Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: okie64 on August 25, 2012, 11:01:07 am
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Heres a few pics of a hackberry bow I just finished up. This piece was a side split from a bigger stave that I already made a bow from. I didnt really know if it would make a bow or not as it had some pretty big cracks in it. Pretty sure the cracks tore open when I split it into staves but I squeezed some glue in there and clamped em shut and theyve held up so far. This bow has some character for hackberry, its usually about as straight-grained as wood gets. The bow is 62" ntn, 57# at 27", 1-3/4" wide to midlimb and then tapers to 3/8" tips, beefwood tips, heat tempered belly, red mahogany stain and 4 coats of tru-oil. It spits an arrow pretty hard for a straight limbed bow. Thanks for lookin
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/010-9.jpg)
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/003-34.jpg)
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/002-34.jpg)
You can see the cracks in the belly runnin down the fades in this pic
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/012-7.jpg)
The top limb has a whoop-di-do bout 12 " in from the tip that really messed with my eyes during tillering, It kept making me think there was a hinge forming there
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/3B0DC33C-F773-4366-B874-516CADEE3662-11124-0000174D14F75F3B.jpg)
Shootin the bow with arrow in flight
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/5B58AF74-5810-427F-BC2B-B22864EA1ADC-11124-0000174D1C77F9AB.jpg)
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Nice bow. Cool shot of the arrow in flight.
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Nice save Jamey .... seems like after a few bows we start looking for problems fix ??? What not enough good stuff :)
Cool pic!!!
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Nice! Looks like pretty thin tips, too. I hope that action picture taker is alright!?! :o
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Wow! I like it a bunch. Looks like you had everything working against you and still ended up with a shooter. I've been impressed with all the bows you have posted. Nice work. Makes me want to reconsider a crooked piece of Hackberry that I look at every so often, and keep setting it aside for lack of enthusiasm. May give it a try now.
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Thanks DVS
Thanks Kip, its always more fun to me to make a bow from a piece of wood that has some issues, I like to save the good wood for a bow that is going to someone else, this ones mine.
Thanks Lesken, yeah the tips are pretty thin on this one. The picture taker is fine, it was my phone sittin on top of the target. When I showed my wife the pic and she said " howd you do that"? I told her I had our son stand behind the target and take the pic. The look on her face was priceless!!! :laugh:
Thanks slimbob, hackberry is great bow wood,whether its crooked or straight. This particular piece was one Ive been pushin off to the side for a while now.
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I like that nice looking bow Okie, it looks hunt worthy. I've made a couple hacks with that same whoopty doo in the working parts of the
top limb and agree it makes them tricky to tiller. You seem to have worked around it very well, good job.
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Great bow. good job tillering through them bumps(messes with my eyes too.)
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that last shot is making me want to jump out of the way
-Bryce
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Real fine bow you have there! Working on one with similar specs but not as much character. Very nice work!
Tracy
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Looks like a darn good meat maker to me! Nice work.
Tattoo Dave
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Now that's a cool bow! That last pic was real cool! Josh
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cool, i like that one alot.
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Thanks bb
Thanks Eric
Thanks Bryce
Thanks tracy
Thanks dave
Thanks josh
Thanks zion
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Sweet! Like the grain on tbe belly,nice save, great job, and cool action shot!
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Okie, that bow is a beast!! I love it. That arrow in flight pic is the coolest thing I have seen on here in a while!!
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Very nice bow,love the grain on Hackberry. :)
Pappy
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Thanks Soy
Thanks Howard, I thought the pic was pretty cool too.
Thanks Pappy, Hackberry does have some very pretty grain in it.
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Great job (: I like the rustic feel that the stain job gives