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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badger on March 01, 2014, 01:26:01 am

Title: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Badger on March 01, 2014, 01:26:01 am

  Anyone have any experience with this? Curious about density and tendency to chrysal or not.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Pat B on March 01, 2014, 01:43:12 am

Steve, thee was a post not long ago about it. I've never used it.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: medicinewheel on March 01, 2014, 02:30:29 am

Recall seeing a real niceone a while back.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: bubby on March 01, 2014, 02:41:53 am

Badger timo posted one a few years back with cherry bark a search should pull it right up, Bub

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: RyanR on March 01, 2014, 08:24:09 am

Just finished one. Will be posting some photos soon.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: IdahoMatt on March 01, 2014, 09:50:12 am

That bow of timo's is one I keep going back to look at.  One of my all time faves

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: IdahoMatt on March 01, 2014, 09:50:46 am

He did a build along too.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: DuBois on March 01, 2014, 10:41:50 am

I remember a real nice one. If you search on here you will find it. I tried making one and chased too thin and ruined it but it had crusty wood between rings like osage. I have a tree in the front yard that needs a couple limbs cleaned off of it as soon as the weather permits so will have a round 2 someday.  ;D

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: bubby on March 01, 2014, 01:48:17 pm

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,18322.0.html

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Badger on March 01, 2014, 02:16:33 pm

  That bow is a beauty, they have a stave going on e ebay I was thinking about bidding on.

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Poggins on March 01, 2014, 06:27:51 pm

I built a KCT bow last fall , went more towards a Molly style bow even though my levers were short , backed with spoonbill skins and copperhead .
I heat treated the belly on mine , changes color when you heat it .

(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r800/Poggins/DSC_0100_zpsd32a4e17.jpg)
(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r800/Poggins/DSC_0105_zps73a616f1.jpg)
(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r800/Poggins/DSC_0109_zps54d8eca8.jpg)
(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r800/Poggins/B2B0D828-F9A4-429E-A59B-A313B4EF3D89-5012-00000BC491521FA2_zpscec2d8a8.jpg)
(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r800/Poggins/3916139B-BFE9-4800-8B51-C9818D36E046-5012-00000BC458871ACC_zps8007e048.jpg)

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Badger on March 01, 2014, 06:46:19 pm

 Nice, how does it shoot?

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Poggins on March 01, 2014, 07:06:55 pm

This bow was a trade bow , I did put a lot of arrows through it before it got a new owner , also shot an armadillo with it before I put the skins on.
I was happy with the way it shot and so is the new owner , the draw was longer than my own so it was a bit of a challenge for me to shoot it at its intended draw length .

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Andoing on March 02, 2014, 05:03:45 am

looks badass :P

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: DuBois on March 02, 2014, 06:42:44 am

Hey Poggins, did you chase a ring and how far from outer sapwood if so?

Title: Re: Kentucky coffee bean
Post by: Poggins on March 02, 2014, 10:37:30 am

Yes I chased a ring , I left two sapwood rings on the back, my first attempt I left all the sapwood on and ran out of heartwood on the belly , I set it back to finish later , I will have to steam it to line everything up ( the moisture was still too high and it warped on me ) .