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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on March 20, 2011, 08:18:10 pm

Title: latest project . horsebow style
Post by: ken75 on March 20, 2011, 08:18:10 pm

i knocked this one out today , 58 inches on the groves . 61 lbs at 28 inches. hickory ipe walnut power lam and hickory belly. cherry syhas (sp)
shoots well for the design and its different . hope you like

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: HatchA on March 20, 2011, 08:34:44 pm

Nice and interesting :)

Simple but ornate...

I like it!

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: John K on March 20, 2011, 08:56:01 pm

Cool, looks like it shoots fast ! Any hand shock with the bigger tips ?

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: toymaker on March 20, 2011, 09:07:35 pm

Very nice!! Those tips look cool.

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: Bevan R. on March 20, 2011, 09:28:43 pm

Quote from: ken75 on March 20, 2011, 08:18:10 pm

i knocked this one out today

Don't you just hate when people say stuff like that!!! >:D

Well done. Looks like a good shooter.

Bevan R

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: hillbilly61 on March 20, 2011, 09:31:28 pm

Dang Ken. NICE!!! I got to get down your way ;)

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: Arrowind on March 20, 2011, 10:20:14 pm

I really like it.  The design is really cool. 

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: half eye on March 20, 2011, 10:50:01 pm

Dont know how ya do that.....lamed in siyahs, no contact angle, and a wicked curve profile....tri-lam.....that is sweet, at 60#+ that baby ought to flat get it.
rich

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: aero86 on March 20, 2011, 11:05:48 pm

well, you know i like it!  lol!  id like to see the performance of it!  ive got a chronograph if you wanna let me borrow the bow ;) ;D

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: Keenan on March 21, 2011, 12:46:05 am

Ohhh I like that allot, :o  Nice bow Ken.

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: ErictheViking on March 21, 2011, 01:14:29 am

that turned out awsome Ken. did you prebend the backing or just glue it up.

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: ken75 on March 21, 2011, 01:16:58 am

thanks gentlemen for the nice comments, tips are very thin so no handshock , Eric i glued the syhas on the center lam of ipe then sanded the transition and when i glued the backing i bent to the form i wanted.

Title: Re: latest project
Post by: ErictheViking on March 21, 2011, 02:12:48 am

cool thanks Ken

Title: Re: latest project . horsebow style
Post by: Lombard on March 21, 2011, 10:48:11 am

Looks like an interesting project. Do you think that you will try it on the back of a horse?

Title: Re: latest project . horsebow style
Post by: Pappy on March 21, 2011, 11:12:22 am

Nice looking bow Ken,wicked looking bow,cool.  :)   
   Pappy

Title: Re: latest project . horsebow style
Post by: bubby on March 21, 2011, 02:31:44 pm

that's wicked cool Ken, bub

Title: Re: latest project . horsebow style
Post by: ken75 on March 21, 2011, 03:17:25 pm

thanks guys , lombard i havent talked my horse into it yet