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BowEd:
Not much comment on this but it's interesting to me.I put 28 strands of 7 ply linen on the back now which ended up being a little less than 1/32 of an inch thick.Put it back in the form.Came out in tiller again and now have a 58 to 59 pound bow.It now shoots that 500 grain arrow 165 to 170 foot a sec. with a 28 inch draw.I think I'll quit adding pounds now LOL and put some snake skins on and call it good.I was able to do some side tillering on it to reduce mass but still weighs 19.75 ounces.Which is close enough for me at my stage of bow making.To me this Koffe wood is a lot like elm or hickory maybe closer to hickory in density.Like some fellas have told me this is good bow wood.Pulls nice and smooth throughout the draw with very little hand shock on this mollie design.I'd like to get a deer with each one of my self bows.Does anyone have the problem I'm getting here of more bows than deer shot.LOL.Thanks for listening.

coaster500:
Any pictures of this bow? I'd like to see it :)

I've only built two bows and used Coffee Tree for the second one... I got lucky and it's a shooter :)

BowEd:
Yea I know and I would but only have a 35 mm. camera and am slow about getting modern here with a digital camera.That's great your bow come out good.Mine is 63 t to t.Horn overlays on tips with horn on the belly. and handle.Once I get the snake skins on I think I'll give it a few coats of poly.It's been braced for 3 hours at a time and shot probably 200 arrows.It unbraces with about a 1/2 to 3/4 inch string follow and is back flat in 2 hours.I'm obbsessive about staying away from string follow and this one fills my bill good enough.I'm sure it will follow more once it goes through a couple of hunting seasons or even one season.Got some shag ang pig nut hickory staves here drying by the wood stove here I'm looking forward to.It's a bit more dense than the coffee wood and I get a kick out of the cambium back on this stuff after bark removal.Looks like a person just walks over to a tree and just plucks the bow right out of the trunk.LOL.Have fun shooting your bows.I know it took and still is taking a lot of practice and tweaking to shoot consistently accurate with these bows.

TRACY:
Would love to pics Ed. Just got done reading posts and it sounds like you did some research and homework. Got a few staves of it left and might just put the knife to one after deer season.

Thanks
Tracy

BowEd:
Yes I know the pics would seem to help with what I'm talking about here.I still just got this 35 mm. camera here and I don't go through as much film as I used to taking pictures of my coon hounds at night.Plus the developers of 35 mm. film are getting fewer and fewer and only doing it once aweek now at least here.A digital camera has to be purchased soon.Have to learn how to run and transfer that stuff too to the computer.LOL.I'm 57 and only owned a computer about 5 years.Kind of set in my ways but am willing to try I guess.Got deer shot pictures too I'm not getting on here.Do you have coffee tree staves or hickory?I went through a bit of work on that coffee tree bow with the horn and linen and all.I've only made about 30 bows so far.Mostly hedge.It is fun to try other woods.The white woods are a little more touchy than hedge.With wood removal during tillering etc.It's hard to beat old hedge.Closest thing in my area would be this hickory I think.How's deer season going?

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