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Backed BL Molle 63"ntn otb - 48#@27"

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backtowood B2W:
Hi!
Been a while... not much time for making bows and less too be active on this forum...
But, had a knee surgery 2 weeks ago and some time now, so I grabbed my cam and took some pics from the Black Locust Bow with I shot last year and fixed two month ago. There was a splinter lifting at a ridge on the back just below the pin knot cluster midlimbs - upper limb. So I backed it with a thin wapiti rawhide which was one piece and very thin outwards - you can see the wood grain underneath. Before, I heat treated it once again...Tillered it down too 48# at 27". (was tillered too 50#at 28" but didn't pull it too 28" again as it took an inch of set last time.) Didn't take set again which makes me very happy (SH). 2" of backset after unstringing and almost 3" resting.
The stave and Layout was a bit tricky - 6 big clusters of pin knots, 1 in the grip, 1 midlimb - left a bit stiff, 1 in the shoulder, 1 I could eliminate, and 2 close to the fades are almost eliminated - I still can see a little pin there. A bit of closer to center shot was also a result.
The levers have been an inch longer but one started to bend sideways after narrowing them. But I could still reduce mass by heat treating and hollowing the belly side.
ok pics:

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BowEd:
Lovely looking bow you made there.Like the design also.Not without it's character too which is a plus.
Very nice tedious work on a tempermental piece of wood.Nice adaptation hollowing your levers also.
Lengthening those levers comes with some adjustments.Everything has got to be in line especially the more that you recurve them.Heat treating them can help stiffen them.
I've had them bow sideways myself.

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