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My ugly bow
koan:
Hello, here is my latest project. It is 57" tip to tip, 1 1/4" wide until 8" from the tips tapering to 1/2" nocks, 4 1/2" handle wrapped with 80# braided fishing line. Thread wrapping on top limb covering a suspect knot, the wrap on lower limb just asthetics.Stained with Minwax Jacobean. It is 45# @ 26". After shootin in @ 40#@26"(that was my goal) I had about an inch of string follow(got in a hurry) so I dicided to try flippin the tips and ended up at 45#. It shot so nice I decide to leave it there. The tiller is really ugly on this bow, it needs to bend more from the fades and I could'nt get as much bend toward the tips as I wanted cuz of the snakiness and a couple of troublesome knots.This was a narrow split off another stave so I could'nt lay it out around them. Made this bow for a freind and it was kinda hard to let it go cuz man it really shoots well and fast and incredably smooth although Im not sure why :o....Let me know whatya think.
Brian
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Coo-wah-chobee:
Brian......very nice. Let it alone, shoots good an smooth and ya like it. Tiller is sometimes asthetics, shoots good right ? Once again very nice bow, can see why have trouble lettin' it go ;)....bob
FlintWalker:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think it's pretty! SW
koan:
Thanks fellers, first bow Ive made thet shoots where you look. I put around a hundred or so shots thru it at 10 to20 yards and you could darn near draw a ten inch circle round the arrow holes :D...Brian
Pat B:
Very nice bow, Brian. ;) Those little kicked up tips add a bit more zip to a bow. Pat
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