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Copperhead Bow
Roger:
Great lookin bow Greg!...love the skins. Ain't that gnarly Osage a hoot...LOL Nice work on a challenging stave!
R
GregB:
I reallly appreciate your kind words about my bow. It feels good to know that fellow bowyers appreciate my work! :)
Marius, I havn't applied Badgers mass formula to this bow. I was just striving to get to make a workable bow hopefully with decent weight. The flaws in the wood forced the direction I took with the bow. I would like to learn more about Badgers technique though...
Chris, I'm really happy with the brilliant color that came out from the skins. I didn't darken the back prior to applying the skins, don't know if that would have made any difference or not.
Pat, sorry but I have to include you also with that elite pair of bozo's you mentioned! I knew I'd seen short skins used like this before...;D
white wood:
very nice bow greg! glad the stave worked out for you. 1 1/4" is pretty narrow! did it take any extra set because of it? i also like the looks of the skins stopping and showing off the osage. the skins look awesome! ill have a set of copperheads soon and will have to get a piece of osage because they look great on that color wood! your handle also looks great and all the colors work together on that sweet looking bow! -jesse
GregB:
Thanks Jesse! I just went and messured for set. It is holding about 3/4" of reflex at this point after shooting over 100 arrows out of it. Having said that, I had reflexed the bow prior to tillering which offset some of the potential set that any bow would get from tillering. Also the natural dip out of the fades in the top limb is in a deflex direction.
My wife just got back from Walmart and they found the missing pictures. Here are some including full draw...
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venisonburger:
What a beauty, graceful, almost looks like it wants to duck into the wood pile it's on top of. I really like the color of copperhead skins, one day I'll have to score some and give em a try.
can't wait to see the full draw when you get them, If you can tiller a snakey pc like that you're reading wood well.
VB
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