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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« on: December 10, 2017, 10:47:14 am »
Sorry about the lack of info. Not a lot of time to write at the moment and I want to get the pics up. I'll get the more detailed info this evening when I can get the full draw pic.

Kyle

Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2017, 10:48:43 am »
Some more

Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2017, 10:50:12 am »
Last batch for the time being

Offline sleek

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2017, 11:47:58 am »
I love those ebony knots in persimmon. Its actually a very close relative to ebony which is why the black wood in it. Only wood i would actually welcome knots in. Hows it shoot kyle? I like it. Looming forward to more info on it.
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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2017, 12:39:34 pm »
looks like a fun bow Kyle!   :OK
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2017, 12:45:50 pm »
Real nice!  :BB.  That persimmon is pretty wood.  How does it work?
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2017, 12:56:40 pm »
Great looking bow Kyle. Looking forward to the full draw pic.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2017, 12:58:02 pm »
That could be flipped over and another arrow rest added to make an ambidextrous model >:D :OK.
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2017, 04:43:28 pm »
Nice looking bow.

Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2017, 05:50:35 pm »
It's 64" between the nock, 28" nock to fade, 2" fades and 4" handle. 1.5" from fade to mid limb before tapering to 3/8" nocks. The shelf and tips are bacote. I finished it with a rubbed in later of linseed oil before 6 coats of truoil. I was heat treated and bent pulling out some deflex and starting out with 1/2" of deflex. It took about 1" of set so so about 1.5" of deflex. I feel that it shoots pretty decent, about 150 fps comparing its trajectory to known bows. That knot worried me so I left that spot stiff to keep from having to wrap it or it break. The tiller was a bit tricky and I'm still not positive I got it 100%, with one limb having a deflex/reflex thing going on and the other being deflexed with a reflex spot right before the knot, and that knot i didn't want to split open. but it shoots well with acceptable set, so I'm content.

I also love those black knots and dark spots in te persimmon. And those horizontal lines that run everywhere.
I think it works pretty well, I think a bit easier than hickory To carve. But a comparable hardness. It's sort of different in its feel.

Thanks,
Kyle

Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2017, 06:13:18 pm »
That bend looks pretty nice to me. I'd say nice work on a challenging bit of wood!  :OK
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2017, 06:18:35 pm »
Lookn pretty good.....
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2017, 06:33:15 pm »
Congrats, Kyle! I like it.
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2017, 06:40:39 pm »
Cool lookin stik, nice work
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Re: Persimmon flatbow, 50# at 26"
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2017, 07:05:39 pm »
Nice job , looks like a shooter to me. :)
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