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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Santanasaur on September 06, 2019, 09:17:41 am

Title: Hickory sapling bow
Post by: Santanasaur on September 06, 2019, 09:17:41 am

This one’s from a hickory sapling, I think shellbark. Still has the pith. 60” ntn, 37# at 28” after three or four hundred shots. 452 g in total. Lost 3 pounds shooting in from the original 40 and finally seems stable. I recurved with dry heat since this was a thin piece and hollowed the limbs since the sides were getting thin. They flatten somewhat during the draw but far from all the way. Finish is rubbed charcoal with a shellac seal coat, then layered tung oil. There’s hickory husk dye on the cambium so it jumps. Overlays are horn and the arrow pass is birch bark

here’s the whole album
https://imgur.com/gallery/KJ6WZtJ

Title: Re: Hickory sapling bow
Post by: Josh B on September 06, 2019, 09:54:02 am

Nicely done sir!  I've always liked sapling bows. The dye job on the back looks good

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Post by: DC on September 06, 2019, 10:27:26 am

Good job! I like the bend!

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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 06, 2019, 10:47:21 am

Cool stick, literally :)

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Post by: Bob Barnes on September 06, 2019, 11:08:07 am

 :OK

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Post by: bjrogg on September 06, 2019, 11:50:54 am

Nice bow Santanasaurs. Well done.
Bjrogg

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Post by: simk on September 06, 2019, 01:19:22 pm

Very nice, from tip to tip and everything in between  (-S

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Post by: gifford on September 06, 2019, 03:50:40 pm

Very nice bow, excellent lines, I hope mine comes out half as good as yours.

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Post by: PaSteve on September 06, 2019, 04:39:43 pm

Nice. Good job.

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Post by: Hamish on September 06, 2019, 04:54:37 pm

I'm really liking this bow. Graceful lines, a classy, classic recurve.

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Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 06, 2019, 05:56:05 pm

Very nice! Jawge

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Post by: Eric Krewson on September 06, 2019, 07:26:24 pm

Well, it looks like it need a little more bending out of the fades, especially the lower limb.

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Post by: kbear on September 06, 2019, 07:28:35 pm

Kudos to you sir. I would love to take that to the range and show the glassers just how cool a stick bow can be!

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Post by: Santanasaur on September 06, 2019, 08:32:23 pm

I agree about the tiller eric, it could use some more finesse. Thanks for the criticism, I really need that kind of advice. I’m just glad it doesn’t vibrate much anymore. This was an elbow buster until the last 50 scrapes when the clouds parted. The original stave had very different reflex in the limbs and it took a lot of wresting with to get even. At some points I overshot the corrections and at others the original profile would creep back in. At least things seem stable for now

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Post by: backtowood B2W on September 07, 2019, 01:14:49 am

Have to agree with Eric!
But all in all, ver nice stick! The stain looks really cool
Cheers martin

Title: Re: Hickory sapling bow
Post by: Russ on September 08, 2019, 04:07:18 pm

ohhhh! looks nice!