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Gnarly American hornbeam
Jim Davis:
I cut a 6" hornbeam tree a year or three ago. Just got around to making a bow out of it. I had made bows of hop hornbeam, but never one from "muscle wood."
This one is 64" ntn, 2" wide at the fades, about 3/8" wide at the tips, straight taper from fades to tips. Draw weight is 42# at 28". Handle is 4" non-bending.
Jim Davis:
Couple more
Jim Davis:
Resending this one. Hope it's not distorted like the first.
Stickbow Felty:
Nice bow Jim. How easy is that wood to work
Jim Davis:
I t seems about as hard as hickory, but I sawed it out with a band saw and did l most of the sanding on a belt sander. Hand work was mostly rasping the handle shape.
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