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Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« on: July 22, 2018, 03:29:17 am »
and the second out of an unique looking stave ...

ntn:    59½”
bh:    5”
mass:   506 gram
max. width: 1¾”
symmetrical
stiff handle:
species: carpinus betulus

08”:   06,0
10”:   11,2   (+5,2)
12”:   15,9   (+4,7)
14”:   20,2   (+4,3)
16”:   24,3   (+4,1)
18”:   28,4   (+4,1)
20”:   32,6   (+4,2)
22”:   36,6   (+4,0)
24”:   40,6   (+4,0)
26”:   45,0   (+4,4)
28”:   49,8   (+4,8)

Carpinus betulus, european hornbeam, or Hainbuche in German is one of the heaviest and densest woods here in Germany. This one was harvested years ago in summer and I remember it was not easy to remove the bark.
The back of the bow has a stunning texture of grooves and valleys. This stave had a very unusual cross section – an oval shaped about 1½” x 2½”. I used the flatter side, but had to accept another funny thing – the side profile had a pronounced dogleg. Btw. The complete short diameter of that stave is at handle (1½” depth), if you look close you can see the pith in one of the detail pics.
The bow got some stain, as the wood is otherwise boring white, a mild brown and some reddish at the handle area. Some remaining cambium also adds some color on the back.
Tips are pin nocks, which I thought is the right for that crude stick.
The handle is covered with hemp yarn.















































Simon
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2018, 03:47:55 am »
Woo, clean elegant characterful, that's a beaut :)
Del
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2018, 05:50:17 am »
Cool. You make such interesting bows!   8)
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2018, 06:33:28 am »
Wow!  I don't think I would of ever considered making a bow out of that stave.  That is some great work and a beautiful bow. 

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2018, 07:05:14 am »
Love it.  )P(
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2018, 07:13:15 am »
Very impressive! Jawge
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2018, 08:18:14 am »
Yea! But that is one beautiful crude stick....Really like.

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2018, 08:56:06 am »
Another beauty Simson. That sure looks like some HHB staves I'm curing, or try to find the motivation to work on them. Might have just found it.
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2018, 08:58:20 am »
Jeez you do nice work Simon! I love the wiggly sticks.

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2018, 02:32:23 pm »
Simson! Great to see your new bows! Awesome how you can make a beautiful elegant bow out of what some people would consider an ugly stick! Really nice bend with that serious dogleg. And that grooved back looks great!

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2018, 06:18:29 pm »
Nice looking bow.

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2018, 12:43:15 pm »
Thanks a lot guys!
Simon
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2018, 04:05:24 pm »
Man, you really do make it fun.  Just super. :OK
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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2018, 08:39:03 pm »
Great character in that bow. Hurts my brain just thinking how to go about tillering that dog leg lol. Great bow, amazing tiller.

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Re: Carpinus betulus 'DOGLEG' (No. 103)
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2018, 04:52:40 am »
Beautiful bow, love the character. :)
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