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Title: Fire hardened hickory
Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 01, 2026, 06:38:15 pm

Fire hardened hickory I made

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Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 01, 2026, 06:43:04 pm

Hickory

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Post by: bentstick54 on February 01, 2026, 07:59:37 pm

Great looking bow.

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Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 01, 2026, 09:33:03 pm

Thanks!

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Post by: WhistlingBadger on February 01, 2026, 09:59:31 pm

I love the artwork.  Can we see a full draw picture?

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Post by: superdav95 on February 02, 2026, 01:45:06 am

Very cool I like the design pattern on the back. 

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Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 02, 2026, 09:37:43 pm

Thanks I made the rawhide using the dry scrape method and hand painted the designs

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Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 02, 2026, 09:39:37 pm

Whistlingbadger here’s a pic I made this before I was that great at tillering but it shoots smooth and I hand shock and I’ve probably shot it a thousand times

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Post by: East_tn_primitive_skills on February 02, 2026, 09:45:27 pm

This was at 23 inches I draw 27 I’ll take an actual full draw pic soon

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Post by: Robert Pougnier on February 02, 2026, 11:37:49 pm

That looks real nice, I like the color and your tiller looks fine. I bet it's a sweet shooting bow.

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Post by: WhistlingBadger on February 02, 2026, 11:40:46 pm

Yep, tiller looks pretty good to me.  If it shoots well, that's the proof.  Cool bow. 

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Post by: Pappy on February 03, 2026, 12:06:51 am

 Nice work, hickory makes a great bow. Pappy