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Offline SLIMBOB

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Hackberry Bow. Finished pics added.
« on: August 12, 2012, 03:11:53 pm »
Hey guys, been out of pocket for a bit, but found a few days to finish one up (almost).  Hackberry, 62" ttt.  2" at the fades tapers to 1 3/4" mid limb and then tapers sharply to 3/8" tips.  27" draw, 47 lbs.  horn tip overlays.  I will put a brain tan handle wrap and horn strike plat on today.  It started out as a 70" mollie, but limitations with the stave caused me to change it up early on.  Ended up with a semi pyramid/Meare Heath hybrid I guess.  Shot 100 or so arrows out of it the last few days.  Really sweet shooter.

Had a little scrap brain tan (too much work goes into it to consider any of it "scrap") just the right size.  Added a little vermilion to color it up a bit.  Really like the way it shoots.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 03:32:53 pm »
Nice job, Slim!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 03:37:13 pm »
Oh Lordee, me likee, me likee plentee!
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2012, 04:54:45 pm »
Like me some hackberry........looks good.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2012, 05:01:50 pm »
Yea!!  Great job :)
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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2012, 07:36:20 pm »
Looking good Slim! Like the style and bend. I got one in the works that is slighty longer with a couple inches of reflex.


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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2012, 08:53:28 am »
Thanks!  I'll post more pics when I finish the handle.
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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2012, 09:04:48 am »
Looks good,I like that style, I use that design a lot. Nice job. :)
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2012, 11:25:23 am »
Lookin good Slimbob, like that nearly flat unbraced profile and the tiller as well looks nice.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2012, 02:55:30 pm »
Nicely done sir!  Hackberry grain sure is purty with a little color added.  Josh
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Re: Hackberry Bow
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2012, 09:48:00 pm »
Nice job on that bow. I would like to see it all done.
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Re: Hackberry Bow. Finished pics added.
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2012, 11:26:59 pm »
Thanks for all the kind comments.  I have seen a lot of really awesome bows from all of you guys.  Really inspiring stuff you know what I mean?  The friend that showed me how to make bows back in the mid 90's (he was making them before the TBB's) came down for the weekend.  He couldn't believe I was making them out of Hackberry.  He has made countless bows from bois d'ark, hickory, ash, elm, chokecherry and a few others, but Hackberry?  Well, we made him 2 plains style Hackberry bows over the weekend.  48",  45lbs, 23" draw.  Both about an inch and a quarter wide.  105 degrees every day, but what's a little heat when there are bows to build, and friends to build them with.  Wow.
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Re: Hackberry Bow. Finished pics added.
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 12:02:41 am »
Looks great Slim! I'm working on an ash bow would like my handle to look as nice as yours. Would you mind sharing dimensions on the handle and into the fades?
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« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2012, 12:19:53 am »
The handle is 5" long, 1" wide and about 1 3/8" deep.  The middle of the handle is slightly crowned (on the belly) at 1 1/2" deep.   2" fades and the limbs are 2" wide at the fades.  Good luck with it.
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Re: Hackberry Bow. Finished pics added.
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2012, 12:32:39 am »
Thank you sir! Have fun shooting that great looking bow.
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