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First Recurve Attempt - Hickory 65 N/N

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Buckskinner:
Well after my last bow exploded, I pulled out another chunk of him and decided to try my hand at a recurve.  Boiled the tips for about an hour and put on a D style jig that copied from Clay Hayes, worked pretty well, but I think I need to get a tighter radius cut on jig and get a little more aggressive for next one.  First attempt at tips as well, deer antler.  I was shooting for 50# at 28" but tillering got away from me a little and was 46 when done, but after heat treating belly, I got back to a tick under 50#.  Certainly nothing fancy but happy how it turned out, smooth shooter and very little set (finally).

Stained with potassium permanganate and sealed with polymerized tung oil.

Thanks for looking!

Buckskinner:
Couple more.

rps3:
Looks good. Heat treating the belly of hickory is definitely the way to go.

BowEd:
and that's the way it's done.Nice work.Looks like your ready for the target range or the woods.

superdav95:
Bow looks great buckskinner.  Question for ya.  Did you also heat set the recurves after cooling off with dry heat.  I know this has helped with retaining the curves for me in hickory.  It’s a different wood with heat treatment for sure. 

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