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WindhoverMark:
I've been really enjoying making bendy handles and this one is my favorite so far. It's a short piece of hickory I harvested out of a fenceline. It had already been topped so all I was going to get out of it was 63". I split it in half and made two D-bows out of it. With this one I was trying to maximize efficiency by applying the mass principle. It currently weighs a hair under 1lb which is still 3oz heavy. But I was starting to get nervous that taking anymore off would destroy the bow (the limbs are only 1.25" wide).
After heat treating it shoots 52# at 28" and still holds a very slight amount of reflex unstrung. My leather work isn't the greatest, but it'll hunt.
Of the woods I have worked with so far, hickory is absolutely my favorite (my osage is still seasoning). I can understand why it has the reputation it does. It's super forgiving to the beginning bowery and dang near indestructible.

superdav95:
Congrats on that bow.  Looks great!  Bend looks very good too.  The cook looks good from the pics.  Makes a huge difference for hickory. 

TimBo:
Nice - that is a good looking bow!

PEARL DRUMS:
A more square pic fully drawn pic would make it easier to see your extra ounces. From what I can see your mid limbs need more movement, they are a bit flat. I bet its close to the 3 ozs you are looking for.

BowEd:
Hickory IMO can be a top notch type wood.Nice bow you made there while paying attention to details.
In the future not quite so near handle or round in the handle bending on these D bows.You can get away with no hand shock with hickory but when making the same bow from osage more than likely there will be some.
The osage will need to be a more eliptical type bending bow because of it's density.

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