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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:41:09 pm

Title: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:41:09 pm

Here is a Black Walnut bow I made this summer but wasn't happy with it so I retillered it.  It now pulls 55# @ 26".  It is 65" tip to tip.  There is a pretty substantial knot right at the fade in the lower limb so that fade is longer than the top, making the lower limb 1.5 inches longer than the top limb.  I wasn't happy with how it shot when it was au 60 pound bow.  Now it is the nicest shooting bow I have made to date.  It ended up with about an inch of string follow.  I thought about heat treating but after shooting it I decided to leave it as is.  The handle is finished with a repurposed purse  :)

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:42:18 pm

Another pic

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Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:42:56 pm

Full draw

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:43:47 pm

Back colored with dye.

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:45:04 pm

handle

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: JW_Halverson on January 12, 2015, 10:49:29 pm

Nice!  Is it all sapwood?

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Post by: Swampman on January 12, 2015, 10:54:57 pm

It is all sapwood except at the handle.

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Peacebow_Coos on January 12, 2015, 11:13:50 pm

Nice looking bow man!

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Post by: Pat B on January 12, 2015, 11:48:58 pm

Nice. It been a long time since I've made a BW bow.

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: lebhuntfish on January 13, 2015, 12:10:39 am

Very nice little bow! How was Walnut to work with? I have a few staves of it and thinking about using one for a Franken bow I need to make. Patrick

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Post by: Pappy on January 13, 2015, 07:46:30 am

Nice looking job ,tiller looks really good. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: tattoo dave on January 13, 2015, 08:20:18 am

Good looking bow!! I love walnut bows.

Tattoo Dave

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Post by: burchett.donald on January 13, 2015, 08:25:03 am

 Gorgeous bend, no wonder it so smooth 8)...
                                                                                                                     Don

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on January 13, 2015, 12:07:04 pm

Nice bow makes me want to cut some black walnut. We have a lot of it

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Post by: PeteC on January 13, 2015, 01:23:19 pm

Good call on re-tillering .It's nice and it looks like a sweet shooter. God Bless

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: Swampman on January 13, 2015, 01:39:01 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments. 

Quote from: lebhuntfish on January 13, 2015, 12:10:39 am

Very nice little bow! How was Walnut to work with? I have a few staves of it and thinking about using one for a Franken bow I need to make. Patrick

I found black walnut nice to work with.  My tools of choice are a rasp and scraper.  I recently ruined a black walnut stave with a draw knife.  Tears out easily (at least for me)

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: alcot on January 13, 2015, 03:13:00 pm

Glad to see you've found some time to be in that neat shop of yours Mike. I've been laid up but as soon as I get heat back in my shop...I'm gonna get after that BL you gave me.

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Post by: lebhuntfish on January 13, 2015, 05:36:08 pm

Thanks swampman I'll try to remember that!  :laugh: Patrick

Title: Re: Black Walnut Bow
Post by: bushboy on January 13, 2015, 06:11:45 pm

Looks very nice!i like it!