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Title: Black Locust cherokee D-bow
Post by: Legolas11 on January 29, 2017, 08:48:54 am
Hi all,

I cut this piece of BL out of a bunch of trees, that had fallen during an ice storm two years ago. The diameter of the trunk was approx. 4 inches - i got 4 quarter logs out of it. There was a lot of sapwood and not much heartwood, so i decided to chase the first sapwood annual ring (boarder ring), that was still white, but had the slight honey coloration of the heartwood at some places. The piece was straight enough but had two relative big knots and some propeller twist. I used heat gun to correct what i dared and the rest had to fall under character :) I have given the bow a name AWOHALI (meaning bald eagle in Cherokee), because of the creamy white back and dark belly.

The bow is bend through the handle D bow, modeled roughly after Comanchee bows. It's 60" long and pulls 45#@26". It's 35mm wide at the handle  and 20mm at the nocks. The belly is slightly heat threated. String is made from Dacron, equiped with rabbit fur silencers. The bow holds approx. 1" of reflex and is dead straight after shooting. It has a little hand shock, but the arrows fly straight and hard. The bow is for my friend Roberto from Trieste. Thanks for watching.


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Post by: Legolas11 on January 29, 2017, 08:53:27 am
Some more pics
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Post by: Legolas11 on January 29, 2017, 08:54:58 am
and more...
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Post by: Legolas11 on January 29, 2017, 08:55:41 am
And the last set :)
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Post by: John Scifres on January 29, 2017, 09:15:44 am
Sweet tiller!
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Post by: bentstick54 on January 29, 2017, 09:17:58 am
Nice job on that bow. Love those simple D bows.
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Post by: MulchMaker on January 29, 2017, 09:18:18 am
That's a wonderful Black Locust bow! I'm really digging the contrast of the heartwood and sapwood. Well done
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 29, 2017, 09:31:48 am
Awesome bow with an excellent tiller! Jawge
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Post by: Hans H on January 29, 2017, 09:49:40 am
very nice bow
Hans
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Post by: Stixnstones on January 29, 2017, 09:56:45 am
Sweet! Great bend.
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Post by: upstatenybowyer on January 29, 2017, 10:25:18 am
That one's a beaut. Nice work!
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Post by: Redhand on January 29, 2017, 10:48:16 am
Nice bow!
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Post by: Pat B on January 29, 2017, 10:53:02 am
Excellent little bow, simple but effective.
 Who said locust sapwood couldn't make a bow. (rhetorical )
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Post by: willie on January 29, 2017, 01:11:25 pm
Very nice, some of those pics ought to be posted in the N.A thread

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,58067.msg812886.html#msg812886
Title: Re: Black Locust cherokee D-bow
Post by: Drewster on January 29, 2017, 01:44:35 pm
Very nicely done out of a small diameter locust.
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Post by: Stick Bender on January 29, 2017, 02:41:58 pm
Very nice really like the sap wood look !
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Post by: JonW on January 29, 2017, 02:49:01 pm
Tillered beautifully. Nice bow and great work.
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Post by: Gorzideudeus on January 29, 2017, 07:48:04 pm
Awesome looking bow, especially the sapwood contrast. My next one will be BL.
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Post by: osage outlaw on January 29, 2017, 09:04:10 pm
Very nice bend on that one.  Great job
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Post by: penderbender on January 30, 2017, 12:54:08 am
Sweet bow man! I love D-bows, and that's a nice one. Great tiller. Cheers- Brendan
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Post by: loon on January 30, 2017, 01:15:45 am
Nice, thanks for posting. I like seeing D bows
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Post by: Sasquatch on January 30, 2017, 12:50:02 pm
Man that tiller is spot on.  Even in the brace pic you can tell its a well build bow.