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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: SamH on May 19, 2024, 03:13:37 pm

Title: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: SamH on May 19, 2024, 03:13:37 pm
Hey y'all, this is the 2nd successful bow that I've made, and the first one that looks any good aesthetically. 65" NTN, 60#@28", fire hardened hickory, antler overlays, copperhead skins, and sinew wrappings.  I've recently narrowed the limb tips to bring the performance up a bit. In this photo, they are 5/8" at the nock, and I narrowed them to 3/8".  Before narrowing the tips, it was shooting a 618 gn arrow at 134 fps, and after narrowing it is shooting at 155 fps.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53732141469_e3a099b405_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8gEe)IMG_7799 (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8gEe) by Samuel Hartline (https://www.flickr.com/photos/200690963@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53731811581_38b015ca3e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pS6zAv)IMG_7802 (https://flic.kr/p/2pS6zAv) by Samuel Hartline (https://www.flickr.com/photos/200690963@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53732237805_1c23a10598_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8Lic)IMG_7801 (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8Lic) by Samuel Hartline (https://www.flickr.com/photos/200690963@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53732237920_f1d482b319_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8Lkb)IMG_7421 (https://flic.kr/p/2pS8Lkb) by Samuel Hartline (https://www.flickr.com/photos/200690963@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: bentstick54 on May 19, 2024, 03:24:21 pm
Very nice looking bow. Well done.
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: superdav95 on May 19, 2024, 03:40:54 pm
Beautiful tiller.  I like it. 
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Pappy on May 19, 2024, 08:32:12 pm
Beautiful work, man if my second even my 10 or 20th had looked anything like that I would have thought I had died and went to Heaven. :) Very nice work. :) beautiful in all aspects.
 Pappy
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Pat B on May 20, 2024, 12:07:30 am
I love the way you dressed her up.   :OK
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: ajooter on May 20, 2024, 10:55:43 am
Very nice finish work on a gorgeous bow.  Want to get my hands on some snake skins eventually.
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Will B on May 20, 2024, 12:32:00 pm
That’s a beauty!  Nice finish work
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: wooddamon1 on May 20, 2024, 08:24:55 pm
Pretty dang nice!
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: bjrogg on May 20, 2024, 10:03:19 pm
Very nice Sam. Hope to see more good things coming in the future.

Bjrogg
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Selfbowman on May 21, 2024, 04:07:37 pm
Keep them coming. Nicely done.
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Muskyman on May 21, 2024, 11:11:37 pm
Great looking bow Sam. Gotta love them snake skins. Crazy good for a second bow.
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: SamH on May 24, 2024, 10:49:02 pm
Quote from: Pappy on May 19, 2024, 08:32:12 pm
Beautiful work, man if my second even my 10 or 20th had looked anything like that I would have thought I had died and went to Heaven. :) Very nice work. :) beautiful in all aspects.
 Pappy

Thank you!  I definitely took your advice from some of the other topics on the forum about hickory bows.  All of the info available on here allows people to skip some of the learning curve.
Title: Re: Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins
Post by: Jake Spoon on June 04, 2024, 12:54:15 pm
That is a sharp dressed piece of wood! Very nice work sir.

- Jake