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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Tamish on December 03, 2017, 03:14:02 pm

Title: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Tamish on December 03, 2017, 03:14:02 pm

Hi every one,this is my first post. :D
I made an bow out a white ash(80# 30),the wood was very challenging,lots of kinks,knots...,I steam bend it a couple of times.
The bow is 176cm long and 3.5cm wide,the bow took a little set.
the overlays on the tips are of the walnut,the finis is traditional:coated with a pig's fat and bees wax.
I make bows a few years and this piece was interesting,so i will be appreciated to tell me your oppinion.
sorry for bad English
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4556/38098706664_38090edece_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/213DQ9Q) (https://flic.kr/p/213DQ9Q)   (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137240237@N07/)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4522/38098619584_2b1d18d219_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/213Dogs) (https://flic.kr/p/213Dogs)   (https://www.flickr.com/photos/137240237@N07/)
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Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: bjrogg on December 03, 2017, 03:24:38 pm

I like it Tamish, very nice bend. That looks like more than 27" to me. Welcome to PA
Bjrogg

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: FilipT on December 03, 2017, 03:36:36 pm

I like the knots, looks like a very wild bow!

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Pat B on December 03, 2017, 03:42:32 pm

Very nice bow with a very nice bend.  :OK  Where are you from, Tamish? Welcome to PA.

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Tamish on December 03, 2017, 03:55:07 pm

thanks, ;DI am from Serbia

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: bradsmith2010 on December 03, 2017, 03:58:53 pm

nice job on the challenging wood,,congrats

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: joachimM on December 03, 2017, 04:04:08 pm

Nice bend you have there!
Surely a challenging piece of wood. We don't often see character bows that are not yew or osage.
Your draw on the picture looks more like 30".

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: DC on December 03, 2017, 04:31:17 pm

Considering all the knots that is a very smooth bend, great job!

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Marc St Louis on December 03, 2017, 04:32:30 pm

I have to say that is a nice looking bow, lots of character.  It also looks to me like you are drawing it more than 27".  Well done

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Hamish on December 03, 2017, 04:49:04 pm

Looks like a fine bow. Well done.

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: selfbow joe on December 03, 2017, 05:35:05 pm

Nice looking bow. like the all the knots on the bow give it a lot of character.

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Badger on December 03, 2017, 05:50:56 pm

  Beautiful bow, your tiller looks excellent on a difficult stave.

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: upstatenybowyer on December 03, 2017, 06:12:38 pm

That's a beautiful bend Tamish!  (-S

Welcome!

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Greenriverwoodcraft on December 03, 2017, 07:00:06 pm

great work!  welcome aboard

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on December 03, 2017, 09:50:40 pm

Good looking bow! I love looking at those highly characters long bows.

Kyle

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: ntvbowyer1969 on December 04, 2017, 12:12:53 am

That is a impressive ash bow. You did a great job with that one. I haven't seen to many ash bows of that weight and that much character hold together. Awesome job with a challenging stave. Great to have you aboard.

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Del the cat on December 04, 2017, 02:05:34 am

Great bow some lovely features on it :)
Del

Title: Re: white ash 72# 27"
Post by: Tamish on December 04, 2017, 03:04:24 am

Thanks to all of you,i really appreciate it. :laugh:
And about that 27",i made a mistake when i was testing it,it should be a 80# 30".Sorry :-[

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: FilipT on December 04, 2017, 03:59:58 am

Pozdrav Tamish, drago mi je da ima Balkanaca ovdje.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Tamish on December 04, 2017, 05:25:14 am

 ;D ima,ima nas dosta ovde :laugh:

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Bob W. on December 04, 2017, 07:11:49 am

Nice job getting 80# out of that stave, tiller looks great with all that character!

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: BowEd on December 04, 2017, 07:20:50 am

Welcome to the PA Tamish...Very nice work.I can see why you thought it was interesting with the character it has along with the nice full draw bend you got out of it with not too much set either.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: ksnow on December 04, 2017, 07:24:04 am

That bow is amazing.  Lots of character, great tiller, awesome design.  Very nice job on a very challenging stave. And who says ash isn't good for bows? :)

Kyle

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Strichev on December 04, 2017, 07:59:05 am

It's a great bow indeed, all that character and it's holding together well - it's not even that long - the tiller is great!

 Oh, and pozdrav iz Slovenije.:D Zaista odličan luk, hajde da vidimo još koji.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Tamish on December 04, 2017, 08:09:56 am

 ;D thanks

hvala i pozdrav iz Srbije,a bice jos lukova sledece godine

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Parnell on December 04, 2017, 08:26:23 am

That's a beauty!  It appears you've really whipped that piece of Ash! ;D  Welcome to PA, also.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: leonwood on December 04, 2017, 08:31:34 am

Lovely knotty ash at a serious draw weight (I wish I could draw that as easy as you!) and now that you introduced yourself, show us some more bows. We love pictures ;D

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: ohma2 on December 04, 2017, 06:56:46 pm

Just wow.you did a fantastic job with that ,looking forward to more of your work.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Hrothgar on December 04, 2017, 07:47:04 pm

Fine job on a very challenging piece of ash. Excellent tiller.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: rps3 on December 05, 2017, 12:14:14 pm

Awesome. You don't need good English with a tiller like that, it speaks for itself.

Title: Re: white ash 80# 30"
Post by: Tamish on December 05, 2017, 01:05:53 pm

Thanks everybody for gracefull words like that,i am very pleased  ;D
I will post another bow as soon as i made some