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Offline bubby

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black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« on: January 04, 2015, 01:55:18 pm »
got a nice pc of black locust from Greg/badly bent a while back and just finished it up, 64" ttt with some short statics and a Eiffel tower kind of layout, I used some hoof that I got from dubois If I remember right, really worked nice, anyway the bow is 48# @ 28" and shot to 29"fast  and pretty wood, easy to work I liked it

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2015, 01:56:42 pm »
more pics and money shot





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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2015, 01:57:44 pm »
doubled up on a pic, sorry bout that :laugh:
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Offline bushboy

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2015, 02:02:37 pm »
Looks. Great!bets it shoots fast and flat!
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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2015, 02:19:21 pm »
Nice looking locust! Should be snappy ;)
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2015, 02:38:16 pm »
Blank locust sure is nice looking
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Offline bubby

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2015, 02:50:22 pm »
thanks guy's it is pretty wood I have another pc but it's a bit more challenging than this one, here's a pic of that hoof overlay, stuff is hard and finishes out nice
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2015, 02:56:54 pm »
Looking great bub.  Nice overlas :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2015, 03:34:31 pm »
Man Bubby that bow looks smooth and nice all around, great work on that IL black locust my friend. I haven't made a bow from that batch of locust yet but Pearly has a few few other PA guys have staves from it and I've heard it is pretty solid stuff. I got a couple staves of it left, think I'll tear in to one soon. :)

Looks like you heat treated the belly? Also is that big knot in the second to last picture in the handle area of that bow?
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Offline bubby

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2015, 03:53:07 pm »
yeah Greg she's a smooth shooter, and that knot is in the handle still has bark or cambrium in it and is slightly open, no bend there so no worries, thank's for the chance to work it, I did heat treat the belly and also got some funky deflex out of one limb, if I was to do it again I think i'd make the levers just a little shorter and get a little more working limb but other than that it's a good design I think for this wood
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2015, 04:33:39 pm »
Really nice looking bow bubby,
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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2015, 04:40:32 pm »
That is a nice looking bow.  I love the tip overlays.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2015, 05:00:44 pm »
Great looking bow!  Tip overlays look great.
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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2015, 06:55:05 pm »
Nice looking bow!  Horn turned out great.
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Offline bow101

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Re: black locust pyramid/molly/curve
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2015, 07:09:43 pm »
The hoof overlay blends in nice with the wood.  Cool - clean stick.
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