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Offline Hans H

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black locust for a friend
« on: May 16, 2016, 04:00:50 pm »
Hello Folks,
I got a deal with a guy who works at the national forest: I get a few car trailors with bow wood and therefor I build a selfbow for him.
See what comes out:
Black Locust, statics,  length ttt 66“, width  40mm, thickness 12mm.
Draw- weight  36#  @ 26“, enjoy and tell me your thoughts please. I`ll appreciate, thanks







Hans,      Bavaria, Germany

Offline Ranasp

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2016, 05:06:17 pm »
I hope my Black Locust bow comes out half as nice as yours!

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2016, 05:18:43 pm »
That's a nice looking bow. 
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline bubby

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2016, 05:28:12 pm »
Very nice bow
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Offline Bob W.

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2016, 05:33:52 pm »
A little light for me, but a dandy bow. Nice job Hans!

Offline JonW

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2016, 07:33:53 pm »
Nice! I like a good locust bow.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2016, 09:19:48 pm »
Wow! Great tiller. Jawge
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Offline BowEd

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2016, 12:17:30 am »
Very nice curvy BL.
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Offline Hans H

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2016, 03:49:35 am »
Bob, for me too, but this guy use it maybe for 20 shots in a year, so I decide that´s enough
thank you all for your responds.
Hans
Hans,      Bavaria, Germany

Offline Stixnstones

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2016, 01:46:06 pm »
again, real nice work.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2016, 02:10:15 pm »
Nice looking bow, should be fun for him to shoot at that wieght maybe he will want you to build him another if he gets the bug
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2016, 03:05:05 pm »
Very nice bow Hans, excellent bend

Offline simson

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2016, 03:09:27 pm »
Well made my friend, hope I see these bows in person soon.
Simon
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2016, 07:38:56 pm »
Nice bow Hans, the workmanship looks top notch. I like the color in that piece of locust, very pretty. Also like the back profile and the smooth flow at the transition from handle to the shoulders at the fades. Excellent bow.
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Offline Hans H

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Re: black locust for a friend
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2016, 01:16:19 pm »
many thanks for your kind words, gentelmen.
Hans
Hans,      Bavaria, Germany