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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: huisme on October 07, 2013, 10:48:14 pm

Title: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: huisme on October 07, 2013, 10:48:14 pm

So this is the bow I've been showing around town, just trying to get these things out of the woods a bit. Top limb was fun to tiller and came out smooth as butter, though I'm going to thin the tips even farther for vanity's sake ;D

~55# 26" (my scale broke today, had to compare this to another bow :-[ )
One inch of set
62^1/2" ntn
1^3/4" to 1" handle
Top fade 1^3/4" bottom fade 2"
Top knot widest point at 2^1/4"

(http://i.imgur.com/04kOfv9h.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ix3YuKah.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fGooAr1h.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lKLjNrYh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/y9sEE2zh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/uOdAgJUh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/R8JjkDQh.jpg)

No full draw yet. Nobody to help me out.

Title: Re: Vine maple with juuuust a touch of character
Post by: IdahoMatt on October 07, 2013, 11:07:12 pm

Looking good can't wait to see the full draw :)

Title: Re: Vine maple with juuuust a touch of character
Post by: huisme on October 08, 2013, 01:20:20 pm

I wish I had a better camera. Tight rings plus trapping makes my favorite wavy effect on the back of the bow, but vine maple is so white my camera just sees glare.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: huisme on October 08, 2013, 04:52:02 pm

(http://i.imgur.com/CYYfOPXh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qLSD6H9h.jpg)

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: bow101 on October 08, 2013, 05:06:51 pm

Looks great... what is Vine maple like to work with..?

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: huisme on October 08, 2013, 05:31:59 pm

Strangely predictable for all the twists and bends. It's a little stringy and tore out a few times around the knots, and I peeled whole, intact rings from the belly while I was using the machete. I prefer using the compression side of the wood as it takes very little set, but finding a piece to show that off is difficult.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Joec123able on October 08, 2013, 06:13:12 pm

Very very nice it looks real good

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Badly Bent on October 08, 2013, 06:55:25 pm

Looks great. I like it and kinda reminds me of one of Zion's cool bows, hows it shooting for you?

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: huisme on October 08, 2013, 08:57:29 pm

I need some new arrows, but with the two I have left I was able to hit consistently from twenty yards. After that I think it got to be too much walking/pacing and I was the weak link ::) Hits plenty hard, pierced most of the carpet I have tied to my target, and like I said there's no hand shock even with a little extra wood on the tips. I'm thinking if I get the tips how I usually like them I can stick an arrow in the plywood  ;)

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Josh B on October 08, 2013, 09:27:01 pm

I like it!  You handled the character well!  Josh

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Zion on October 09, 2013, 01:12:26 am

Sweet looking bow, i like the grip. BB, i know what you mean, it kinda looks like a hawthorn bow i made a while back.  :o

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: JonW on October 09, 2013, 02:54:38 am

Nice Job on a tricky stick.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Pappy on October 09, 2013, 06:44:16 am

Looks like you handled the character very well.  ;) Nice work. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: huisme on October 09, 2013, 08:45:17 pm

Thanks guys  :D

Not sure what I'll reveal next. I'm thinking either a short pyramid, or a long character recurve-- both black locust.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 09, 2013, 08:54:29 pm

Nice.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: seabass on October 09, 2013, 09:10:30 pm

good job on that one.nicely done brother.

Title: Re: Vine maple character (full draw added)
Post by: DuBois on October 10, 2013, 02:54:41 am

Nice work Hui  ;)