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Offline Threy Cameron

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows 53lb @ 26"
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2026, 01:57:55 am »
Hey guys finally completed both White Oak bows. Each drawing around 53lb @ 26". With brush tail possum fur string silencers that me and my brother harvested and tanned. Wild goat horn nocks that I harvested myself with a different design for each bow. Bow 2 has a shelf whilst bow 1 is shooting off the knuckle. It was fun to test different styles between the bows and try out some new techniques.

Edit: The full build video is up on YouTube now, feel free to check it out if interested: https://youtu.be/PQfi-Oxemdk
























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Offline Pat B

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2026, 02:45:07 am »
A very nice couple of white oak bows. Well done.  :OK
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2026, 10:44:13 am »
Sweet. That arrow pass inlay is awesome.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2026, 01:21:45 pm »
Your tiller is exemplary. Well done, well done indeed.
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Offline Threy Cameron

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2026, 07:15:37 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on April 18, 2026, 01:21:45 pm
Your tiller is exemplary. Well done, well done indeed.


Cheers for the comments guys! Really happy with how the bows turned out. Managed to get my hands on some Black Locust too so be keen to see what its like.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2026, 11:33:49 am »
Pay close attention to your tiller with the black locust. It is quick to show your flaws with frets.
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Offline Threy Cameron

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2026, 12:00:08 am »
Quote from: Pat B on April 19, 2026, 11:33:49 am
Pay close attention to your tiller with the black locust. It is quick to show your flaws with frets.

I'd heard that it like to chrysal if not properly tillered or overstressed too early. I was planning on making my designs a bit wider and heat treating after floor tillering to try and avoid chrysals. I'd also heard if tillered well it makes fantastic bows that are really fast, with some people saying its their second favorite bow wood. Looking forward to trying it out and it'll be a good test of my tillering skills too.

The first two pics are the Black Locust staves I managed to split out of one large stave in the last picture. They have really nice rings too!






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Offline Hamish

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2026, 08:43:01 pm »
Awesome job with the bows. Watched your Youtube video, very enjoyable.
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #23 on: Today at 12:42:11 am »
Those are some nice black locust staves. Please keep us updated when you get to working them.
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Offline Threy Cameron

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Re: Two White Oak Board Bows (In Progress) Update
« Reply #24 on: Today at 04:09:08 am »
Thanks Hamish glad you enjoyed the video. Tried to make it capture the main parts without getting too bogged down in the tillering for most of the viewers.

I'll definitely keep you updated bentstick54, I'm quite excited to try it out and see how it performs.
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