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Offline twilightandmist

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53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« on: December 10, 2012, 05:37:32 pm »
As promised, here she is! unbacked cherry shortbow, 53 inches long, 27 inch draw. inspired by the western indian shortbows on pages 192 and 193 of TBB volume 1. i've put over 1,200 arrows through her to date, and she's holding solid! the limbs are about 2 and a half inches wide at mid limb. she's mighty fast, and a sweet draw. the tips are slightly recurved by hand, giving it a very pleasing shape and profile, and giving some cast. as always, comments welcome and encouraged!



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Offline Jodocus

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2012, 05:58:32 pm »
 :o

cool...
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 06:14:33 pm »
That's a lot of bend and weight from a piece of Cherry. great work! Was it a board or a stave?

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Offline twilightandmist

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 06:16:20 pm »
nope, this one was harvested from a tree.
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Offline sharpend60

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2012, 06:17:46 pm »
Do ya have an unstrung pic.?
Id like to see the pleasuring shape you mentioned.
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Offline twilightandmist

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2012, 06:26:08 pm »
here's an unstrung pic. hope ya like it
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2012, 07:11:12 pm »
Another nice one Mr.McArthur(correct me if I misspelled).  Sapwood?. It looks like you chased down to heartwood.
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Offline twilightandmist

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2012, 07:13:25 pm »
its MacArthur. quite a common mistake, though :) and yes, it is completely heartwood. i find that the sapwood is finnicky in tension and imparts a larger set than just the heartwood
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2012, 07:16:22 pm »
Awesome bow and it is very pleasing to look at strung and unstrung. The tiller must be perfect, I would think.
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Offline twilightandmist

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2012, 08:05:16 pm »
thank you!
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Offline koan

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2012, 08:14:30 pm »
Another theory shot to hell, lol.. Great Job!
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Offline soy

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2012, 08:34:00 pm »
  8) that's some pretty high draw weight... congratulations ;)
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2012, 08:39:46 pm »
Connor, I'm utterly amazed by your talent. You keep surprising the hell out of me every time you post a new bow. Keep up the tremendous work and by all means keep making these bows.>>Fred
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2012, 09:57:28 pm »
That's Awesome!
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: 53 inch Cherry Shortbow, 72# at 27 inches draw
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2012, 10:50:01 pm »
Hey, I had a 50/50 chance with  the name. Great job !How is it for shooting?
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