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new Ipe/Hickory Warbow
deerhunter97370:
--- Quote from: Stonedog on February 08, 2008, 09:35:04 am ---AHHHH! I need warmer weather! All these ipe baked with hickory or boo are inspiring me to no end!!!!!! I have mine glued up!
Say....how thick is your backing?
Also, how thick was the bellly ipe when you initially glued it up?
Gods below.....is there a more beautiful combo than hickory backed Ipe???? I love the contrast....
I think I might start calling hickory backed Ipe.....Poor Man's Yew!
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Stonedog, You dont have to have money to own yew wood. Just make friends with and Oregon logger
babbott:
Thanks for all the nice words. I actually have two yew staves, just waiting to become bows. I made this bow to practice the circular tillering, and tillering heavier weight bows. The Ipe core was 1"thick x 1.5 x 71" when I bought it, and the hickory was ~3/16" to 1/4", I think. Justin, here are the other pictures that you requested:
-Ben
david w.:
great bow i love warbows they are very cool
mullet:
That's a cool looking bow. I have an unbacked one in the works. I'll see if I can bop my forehead. ;)
medicinewheel:
really fascinated with the bend! - sure looks great...well said it before but whatelse can i say?!
the hick backing looks kinda thick; how is stringfollow?? is the backing tapered?? before/after gluing up??
frank
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