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Title: Just another hackberry bow
Post by: Stixnstones on April 01, 2020, 12:00:45 pm
Hackberry recurve 66" ttt #48 @ 27". It's a lefty with wine cork arrow rest and rock n roll leather grip, from my old leather jacket during my punk rock days. 12 strand D 97 string with squirrel string silencers.osage and hackberry overlays.
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Post by: Stixnstones on April 01, 2020, 12:02:08 pm
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Post by: Hrothgar on April 01, 2020, 12:04:10 pm
Wicked bend in those tips, I'll bet its fast.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 01, 2020, 12:09:33 pm
That's a beauty my friend. Perfect bend.

Rock n roll for life brutha'!
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Post by: RyanY on April 01, 2020, 12:19:40 pm
Fantastic tiller. Looks like it hardly took set. Is it heat treated?
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Post by: Stixnstones on April 01, 2020, 12:22:48 pm
Ryan, i usually give hackberry a couple heat treatments
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Post by: paulsemp on April 01, 2020, 01:24:21 pm
yea buddy!
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Post by: paulsemp on April 01, 2020, 01:25:13 pm
wait lefty?
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Post by: Will B on April 01, 2020, 01:32:55 pm
Great looking bow. Really nice bend and the handle wrap is nice!
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Post by: Deerhunter21 on April 01, 2020, 01:40:59 pm
Just another hackberry bow he says. LIES i say! thats more than "just another one"!
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Post by: ksnow on April 01, 2020, 02:10:23 pm
Great work, stix.
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Post by: Bob Barnes on April 01, 2020, 02:25:04 pm
very nice... beautiful tips.  How wide are the limbs?
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Post by: BowEd on April 01, 2020, 02:34:33 pm
Very nice work on that bow stix.
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Post by: Aaron H on April 01, 2020, 02:45:05 pm
Beautiful bend Mikey
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Post by: PaSteve on April 01, 2020, 02:46:36 pm
I like those tip overlays. Just an all around really nice bow. Great job!
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Post by: Stixnstones on April 01, 2020, 03:14:07 pm
Thanx guys.... Bob Barnes the limbs are 15/8" from fades to mid limb, slight taper to 3/8" tips
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Post by: aznboi3644 on April 01, 2020, 03:35:43 pm
Sweet lookin bow.  Tiller looks real good from the looks of the very little set.
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Post by: bjrogg on April 01, 2020, 03:56:27 pm
Very nice bend Mikey. Never quite got into that punk rock scene. My kids do think I listen to weird music though to.

Bjrogg
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Post by: Pappy on April 01, 2020, 04:01:55 pm
Beautiful bow, very nice work. :)
 Pappy
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Post by: RyanR on April 01, 2020, 06:25:15 pm
Good lookin bow Mikey. I was just looking at my hackberry staves. Maybe I will pull one out.
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Post by: silent sniper on April 01, 2020, 06:32:37 pm
Absolutely fantastic hackberry recurve! Very impressive 👍🏻