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Finished composite hickory bow/ pics
sieddy:
Man that is absolutely flipping brilliant in every respect! :)
BowEd:
Thanks sieddy...Through all the testing done shooting and hunting this bow has not gotten very many days' off from the month of June till present.Because of sinew curing more as time went on from the time of intial tillering chronograph results have been updated.Very pleased with every aspect of it.
BowEd:
Did a little more testing....Placed the test onto reply number 69 with the rest of the testing and videos.At the very end of reply there is 1 more video shooting a 500 grain arrow.It's important to mention these test shots were made with a 2gpp 9 strand string made of fast flight.Around 110 grains.Using B50 would not produce as much speed but still very respectable.
Update without reposting the topic here.A modification so to speak.Not wanting to put this done bow to the forefront again.
A crack developed lengthwise off the corner of the fade at the deeply carved out arrow pass.Too much carving too deep not into the depth of the handle far enough back the cause along with the back not being rounded enough.Fixed it with sinew wrap and covered it with like type copperhead skins.Retillered the bow down to 48#'s now too with horn removal never pulling it past 48#'s.It reduced mass weight down to 16.55 ounces.Still kept all 8" of reflex and degree of performance.Shooting a 550 grain 11.5 gpp hunting arrow into the mid 170's.A 10 gpp arrow of 480 grains into the mid to upper 180's.I actually like the look even better now myself.Some pics.Sure am glad I updated the pics of this bow with imgur as photobucket has struck again.It's good they can only delete the pics and not the info about the bow.
The problem.
The crack actually did'nt migrate onto the back any....Just the side length wise as shown.Sinew job on back prevented that I suspect.
The fix.No reason it won't work here as well as it does reenforcing lap splice handles on sheep horn bows.Not the thickness of sinew that all horn bow handles get but still around a good 3 layers of wrapping thick.
The finish.Veg tanned beavertail handle grip & copperhead skins over sinew wraps.
Thought I'd take a few more proper pics of the bow in better surroundings on a hollow hickory stump that I made a nice drum out of.
I'm actually aiming right at about where Robin found the latest deer shot with this bow.Here's the deer harvested with it.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,62008.0.html
willie:
That is quite a project, Ed. Beautiful bow and workmanship.
bjrogg:
Ed, not sure why but I hardly ever come here. That is probably stupid on my part. I had to come here to see you primitive stringer video. Sure glad you sent me here Wow, that is one awesome bow you made there really beautiful bend. I really like the profile kind of a combination long bow recurve horn bow really sweet. I bet most wheelie bow guys would think your stringing it backwards. lol. Sure wish you could have got a buck this year with her but I'm sure she'll be shooting for many years yet. Thanks for the stringer tip looks like it works real slick
bjrogg
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