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Offline IdahoMatt

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City Locust Bow
« on: August 10, 2013, 07:49:08 pm »
  The wood for this bow was saved from the tree trimmers at my work.  I asked the man if he would be willing to save me any of the long and strait branches.  He said "what for"?  When I told him "for bows" he gave me a funny look and replied "sure what ever".  I got a lot of wood that day ranging from 1" to 3" diameter branches.  Back then I did not know that you could remove the bark, then put a sealer to prevent checking.  I took one of the limbs bark off and spit it out.  It checked horribly.  So I just left the rest on.  It was a pain to remove later after the wood was good and dry, but i got it off and was happy with the results.  Any way the bow is 52" long and about 1" at the widest.  It pulls ~33# @ 22".  It started with 3" of reflex or more and holds about 1 3/4".  The snake was one big bull snake (love those).  I made this bow for my wife who love bow and archery but has never been much of a shooter until this bow.  She has put about 500 arrows thew it.  Her confidence as a shooter has risen 10 fold.  now we get to shoot almost every night.  Any critiques welcome as always
  Thanks Matt
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2013, 07:55:56 pm »
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2013, 08:06:08 pm »
Sweet looking bow and great pics
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2013, 08:07:54 pm »
Thanks DBar.  For the low poundage it hits hard :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2013, 08:23:18 pm »
Nothing to critique here, man I love that bow. Very neat finish work, clean and graceful lines, skins contrast beautifully with the wood and braced and drawn pics look great. I think you gotta put that one in for bom. Real nice locust bow!
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2013, 09:00:16 pm »
Looks great, and it gets you out with the best shooting partner in the world. Win ,win  situation! 
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2013, 09:17:16 pm »
Thanks Greg it means a lot coming from you. I've always loved your bows
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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2013, 09:22:26 pm »
Nice work on that one Matt  :)
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2013, 09:22:38 pm »
You are totally right lost arrow.  The wife and I put our six month old son down for bed, take the monitor  out and spend an hour together.  Can't beat it with a stick >:D pun intended
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2013, 09:25:14 pm »
Thanks Chris means a lot from you too.  Can't say how much I love the generosity on this site! :)
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2013, 09:51:09 pm »
Matt, you did a fantastic job on that one. You did yourself proud and your wife got a beautiful bow.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2013, 09:59:02 pm »
Thanks Fred she loves it. 
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Offline JonW

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2013, 10:56:56 pm »
Matt that is a super nice bow! Enjoy shooting with your wife.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2013, 11:32:35 pm »
Thanks Jon.  Your black locust scalloped is one of my favorites 8)
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Offline tallpine

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Re: City Locust Bow
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2013, 11:42:41 pm »
Well done, beautiful bow
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