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Offline dragonman

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Ash Holmie
« on: November 29, 2012, 04:56:23 pm »
Heres another ash bow to look at. It took 1" of set, the one before only took1/2".  its 68"ntn, and 2" at the fadeouts and just under 50 lbs at 27"... Its shoots like, an ashbow.... not superfast, but not slow either ...satisfactory
I notice a lot of the guys arent too keen on ash , so I thought I'd show that it'll make a quite satisfactory hunting bow. If I was to heat treat it mildley , then it would be even better, but I'm not going too.
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Offline budgolf

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Re: another ashbow
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2012, 05:09:01 pm »
Nice!
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2012, 09:29:56 pm »
Nice job on that one!! 8)
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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2012, 10:44:11 pm »
sweet i like that one
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2012, 12:12:36 am »
I think it's awesome.  I actually really like Ash.   Sweet bow.
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Offline adb

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2012, 12:15:31 am »
Nice bow. Nothing wrong with ash. One of the few bow woods that grows here. Your bow is on a fine line between pyramid bow and Holmegaard.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2012, 12:22:34 am »
Great looking bow there Dragon and you got a good bend on her also, its clean and pure looking. Got me a few ash staves a few months ago and will have to start one in a couple months. Made a handful of ash bows in the past but been a few years since I worked with it.
Looks like a good design you have there for ash, may have to copy it ;D.
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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2012, 04:56:12 am »
Nice clean design, build and finish.  A nice piece of wood too.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2012, 06:09:07 am »
Excellent tiller and a good looking bow.  I like the way the grain looks on ash.  We don't have white ash around here.  We have green ash which is very straight grained, but not as good a bow wood as the white. 
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2012, 06:15:15 am »
Very nice bow,got to love the grain on Ash. Nice job. :)
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Offline dragonman

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2012, 07:33:23 am »
thanks very much for all the comments..much appreciated....I've worked on this design for a few years now,  to get the best out of ash...It needs to be 2" at the fades, then it tapers 1/2" upto the mid-limb, then it tapers to 1/2" at the nocks and must be at least 68" long.....for anyone interested to copy the design...It will take some heat treatment on the belly and you can even get some reflex , as long as you dont overdo it and just toast untill it gets a very light brown colour. If you toast the bely more then it just crysals
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2012, 11:38:00 am »
Nice bow Dragonman. Its hard to stay away from ash's even, straight grain.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2012, 01:18:17 pm »
Yeah nice bow. The grain sowing on the back looks ramrod straight :).
The reason I don't like Ash so much is it's so damn hard, it's a bit tough on my elbows trying to drag my draw knife and spoke shave through it.
I still got some seasoning tho' as it's a damn sight better than no wood.
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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2012, 02:00:35 pm »
That's a dang fine bow there sir!
But can I ask, what makes it a homie?
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Ash Holmie
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2012, 03:20:16 pm »
Is the bow done from a stave with vertical grain?  Looks like it's quartersawn, and the handle doesn't appear to be glued on.  Very attractive bow no matter how it was done and lovely tiller.  Nice work.

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