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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on August 26, 2008, 06:02:28 pm

Title: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 26, 2008, 06:02:28 pm

When I was moving my stuff to my new location I found a roughed out HHB bow that I had heat treated.  I had reflexed and tempered it then put it away and forgot about it as there was quite a layer of dust on it.  The bow had a bit of character to it and also had about 2" of reflex.  Over the course of a couple months I got around to tillering the bow out.  It turned out fairly well.  I decided to keep the draw weight a bit on the heavy side with this bow.  The bows specs are 64" overall with limbs 1 5/8" wide tapering to 3/8" nocks.  I tillered the bow out to 70# @ 28" and it kept a bit of reflex while doing it.  You can see from the profile that the limbs have a slight amount of character to them, an amount which I find to not be too excessive and appealing.  The top limb has a slight kink to it about mid limb due to a knot. Here's a few pictures

(https://i.imgur.com/J835m4q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QZkEAeP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jCjgESB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xWxhvZs.jpg)

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Dano on August 26, 2008, 06:13:34 pm

Nice job Marc.

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: james parker on August 26, 2008, 08:30:35 pm

nice bow marc.robustus...

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: sailordad on August 26, 2008, 08:32:44 pm

once again another master piece by the master himself :o 8)

                                                                                tim

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: cowboy on August 26, 2008, 09:25:57 pm

Another fine bow Marc! I gotta try that HHB..

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: cracker on August 26, 2008, 09:31:03 pm

I like it. Fine looking piece of work.Ronnie

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: ricochet on August 26, 2008, 09:32:55 pm

WHAT DOES HHB STAND FOR? I AM NEW PLEASE BE GENTAL. BY THE WAY NICE BOW!

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 26, 2008, 09:36:30 pm

Thanks all. 

HHB stands for Hop Hornbeam

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: sailordad on August 26, 2008, 09:39:57 pm

its an abbreviation for hop horn beam, a.k.a.  ironwood

dont worry were always easy on the new ones,atleast for a little while   lol


a little piece of advise that i recieved when i joined not even a year ago, please dont type in all capital letters it makes you seem like your hollering


                                                        peace and welcome aboard your gonna love the ride,so hangon tight and you might wanna make your first appt
                                                          with dr.keenan right away cause he does have a waiting list and a full schedule lol
 
                                                                             tim

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Shaun on August 27, 2008, 12:47:55 am

Love the tiller and the little "kink" shows mid upper limb in the full draw but the tiller line flows right through it. Very nice work and good hunting weight bow. Kudos

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Keenan on August 27, 2008, 01:49:48 am

   Very nice Mark.  At 70# I bet that thing will hit with some authority ;)  Love the character as well. You did great on the tiller with that knot.  Keenan

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Pappy on August 27, 2008, 05:32:29 am

Nice bow Marc,love that HHB.Don't take you long to finish one up. ;) :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 27, 2008, 09:23:20 am

Thanks guys

Actually Pappy this one has been in the making for 4 or 5 years  :o

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Mechslasher on August 27, 2008, 12:01:05 pm

good job marc!

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 27, 2008, 12:09:43 pm

Looks great Marc, what is the handle wrap?  Justin

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: snedeker on August 27, 2008, 01:35:01 pm

Hey, great.  Don't see many pyramids on here these days

Dave

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 27, 2008, 02:44:43 pm

Justin
The handle wrap is a commercial green dyed leather

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: DirtyDan on August 27, 2008, 03:32:42 pm

Another great bow, Marc.  Love those pyramids.  Don't you love resurrecting unfinished projects?  I love to bring new knowledge to an old project.
Dan

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: yellow feather on August 27, 2008, 04:41:31 pm

I like it but it's way too heavy for me ;D ;D
                              David

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Hillbilly on August 27, 2008, 06:01:55 pm

Great looking bow, Marc.

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on August 27, 2008, 06:42:48 pm

Nice bow Marc,  I still have that great HHB stave from our earlier trade, that inspires me to get going on it.   I have never used HHB before, can I treat it like Osage when I lay out the design? Or more like I would hickory.
Again very nice bow.
Thanks,

Mark

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 27, 2008, 09:18:11 pm

Mark
I would treat HHB more like Osage, without the need to chase a ring.

Title: Re: HHB Pyramid Bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 31, 2008, 09:31:03 pm

Had the opportunity to shoot this bow at a clout shoot yesterday.  It launches an arrow out there pretty good.  My first shot went about 50 yards past the target and I was short drawing the bow by about 1".  That was the first time I have had the time to shoot a bow, besides testing them, in quite a while.  It was fun