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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: blackhawk on May 10, 2012, 05:29:30 pm
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Sooooooo....you guys sick of me posting all these bows yet?
This staves life spent who knows how many years in an Indiana barn destined to be a fence post. It was rescued by Osage Outlaw,and then was traded along with another piece of locust and a piece of elm for some HHB down at the Tennesse Classic last weekend. I decided to work on it (my third bow) while i was down there seeing how it was def well seasoned. I had this one all the way to a good floor tiller,and wood have finished it up sat afternoon if we didnt have to leave earlier than expected. There wasnt much the wood was giving me,but i made due and let her out of her cocoon. She actually turned out way better than i expected and hammers my heavy arrows really well for a D bow. Shes 60 pounds..62"ntn.....only 1 5/16" wide at the fades to skinny jicarillo tip overlays(which look sexy with locust),and it has two knot holes in it(geez the last 3 in a row ive made have holes in em),and i had to sinew wrap two areas that had natural run off cracks.
The first picture is all for you Clint :P >:D.....thanks for the trade buddy,i like this one,and see ya next year
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why are he pics so small now? mustve been the server change???
heres some more
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cool bow, just click on the pics they get big, Bub
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Another very nice one...it was great meeting you at the Classic.
Lyle
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Superb sir!
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sweet D-bow Sir! love 'em and that is a dandy
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very nice! I got a Black Locust coming out in a week or so.. Hopefully if I didn't jinx it just now. ::)
Yours looks as if it was pretty difficult with the knots and such. Mine is pretty clean. Hope it turns out half as cool as yours. Keep em coming! :D
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Nice! Stands quite straight for a plain ol' piece of wood with no temper.
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a clever bit of woodworking there, I admire you guys who can make bows out of those knotty pieces of wood
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Good looking bow, sir. I'll be glad when I get confident enough to tackle staves with knot in em.
That looks like a fine future bowyer you got there, too.
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thanks everybody ;D....this was a mess of a stave to start with as well,it was twisted exactly 90 degrees from end to end and the string was off center by a couple inches. i wrangled her into submission and lightly tempered it all in one session at once.
hope to see ya at next years classic raghorns
cant wait to see your locust creation josh...i love black locust.....difficult?....na ;)
lesken..id be more than happy to see my lil baby girl whittle on wood ;D
ya all who havent been to the classic need to go,even if its just to watch some of the best master bowyers build,but im sure they wood rather have you build alongside them than watch ;) it was so cool to see sooooo many pieces of wood being released from there encased shell. there was a ton of talented bowyering going on(not that i was doing any)
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That thing turned out sweet. I can't believe you were able to make such a nice bow out of that thing. It was fun watching you build that one. I guess I'll try to rescue the rest of the fence posts. Who-Dey >:D
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From what I can see, which is not much, it looks good. :) Jawge
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Nice job! I wish I had made it to the Classic. My weekend wasn't nearly as productive (or fun).
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Now that's a sweet looking bow,great tiller on a challenging piece of wood,you was like a mad man in the shop and that one turned out great, for those that don't know just click on the pictures and it brings them up to full size. :) :)
Pappy
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Nice bow bro I like it alot you do nice work looks like you had a good time take care God bless
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Thanks very much guys ;D
Yeah clint go get the rest of those babies.....its some good stuff,even if you have to make a correction id say its worth it
Adam go next year so that way your not kickin yourself again for not going,turst me it will be worth the trip
Pappy i cant wait to run around the twin oaks shop like a mad man again...good stuff going on there :)
Marty..a good time for sure and thats a huge understatement..hope you can work things out to make it down there sometime...youd fit right in and wood love it
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Nice Hawkman !!!!
You are on a roll and pulling some sweet shooters out of your head ;)
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Those knots look crazy as hell bro! ;) Looks pretty sweet, can't wait to check out all your new toys. Now go shoot some turkey with one of em! :D ;) I'm rebuilding my porch for the next week or two so I'm kinda sorta taking a break. :( Still I should have some pics of those 2 hickory in the next week.
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Thanks kip
Thanks rob....hurry up n get that porch done so you can get back to playing with some real wood
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Awesome bow Blackhawk! I love character bows and that one is a beauty. Great resting profile and very sweet tiller. Well done!
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Sweet! You are da man!
What's up Raghorns!
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Nice bow Blackhawk. D- bows have become one of my favorites for hunting and shootin' .Great job. God bless
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thanks keenan....sorry you couldnt make it to the classic...id sure like to meet ya someday
thanks dave...you mississippi boys are a riot :laugh:..hope to see ya next year
thanks pete....love me a D bow too...simple,very effective,and will shoot well
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Nice bow blackhawk. I also wanted to mention I noticed in that first picture, it seems like you and that youngster have good taste in football teams...
Go Steelers!
~Barry
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Nice bow blackhawk. I also wanted to mention I noticed in that first picture, it seems like you and that youngster have good taste in football teams...
Go Steelers!
~Barry
Thanks Barry.....yeah brother...THE best franchise in all of the NFL
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Really like this bow! Graceful profile, awesome character, sweet tiller. (i used all my adjectives in one sentence). Good job!
Gabe
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Nice bow blackhawk. I also wanted to mention I noticed in that first picture, it seems like you and that youngster have good taste in football teams...
Go Steelers!
~Barry
Thanks Barry.....yeah brother...THE best franchise in all of the NFL
I thought that was Brett Keisel for a second!
Great bow!
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Man that thing looks sweet! Pappy said it right you was a madman! It really great meeting you at the classic, hope to see you again next year ;)
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One word - excellent. ;)
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thanks ya'll
postmanim a lil too skinny to look like him....unless it was a cracked out kiesel..lol :laugh:
it was great meetin ya too will....im already planning on next year cus that s way too much fun just to do once in a lifetime
i know you like your locust mike......me too ;) it has been excellent in all 4 times ive used it so far
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I love knotty wood! Great looking bow
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Looks great Chris! You were a machine at the Classic, was that the log you were working on after you finished the mollie?
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Thanks chad....yeah this was that stave,and it came from clint(osage outlaw) that i traded with him in exchange for some Hophornbeam for him....
Lately this bow is in my top three line up for shooters...i love shootin this one...it hammers my deer target n hits where i look
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Hey KYbow, who are you? I'm sure I met you down there, but can't seem to put a face with the name. Are you one of the two guys who were working on their first bows? I remember one bow was finished and one bow had some checks that needed wrapped before it could be shot. Sorry I don't remember. I met so many people this year that I can't keep everyone straight.
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I remember watching you work on that one. Very nice indeed! The molle on crack really impressed me. It was good to meet you and Clint and ............. and ............ and......... well, you know what I mean. Josh
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Nice bow blackhawk. I like the heavier bows. And that fact that you tamed that twisted best in one sess is outstanding.
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Great looking bow. I wish I had the confidence to tackle the difficult staves like that. I plan on working some BL this winter. Hopefully, I can get someone to go lop one down for me this summer. I'm stuck in the sandbox until the first week of bow season in NY, and I don't want to go out to my hunting woods with a chainsaw in the middle of the season. If not, I'll have to wait until the season ends, which might be better with BL, to let the sap get out of the wood...plus, i could drag it out on snow.
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I love it,great job!
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Thanks gun doc....it was good to meet ya too and a slew of other fine folks down there in a lil tennessee valley
Thanks cmb...just slapped her in a form n went to town with the heat gun..nuttin to hard to manage
Thanks jude..hope you can get some black locust to work on for the winter....i love locust...good wood imho
Thanks steve
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Great, just great! Bow and knot too!!! :D
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I never get tired of you posting pictures of your bows! I love the looks of that one. You sure tackled those knot holes! Cool. I bet it is a real shooter. Keep em coming!
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wow this is pretty damned impressive.
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Thanks Druid...oh master of the knotty,wobbly D bows ;)
Thanks howard...ill do me best to keep on a whittlin n postin em
Thanks dictionary...this is prob a good example of what D bow tiller is supposed to look like seein how your having some issues with them....notice the unbraced,to braced,and then to full draw..and keep your eye on the handle area and notice how it appears to be only bending a little by sight of eye compared to the mid limbs....you want the last few inches of your tips stiff,then more bend and the most bend as you get to midlimb,then it gets stiffer into the inner limbs close to the handle,then a barely noticeable bend in the handle that you can barely see with your eyes. Hope this helps.
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Thanks Druid...oh master of the knotty,wobbly D bows ;)
Thanks howard...ill do me best to keep on a whittlin n postin em
Thanks dictionary...this is prob a good example of what D bow tiller is supposed to look like seein how your having some issues with them....notice the unbraced,to braced,and then to full draw..and keep your eye on the handle area and notice how it appears to be only bending a little by sight of eye compared to the mid limbs....you want the last few inches of your tips stiff,then more bend and the most bend as you get to midlimb,then it gets stiffer into the inner limbs close to the handle,then a barely noticeable bend in the handle that you can barely see with your eyes. Hope this helps.
It does. I'll be shooting for a tiller like this on my next one. Thanks
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Hey Osage, yes I was working on my first bow. It was the osage with the snake skins. I need to get a pic of it now that its done.