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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: FRITZ 86 on August 06, 2013, 12:32:57 am

Title: 3rd Hickory
Post by: FRITZ 86 on August 06, 2013, 12:32:57 am

Finally finished another one. Stats are 63" ntn, 2" from fades to about mid-limb tapered to 1/2" at nocks, 54#@26". Flipped the tips a little and heat treated the belly. Handle and skin splices covered with hemp soaked in epoxy. 6 coats of tru- oil and 1 coat of satin poly over it to kill the shine. Skins are what I had 1 water moccasin and 1 copperhead. Got in too big a hurry tillering and top limb got a little hingy. I corrected it best I could and finished it out. After 500 or so shots still shoots hard and holds a pretty good profile. Gonna hunt some with it this year. Excuse the crappy cell phone pics and yes I shoot my clicker even on a selfbow cause I suck without it.  ;D
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130728_191553_zps8db35e24.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130728_191553_zps8db35e24.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130728_191649_zps49f8bb2a.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130728_191649_zps49f8bb2a.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130728_191728_zps4e8c4d00.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130728_191728_zps4e8c4d00.jpg.html)

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: FRITZ 86 on August 06, 2013, 12:37:44 am

(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130804_082423_zps2ed4dcf1.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130804_082423_zps2ed4dcf1.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130728_191616_zps1e58f3c7.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130728_191616_zps1e58f3c7.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130803_081011_zpsfd4f9708.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130803_081011_zpsfd4f9708.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130728_191945_zps66e97fd9.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130728_191945_zps66e97fd9.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/Fritz86_bucket/20130804_222510_zps8ade0b4a.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/Fritz86_bucket/media/20130804_222510_zps8ade0b4a.jpg.html)

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: David_Daugherty on August 06, 2013, 02:09:56 am

Nice looking bow.

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Joec123able on August 06, 2013, 02:51:14 am

Wow thats gorgeous !

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Josh B on August 06, 2013, 02:54:43 am

Cool!  Josh

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Pappy on August 06, 2013, 07:48:49 am

Mighty fine for #3.
   Pappy

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: lesken2011 on August 06, 2013, 08:58:57 am

Nice job on that one, Fritz!

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: tailfeather on August 06, 2013, 09:03:03 am

Very nice!

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: autologus on August 06, 2013, 09:39:43 am

Wow, that is a great looking bow.  I like the quiver too.

Grady

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: FRITZ 86 on August 06, 2013, 10:33:58 am

Thanks for the kind words. Maybe in a few more bows I'll get the hang of this and try a piece of osage.

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Thesquirrelslinger on August 06, 2013, 11:01:58 am

wow. that is one heck of a bow... #3?

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 06, 2013, 11:08:13 am

Very nice bow! Tiller looks good. Jawge

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: RBLusthaus on August 06, 2013, 12:29:51 pm

very nice.  Tiller looks great. 

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: blackhawk on August 06, 2013, 12:35:59 pm

Someone get this man a piece of osage  ;)  :)

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Buckeye Guy on August 06, 2013, 01:03:33 pm

 the Osage worshipers are back !

Nice bow !!
Looks like a good job to me !

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Canoe on August 06, 2013, 01:09:29 pm

Howdy all,

Wow!   That's a terrific bow. . .  simple, and sweet.  Thanks for sharing.

    Canoe

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: burchett.donald on August 06, 2013, 05:13:19 pm

 Fritz, I love me some hickory... I would say you done that piece justice buddy. I noticed the unstrung profile and no set. That's gett'n it done with hickory dude. That stuff is so tuff.

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: FRITZ 86 on August 06, 2013, 06:03:37 pm

Thanks guys. I live in sw Louisiana and it is very humid. I tried the hotbox thing for hickory, but I found Pat's advice about bringing into the a/c the ticket to getting the m/c down. Keeping it dry and not over stressing it early on is what I'm learning about hickory. Course my wife really doesn't understand why I have a whole hickory tree under our bed. ;D

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 06, 2013, 08:46:57 pm

I like hickory..............but after my last osage, I'm with Blackhawk we got to get him some.
DBar

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 06, 2013, 08:49:01 pm

OH by the way Fritz.............very nice bow!
DBar

Title: Re: 3rd Hickory
Post by: Zion on August 06, 2013, 11:35:21 pm

That's one sexy bow! Tiller looks great.