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Offline RyanY

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Simple Hickory D Bow
« on: February 18, 2015, 08:32:02 am »
Designed this bow off of one I made several years ago that I thought I could improve upon. I made it from a larger bow that I stopped working on because it took too much set early in the build, probably because of moisture. This one turned out 50#@28" and 58" ntn with about 1/2" of set. It was fun to make a successful bow out of what I originally considered a failure. :) Not too often I see side nocks so I added a few extra pics of them.








Offline half eye

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 08:48:39 am »
Nice even bend right there and that string angle says ya got all of it. Good save sir 8) I'll bet it gets rid of a arrow PDQ too. Always love me a good bendy ;)
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 08:49:43 am »
  Nice bend on that one 8) see'n a lot of hickory posted lately and haven't made one in a while. Interesting nocks...How wide are the limbs?
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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 09:00:31 am »
Nice front profile n bends sparty pants!!! :)

Offline Denham Archer

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 09:30:52 am »
Strong work!

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 09:38:25 am »
Nice save.  Looks like a good shooting bow.
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 09:53:58 am »
A sweet simple bow Dr. Yoon!
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Offline Electricfrontporch

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 10:02:27 am »
Beautifully simple......what are the tip overlays? 
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 10:03:27 am »
Cool she's workin' pretty hard.... that's what I like to see. :)
Yup. like the side nocks... heck I like everything about her ;D
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2015, 10:16:26 am »
Great time to work hickory up here right now doc, our place is under 20%. Slick stick.
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Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2015, 10:17:30 am »
really nice, clean essential bow
I like it alot
.... and should you loose all your arrows you can always unstrung it and use as a spear  ;)

Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2015, 10:18:11 am »
Nice work on that stick.  I love all of it.  Tips, front profile, and bend
I just tried my hand at a side nock last night very similar to yours.  Funny to see one this morning on here.  Nice work again.

Offline Arrowind

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2015, 10:18:26 am »
Cool. Gotta feel good to make something that nice out of something you thought was a failure.  This inspires me to consider going back to the discard pile and see what I can do.  Nice work.  Like those knocks and the bend too.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2015, 10:18:35 am »
I really like that design.  Very nice!

Offline JonW

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2015, 10:54:43 am »
Cool profile on that one.