Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: rps3 on November 20, 2015, 09:14:22 am
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I just got back from an out of state hunt in Indiana hosted by a friend of mines son. It was the hunt of a lifetime, action packed, with plenty of success enjoyed by all. We ate well, had a few celebratory beverages and worked to the point of having nothing left in the tank. The young man hosting was good enough to cut a hackberry I noticed while hunting there last year and bring it back to Pa. last Christmas. I of course had to make a bow for him. He shoots and hunts traditional so it will get plenty of use. I wish I would have taken a pic of him with it though. 66" long, low 50's at 28" draw. Tempered and trapped.
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN2812_zps83xe95s7.jpg) (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/longbow60/media/DSCN2812_zps83xe95s7.jpg.html)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN2814_zpswumwjqur.jpg) (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/longbow60/media/DSCN2814_zpswumwjqur.jpg.html)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN2820_zpsgrrboruq.jpg) (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/longbow60/media/DSCN2820_zpsgrrboruq.jpg.html)
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(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q556/longbow60/DSCN2826_zpsvfz4wtn5.jpg) (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/longbow60/media/DSCN2826_zpsvfz4wtn5.jpg.html)
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Perfect design for hackberry,and well executed there Bob!!! :)
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Nailed it Bob!
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Very nice! I love that back profile.
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Thanks good and bad, I appreciate your thoughts.
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You too Pat, thanks.
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Clean and classy. Nice bow!
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Beautiful bow, I love the nock overlays. How wide did you go out of the fades?
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Nice looking bow. The tiller looks great
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Simple and deadly! :)
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Thanks Parnell, osage outlaw, seiddy, and falcon...2" wide at the fades.
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Never done hackberry yet.Now I know what to do.Nice job on the bow.
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Looks great. Congrats. Have 2 staves standing in the basement. Definitely will be pulling up this post and Bill's next spring.
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Very nice..................hope the one I'm working on turns out that sweet.
DBar
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Really nice bow for a transition to shooting a selfbow for the young man, the tiller looks dead on so it's gotta be a sweet and smooth shooting bow. Perfect example of what can be done with a whitewood.
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Looks very wll executed. Very fine job.
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Fine looking bow. He should enjoy that one.
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nice bow! got some hackberry that i cut in january of this year so its almost ready, cant wait to work it. what were your dimensions?
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Thank you very much guys. 2" wide tapering to 1/2 inch, 4" handle, 2" fades, 66" ntn.
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That is really nice!
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Very nice. I'm sure he will like it.
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looks great,, congrats,, :)
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You nailed the tiller on yet another fine hunting bow. 8)
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That's a beauty, you made that Hackberry shine. :)
Pappy
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Ooooh I like that front profile.
Del
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good lookin bow, hackberry is nice to work with!
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Sure like that one. Now I know what to shoot for with a stave I have in the shed. Did you lose any reflex during tillering and shooting in? If so how much did you start with? It looks like the tips might be 2" or so ahead of the handle still.
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BarredOwl, I should keep better records, but I dont have an exact measurement. I can tell you that my caul drops 3.5", and I bet at least .5-1" of springback off the caul. Good luck with yours, and once again, thanks for all the great comments. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Oooh, very pretty :D I still need more practice to get to that perfcet bend!
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Sweet !