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"Molly The Impaler"
« on: December 05, 2012, 06:19:18 pm »
Vlad The III from the house of Dracul was nicknamed "Vlad The Impaler" for his cruel punishment upon his enemies(fact),and his wifes name was Molly and this was her bow(fiction)...lol  :laugh:

Seriously tho this stave was deemed for the "firepile" by my buddies Jon(straightarrow) and Bill(hickorybill)back when we cut this lot of hedge a year and half ago. I took it with me to maybe,just maybe,one day fling some arras with it. Well guess what,that day has come and I got it flinging arras. It had three live branches sticking out of it when it was cut n split. I removed one thats in the working limb top limb and drilled it out for a 3/4" hole in the bow. The skewer in the middle is in the handle,and the skewer in the lower limb is actually a part of the  lever. I only chased a ring over the working limbs and left all the sapwood on the levers and in the handle. The handle also has such a steep concavity to it,and with the skewers(knots) that it was actually best and easiest to lay out this stave as a molly and sapwood levers and handle. This bow is straight up wicked looking,i love it. Its more of a novelty bow,and made for the sake of overcoming such a flawed character stave,and to prove Jon n Bill wrong >:D I probably wont shoot it much,altho it does spit an arra purtty darn quick despite that lower skewer looking all fat and nasty heavy. It does have a small noisy vibration to it because no matter how hard i tried i couldnt get that bottom limb to weigh the same as the top and be balanced because of that branch,but i wouldnt call it handshock. Its 64"ntn,50@28",24 oz mass weight,jibarillo tip overlays. Enjoy the nastiness  >:D






















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Offline bubby

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2012, 06:22:36 pm »
that's wicked cool blackhawk, just plain wicked, Bub
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2012, 06:24:56 pm »
'Tis CRAZY & TWISTED just like you...just perfect in my book!

Pretty dang cool bro...
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2012, 06:32:07 pm »
That is Sick!  8)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2012, 06:32:18 pm »
That's quite a character bow! Nicely done. Jawge
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2012, 06:32:38 pm »
If ever I become enough of a bowyer to create such a thing, ...I shall be most proud!  Though she's as ugly as homemade sin, there's just something extra special about her.  Is there any such thing as a piece of osage that you cannot turn into a functioning bow?

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Offline Del the cat

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2012, 06:33:39 pm »
Thars Orcs out there'll pay plenty of severed heads for a bow like that >:D
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Offline RyanY

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2012, 06:40:15 pm »
That is too cool. Although looking at the direction of those spikes, it looks like you have the bow upside down. The bow gods might be mad.  ;)
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Offline BowEd

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2012, 06:42:44 pm »
Man that's wicked looking.I can see the 4 to 5 rings of sapwood taper in one picture.Unique as all get out.You've outdone yourself again I'd say.
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Offline Bryce

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2012, 06:44:27 pm »
I've seen the sapwood left on the handle and tips before .... Now where did I see that at :o >:D

That's a dirty girl right there. Fantastic!
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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2012, 07:05:12 pm »
Thats one way to make a bent stick nicly done amigo
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2012, 07:06:30 pm »
Dude, you could reduce mass by removing those spikes.  It would make your bow faster.   >:D >:D >:D Just kidding. That would be lame.

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Offline Utmostcone

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2012, 07:10:45 pm »
Never seen anything like that before, Very interesting! great work :)
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Offline seabass

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2012, 07:16:50 pm »
that is very cool Chris.i dig it the most.good job brother.
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Offline Will H

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Re: "Molly The Impaler"
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2012, 07:28:53 pm »
OH MY!!!! I REALLY like this one!!! Man Chris you outdone yourself fella! That thing looks SO cool  :o
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