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Offline Marc St Louis

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Pyramid Elm
« on: April 02, 2013, 11:55:19 pm »
I finished this Elm bow a little while ago for a guy in Ohio.  He wanted a bow that he could shoot targets with and also do a bit of hunting.  Being able to shoot both left and right he wanted a shelf on both sides of the handle.  He also wanted a fairly light bow with enough performance to hunt Deer size game so I heat-treated several inches of reflex into the bow, it kept a couple of inches of that.  The bow is 67" long with 1 5/8" wide limbs and pulls just over 40# @ 29".  Performance is pretty good.  Here's a couple pictures






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Offline rossfactor

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2013, 12:23:17 am »
Sweet Marc,

I like the double shelves.  Heck of an unbraced profile.  I enjoy seeing your bows now and then when you post them.

Thanks,

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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2013, 12:35:04 am »
Looks good Marc. That is a nice reflex profile you put into it. I tend to come in under weight if I go for that much reflex, by the time
I get it on the short string I seem to think its stronger than it actually is. I'll catch on to it eventually though. :)
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Offline Lefty8917

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2013, 02:32:36 am »
Beautiful bow Mark! The reflex in that thing is crazy. I just finished up a two way shooter myself.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2013, 05:54:32 am »
Lovely bow and my kind of weight too.  :)
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Offline Eastman

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2013, 06:12:23 am »
sweet looking bow :)
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2013, 06:20:18 am »
Very nice Marc,tiller looks sweet. :)
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mikekeswick

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2013, 07:06:26 am »
That un-braced picture tells the story.  ;)
Great looking bow.
Elm is just great wood isn't it, when it's heat treated it becomes almost magical stuff.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2013, 07:35:29 am »
Held good reflex. Nice work!

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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2013, 08:33:54 am »
This was a good piece of Elm, came from a small tree I cut about 15 years ago.  Sometimes you cut some Elm that is great and sometimes you get some that is not so good.

The lower limb on this bow has a small amount of character to it
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Offline nathan elliot

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2013, 09:07:30 am »
Nice full draw - full draw pic, I like to see the arrow all the way back like that in a picture, its the shape of things to come!  That's a tiller to aspire to.
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2013, 09:12:12 am »
It is nice to see your bows again Marc. Always stellar. I'm begining to think that an elm bow is in my near future as I have seen a few posted on here lately that are getting my juices flowing. I better go harvest me some soon so I have something to work with.  Nice job.   Danny
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2013, 09:13:03 am »
Really nice job on that one, Marc. I love the unstrung reflex profile, especially when you get the full D shape when drawn. I am not sure if you posted a shot of the belly. I was curious on elm whether you had to brown the belly to get that much reflex.
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Pyramid Elm
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2013, 10:16:48 am »
thats a dandy mark. i have been an elm fan for a long time. and theres no doubt in my mind it will make meat.
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2013, 10:19:45 am »
Nice bow :)
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