shape and lines in that front profile picture, tiller and finish look real nice too. Done a a few hackberry bows myself and agree it is a nice wood to work with.

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 19, 2012, 10:02:02 pm

You say it smells like apple, I say freshly popped popcorn, others say the smell of dent corn being ground for meal.  Everyone seems to love that smell!  But those in the know, love the way it feels under a sharp tool as it is slowly becoming a wonder-of-wonders we call a bow. 

Oh how I live me some hackberry!  And this bow is no exception!

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: lesken2011 on June 19, 2012, 10:05:14 pm

Looks good, Okie! Nice tips, too!!

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: okie64 on June 20, 2012, 01:48:02 am

Thanks for the compliments guys.                                                                                                           

Sa, I live in a small town close to the ok/ar stateline, couple hundred miles from you.

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: coaster500 on June 20, 2012, 03:12:21 am

Nice work Jamey!!  I love the smell also...  my favorite shooter to date and my fastest per pound of draw weight is Hackberry. My shoulders love the stuff !!

hey the wood on them tips looks familiar  :laugh:

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: Pappy on June 20, 2012, 07:06:24 am

Very nice job,looks great. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: Judo Point on June 20, 2012, 07:30:28 am

Nice job I too love the looks of it from the front profile. Nice tiller also.

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: blackhawk on June 20, 2012, 07:40:47 am

Cool beans...light as a feather i bet....and it smells like popcorn to me when heating it

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: okie64 on June 20, 2012, 07:35:22 pm

Thanks Kip, You get a chance to work on any more of that osage yet? Im still shootin the heck outta that little bow you sent me.

Thanks Pappy

Thanks Judo

Thanks blackhawk, Yes it is light as a feather in the hand even at 1-3/4" wide. My osage bows are all around 1 1/8" wide and this hackberry looks like a boat paddle hanging next to them.

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: toomanyknots on June 20, 2012, 10:47:08 pm

Quote from: JW_Halverson on June 19, 2012, 10:02:02 pm

You say it smells like apple, I say freshly popped popcorn, others say the smell of dent corn being ground for meal.  Everyone seems to love that smell!  But those in the know, love the way it feels under a sharp tool as it is slowly becoming a wonder-of-wonders we call a bow. 

Oh how I live me some hackberry!  And this bow is no exception!

I don't know what it smells like, but everytime I cook it, it makes me hungry everytime!

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: coaster500 on June 20, 2012, 10:52:51 pm

Got a couple of your staves in the process but hunting, fishing and my regular job are keeping my bow building time short :)

I'm glad you are putting that bow to use. It's way to nice a shooter to hang on the wall !!!

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 20, 2012, 11:09:35 pm

Perfect recipe okie.

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: Josh B on June 21, 2012, 11:26:08 am

Very nice!  Beautiful tiller.  I like hackberry .  Josh

Title: Re: Sweet Hackberry
Post by: ErictheViking on June 21, 2012, 01:33:16 pm

looks like a nice hunting bow right there. good work