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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mad Max on August 12, 2015, 11:41:11 am

Title: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Mad Max on August 12, 2015, 11:41:11 am

Oldie but goodie
I got rid of the photobucket pictures and thought I would repost it.

68" ntn 44#@28"
I got a half log at MoJam 3 years ago and made a bow with it.

So this one I let dry Inside my house for a long time, I made it 2 1/2" wide at the fades and 3/16"+ at the nocks. I did a slow heat treat like Marc St. Louis a year ago and sealed it
My taxidermist gave me a 6' long Timber rattler skin with head and tail because the scales were coming off. 16 Rattles
I work on and off on it until a few weeks before 2015 MoJam


after 80  shots it still has reflex in it.
Time will tell

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Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: DC on August 12, 2015, 11:48:16 am

Love that string! Great job of matching. Did you just randomly twist together different colors or did you have a plan. The bow looks great too but that string just grabbed my attention :D

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Mad Max on August 12, 2015, 11:53:58 am

I had the right color strings and they matched very well.
Thanks for looking

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on August 12, 2015, 12:20:41 pm

Great job. You did just what ash wants. Wide, long and tempered. Real nice tiller as well.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: lebhuntfish on August 12, 2015, 01:39:20 pm

That thing sure turned out nice Max! I remember you working on that one at mojam.  It was refreshing seeing your post today. I really like the skins and the matching string! Awh heck I love the whole thing! Patrick

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Aaron H on August 12, 2015, 02:35:33 pm

Great bow,  I agree with the others, that string matches your skins perfectly.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: bowandarrow473 on August 12, 2015, 03:00:55 pm

good looking bow, good looking string, and good looking skins. Id hunt with that any day.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Pappy on August 12, 2015, 04:57:54 pm

Looks very good to me in all aspects . Pappy

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Mad Max on August 12, 2015, 05:55:20 pm

Thanks Guy's

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Drewster on August 12, 2015, 07:28:20 pm

If that bow shoots as good as it looks, you've got a real winner.  Congrats on a fine job.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: JonW on August 12, 2015, 07:51:41 pm

Very nice bow. I second the string comment.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Badly Bent on August 12, 2015, 08:03:18 pm

Nice bow. Looks flawless in braced position and at full draw, plus the finish work is very nice as well.
Like the others said that string is sweet also.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 12, 2015, 08:29:29 pm

Really nice bow......love the tips, handle wrap, skins, string, back profile, bend......well I guess, just about everything.. :) :)
DBar

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Dvshunter on August 12, 2015, 08:48:13 pm

Now thats a nice ash! You got a great ash! :)

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: JW_Halverson on August 12, 2015, 10:02:41 pm

Quote from: Dvshunter on August 12, 2015, 08:48:13 pm

Now thats a nice ash! You got a great ash! :)

And judging by the heat treating on the belly, that is one hot piece of ash!

Wicked tips, freakishly thin stuff there!  I would eat my way thru a chainlink fence for a chance to shoot that bow!

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Mad Max on August 12, 2015, 10:50:55 pm

Thanks everybody

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: simson on August 13, 2015, 02:32:18 pm

Well done on that ash, great profiles and I really like the finish work.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: PaulN/KS on August 13, 2015, 04:50:46 pm

I'd say that bow turned out real well and that string is a nice touch of detail.
There's a lot of good wood to make a bow with but you really can't beat a good piece of ash...

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Mad Max on August 13, 2015, 08:51:43 pm

Thanks guy's

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Hrothgar on September 03, 2015, 07:15:54 am

Somehow I missed this first time around. Very nice bow, those tips are a piece of art!

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Forest_Farmer on September 03, 2015, 09:11:21 am

Great looking bow.  I love the snake skin with matching string.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Marc St Louis on September 03, 2015, 09:24:48 am

Yes very nice indeed

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Danzn Bar on September 03, 2015, 07:05:54 pm

I just went back and took another look.....Man I really like it,  sure would like to see a pic of you pulling it back to a full draw...
DBar

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Selfbowman on September 03, 2015, 09:37:04 pm

I am fond of the tips! Light in weight and lighten fast . no or little shock!  Arvin

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: rps3 on September 04, 2015, 09:04:02 am

Great looking bow, string, tips and skins. I have been too chicken to go that skinny on my tips so far.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: thomas74p on September 04, 2015, 11:31:03 am

I love how you color matched the string with the snake. great looking bow. this place is full great/artistic bowyers. can't get enough of it. keep em coming.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Arrowind on September 04, 2015, 09:26:25 pm

WOW.  I love everything about that bow.   Very nice work.  VERY nice.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: PeteC on September 06, 2015, 07:54:24 am

That bow turned out real nice,especially since you first considered it sub-par wood. Just curious,how does it cast an arrow.It does look fast. Good job. God Bless

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Mad Max on September 06, 2015, 08:08:15 am

Quote from: Danzn Bar on September 03, 2015, 07:05:54 pm

I just went back and took another look.....Man I really like it,  sure would like to see a pic of you pulling it back to a full draw...
DBar

I'am a lefty
I have a shoulder injury so I can't shoot it
I had some guy's shoot it for me at MoJam, in July
Thanks everybody

Read my Signature at the bottom (I would rather fail------------)
I build bows narrow at the tips + some,(Thanks Blackhawk) If it does'nt work out , Then I have learned

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
Post by: Carson (CMB) on September 06, 2015, 04:17:33 pm

That is a killer bow. Great design and way to get after it with the tempering!
Like others have said, those skinny tips and the perfectly matched string are tops!

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Mad Max on August 25, 2021, 06:26:09 pm

Edited pictures.
Repost
Thanks

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Hawkdancer on August 26, 2021, 01:41:39 am

Nice!  I would be glad to shoot it for you!  I shoot from the left side, too (SH) (lol)
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: BowEd on August 26, 2021, 06:45:08 am

A prime example of a self bow adhereing to a woods density with an appropriate design.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2021, 08:12:24 am

Thanks for bringing this one back. Very nicely done definitely deserves having the pictures reposted.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Will B on August 26, 2021, 09:48:54 am

Beautiful bow!  Thanks for reposting it.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Selfbowman on August 26, 2021, 11:43:29 am

Very nice bow! That one is also fast! Arvin

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Mad Max on August 26, 2021, 05:33:41 pm

Thanks guy's
This bow was sold but I have been keeping up with it :OK

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Pappy on August 27, 2021, 07:48:12 am

Yep that's a beauty.
 Pappy

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Del the cat on August 27, 2021, 10:26:51 am

Great work...
Del

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: WhistlingBadger on August 27, 2021, 03:00:07 pm

That is a beauty!

But...you guys gotta quit sharing so many beautiful bows.  I've got more great ideas from this forum than I have time to begin.  My brain's going to explode.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: gifford on August 27, 2021, 06:51:02 pm

Very well done, congrats. Thanks for reposting it.

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Mad Max on August 27, 2021, 07:04:20 pm

Thanks guy's
gifford

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: Bob Barnes on August 29, 2021, 11:36:30 pm

It has all been said before, but you did a great job on that bow.  Congrats... I would hunt with it.   :OK

Title: Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
Post by: superdav95 on September 01, 2021, 02:54:40 pm

Love everything about this bow.  Very nice indeed.  Love the colour coordination with string and skins too.  Gotta try that with my next one.  Looks real sharp.