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Title: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on December 14, 2010, 10:58:45 am

i posted this yesterday but it didnt show up ... christmas trade bow almost done , hickory 62 inches tip to tip 1 3/4 at fades, static recurves reenforced with ipe lams. western diamondback skins over black paint .should be finished today

Title: Re: sneak peak
Post by: Keenan on December 14, 2010, 11:15:11 am

Looking very nice Ken, Iike when the skins end shy of the tips and transtion into black, Thats going to be a nice bow.

Title: Re: sneak peak
Post by: oneeye on December 14, 2010, 11:21:12 am

Someones going to be a happy camper.  ;D 

Title: Re: sneak peak
Post by: Pappy on December 14, 2010, 12:34:40 pm

Looking good,can't wait to see it all finished up. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: sneak peak
Post by: ken75 on December 14, 2010, 01:17:44 pm

thanks keenan im not as good on the finish work as you though
thanks oneeye , i hope so
thanks Pappy

just put the finishing touches on this one
couldnt talk the misses into going in the cold and taking a pic so tiller board will have to do

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: half eye on December 14, 2010, 02:46:25 pm

And they just keep gettin better !!!! Man, thats a nice bow Ken. Did you say cold?
rich

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on December 14, 2010, 03:55:02 pm

thanks Rich , ya cold for some ,round 20 degrees

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: jonathan creason on December 14, 2010, 04:17:25 pm

Wow, that's one fast looking bow.  Nice lines on her.

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: kerryb on December 14, 2010, 06:00:35 pm

very nice,i like it alot

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: aero86 on December 14, 2010, 06:12:16 pm

oh, my, i like it a lot!  whats the weight of it?

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: bryan irwin on December 14, 2010, 08:28:04 pm

nice bow looks good.

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: wvarcher on December 14, 2010, 08:48:31 pm

Ken, thanks for sharing.  The tiller looks flawless.  Incredible!

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: John K on December 14, 2010, 08:56:43 pm

Another nice one Ken, love the curve on the tips and the skins look great !
What kind of specs you got on it #'s Lenght ect.

Thanks, John K

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: sharpend60 on December 14, 2010, 11:05:24 pm

Lovely lines on that one!

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on December 15, 2010, 08:12:48 am

thanks everyone for the replies , weight is 45 but i expect it to pick up a little soon due to location. john length is 62inches
been a month or two since i built a recurve it was fun to get back to them

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on December 16, 2010, 12:32:22 am

areo dont want to give too much away , but hunting weight at normal draw

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: Keenan on December 16, 2010, 12:38:34 am

Wow ken that came out realy nice. The tiller looks great and the skins are awesome. Someone is going to be very blessed ;)

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: okiecountryboy on December 16, 2010, 04:25:59 am

Hey Ken
You got da talent...you will make someone REAL happy with that one!!!
Half Eye & Ken...Y'all don't know cold...I'm sittin down here in Arizona and it got down to a frigid 50 DEGREES last night...I don't know how much more I can stand?!?!!! :-[ ::) ;D ;D ;)

Sorry y'all...Couldn't help myself >:D

God Bless Y'all
Ron

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on December 16, 2010, 12:48:46 pm

thanks keenan
thanks scott. usually around or half thick and steam for 25 to 30 min you can feel when its ready .its important to get bend through out the whole tip dont let it bend too much in one area. i do it by hand so i can feel what the woods doing.
thanks okie pleasant 60 today

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 08, 2011, 12:05:10 am

Pity this one didn't get entered for BOM, I'd have voted for it.  BECAUSE IT'S MINE!  MINE I TELL YOU, ALL MINE!!!  HAHAHAHA!

The Christmas exchange was very good to me, thank you very much Ken.  I can't believe the crazy bend on those tips!  When I pulled it out of the box I immediately remembered seeing it posted here and was dumbstruck (as opposed to the workaday dumb that I usually am).

Ken does an interesting handle wrap.  The leather is very soft material and when he is wrapping the point where the arrow pass will be, he makes a couple twists in the leather thong.  That way the leather stands just a little proud above the rest of the wrap making a fine arrow rest.  Very clever, indeed. 

Ken, I vow to hunt with these bows and to hunt with scrupulous ethics.  Thanks again.

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: aero86 on January 08, 2011, 01:01:34 am

i bet it feels like you could draw it forever! lol

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: Tim B on January 08, 2011, 10:41:23 am

Ken how did you get the ipe to bend around the recurves and hold their shape without pulling back? Are they really thin overlays?

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on January 08, 2011, 11:21:35 am

thanks JW hope you get to shoot them both at unsuspecting animals.
tim their thin lams done after the bending of the recurves

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: Sidewinder on January 08, 2011, 01:03:53 pm

Sweet bow Ken. I must have missed it before. The recurves look well done too. I have yet to do a recurve. Someday maybe.   Danny

Title: Re: sneak peak, finished pics, (not for bom)
Post by: ken75 on January 08, 2011, 03:49:39 pm

thanks side, dive right in their not too hard