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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: silent sniper on March 23, 2020, 10:02:09 am

Title: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: silent sniper on March 23, 2020, 10:02:09 am

Good Day everyone!
I wanted to show off a bow I finished up recently. This one is a little different than my normal builds. This bow started out as an experimental bow blank that I glued up in October of 2018. The bow blank had some issues and I shelved it for a later date. I recently saw the blank sitting in the corner and decided to fix its issues and finish it out.

The bow is a 65" ntn maple/maple/black locust tri-lam drawing 50# / 28". The limbs are 1-5/8" wide at the fades with a midlimb taper to 1/2" nocks. The bow was glued up with 1-1/4" of gentle reflex towards the tips of the bow. After finishing the bow holds a flat profile and takes 1/4" of set after a hard workout. The bow has a 1/8" positive tiller.

The bow has a white oak power lam and laminated black cherry riser. The tip overlays are osage that have been dyed black to look like horn. The grip is dyed jute twine with a beavertail leather arrow plate. The maple backing was dyed brown with leather dye. I had some glue spots on the backing that would not let the dye penetrate which gave it a bit of a splotchy look that I don't like. If I could do it over I would definitely put a snake skin on this bow. The string is a padded loop 12 strand X99 string with beaver fur silencers. The finish is 8 coats of water based semi-gloss spar.

 
This bow is only one of a few flat bows I have built, of which I have been most impressed with this one so far. It is a very nice shooter that is clean and crisp on release with very little shock. The bow shoots 10 grains per pound at a consistent 155-156 fps. Its not as fast as the R/D bows I build, but I sure like how it shoots.  I will be building a modified bow of this design as a potential candidate for the bow swap.

 I had a gentleman in Texas who showed some interest in this bow, so I offered to send it to him to use. Hopefully he will enjoy it and shoot a few critters with it along the way.

Thanks for the interest,
Taylor

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Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 23, 2020, 11:24:53 am

Beautiful tiller, as all your bows have.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: BowEd on March 23, 2020, 07:50:08 pm

Like the choice of woods used on your bow.Very nice looking work on I'm sure a sweet shooting bow.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: HighEagle on March 23, 2020, 09:54:35 pm

Wow, Looks Perfect

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: bownarra on March 24, 2020, 01:18:36 am

Nice looking bow :) but to my eyes , with that width taper and where the set is you should've had a bit more bend mid and outer limb.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: simson on March 24, 2020, 02:41:29 am

Looks good!
What is the reason for the backing? Just experiment?

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: Hrothgar on March 24, 2020, 04:36:57 am

Good looking bow, nice job!

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: silent sniper on March 24, 2020, 07:17:41 am

Thanks everyone for the nice words.

Pearl, I appreciate it! I found an older thread where you built a grumley style bow. I am hoping I can alter this bow design into something similar to the old grumleys.

Bownarra, you could be right. I have only built a couple flatbows so they are still new to me.

Simson, The black locust was from a board so I wanted to back it with something. Maple seemed like a good match for black locust. It seems to be a great combo so far.

Thanks
Taylor

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: hoosierf on March 24, 2020, 08:06:37 am

Great bow Taylor.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: RyanY on March 24, 2020, 03:47:21 pm

Beautiful work all around. Can’t beat a classic longbow.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 25, 2020, 07:06:21 am

Another nice bow

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: Russ on March 25, 2020, 09:54:49 am

i dont know but there's something about this bow... it kinda reminds me of why i started making bows and also what i was trying to get to... ugh big bout of nostalgia. honestly makes me love this bow a ton. something special bout it.

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: silent sniper on March 26, 2020, 11:38:14 am

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!
-Taylor

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: NorthHeart on April 01, 2020, 11:16:48 am

Nice looking bow Silent!

Title: Re: Maple Backed Black Locust Flat Bow, 50#/28"
Post by: Stixnstones on April 01, 2020, 01:41:11 pm

Real nice classic longbow.... i like some splotchy here and there, beautiful work