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Black cherry recommendations, And boom she goes
Mo_coon-catcher:
Here's a few pictures of what I got roughed out. It's 83" long, 44mm wide 9" each way from center then tapers to 25mm wide tips. The thickness is 1.5" center to 1.25" at 9", then tapers to 7/8" tips. I gave it a shallow rounded belly for now. It has one knot left in it, I guess two, both showing only the belly side and one will disappear after one or two more rasping sessions. The bigger one is going away pretty quickly too. The link at the tip is from a branch it split from. Those dark patches on the back are the stained scars from knots in the back that went away when chasing a ring. I feel like it's ready do put a long string on and see where it's at.
So how's it look?
Kyle
mullet:
Put a hard hat on when you draw it. ;)
WillS:
That big kink at the end of one of the limbs is a problem. With yew you wouldn't even bother thinking about it, but cherry isn't quite as friendly...
Luckily you've got lots of length so if it gets as far as the piking stage, make sure you only take it from that end, to bring the kink closer to the nock. Tiller accordingly, so that you don't need to tweak the other limb to balance it.
Nice looking stave other than that though. Best of luck, I hope this one works out!
BowEd:
Interesting Mo and wish you the best of luck.
Mo_coon-catcher:
Thanks, I'm excited to see how this price of wood accepts being bent. I'm still waiting for the weather to clear up so I can set the tiller tree back up. It's been rainy and foggy for the last week so I havnt had a chance to set it back up yet.
Kyle
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