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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Black locust 50#@25", and she broke
« on: October 09, 2017, 05:12:14 pm »
Here's a black locust asymmetrical bow that I just finished up for a BJJ training partner. He liked the looks of the wide bows, so this one is 2 1/8" wide from fade to midlimb then tapering to 3/8" tips. The lower limb is 25" from fade to knock and the upper limb is 26". It's got a bit of a thump, but nothing serious. Gets a 450gr arrow at 157-160fps and at least for me, puts an arrow right where I want it out to 20 yards or so. I was going to go for a hollow limb with this one, but I ended up getting a little aggressive with the scraper and realized it was going to get VERY thin in the middle of I continued. I ended up with a mild hinge from this. But got it pretty well corrected and making the weight. So it turned out well. The finish is early American stain with a coating of melted in beeswax. It started with walnut overlays, but my tiller string was a bit thick for the nocks and broke them. So I thinned them down and glued on some Osage. Makes for a nice looking tip.

Thanks for looking,
Kyle
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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2017, 05:15:40 pm »
And a few more

Kyle

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2017, 05:23:09 pm »
Looks great! Very nice tiller. Jawge
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2017, 05:25:57 pm »
Very nice indeed. Great job working through all the unforeseen twists and turns.  :OK
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2017, 06:14:18 pm »
Tiller looks great... nice work
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2017, 08:11:15 pm »
Good looking bow & nice tiller.

Offline Pat B

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2017, 10:21:26 pm »
Excellent bow and excellent design for locust.  :OK
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Offline Morgan

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2017, 10:38:14 pm »
I like that.  I love the way locust looks and there is plenty of it there to look at.

Offline bjrogg

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2017, 10:52:17 pm »
Looks good like all the profiles. Must have got that slight hinge fixed up real quickly I don't see any evidence of one. Nice work.
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2017, 03:18:22 am »
Very nice love the BL look with your narrow tips !
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2017, 06:30:55 am »
Kyle,
That's a real nice bow. Oughta make him real happy.

Offline leonwood

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2017, 06:46:45 am »
That's a nice bow! I love BL! FD looks really good so nice recovery from that hinge!

Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2017, 08:16:40 am »
Looks really good.  How long is the bow?
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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2017, 08:40:36 am »
Thanks for the kind words everyone! I'm glad I was starting off heavy with it, as the hinge was real  bad initially. Just getting a 1" brace and seeing the hinge made me fear I'd fretted it out. But there was no damage at all. The limbs ended up about 1/4" thick when finished so I was able to fully remove the dished area. The overall length is about 61", with 59" ntn. Anymore I've settled in 8" of handle fade area, 4" handle and 2" fades. And 1" past each nock.

Kyle

Offline FilipT

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Re: Black locust 50#@25"
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2017, 08:47:01 am »
Good looking bow, I guess this would be a pyramid design?