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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: leonwood on December 03, 2019, 09:05:24 am

Title: Black Locust RD
Post by: leonwood on December 03, 2019, 09:05:24 am: This was a pretty clean and straight stave which for that very reason stayed in my pile for a few years. A few months ago I decided to try a few bows from my better staves and since I only tried "normal' recurves with black locust I felt it was time for a reflex/deflex model.

After roughing the bow out I clamped it on a 2x4 with a block underneath the handle and started heating the handle area with a heatgun. Took me about 15 minutes to deflex it enough and left it overnight to cool down. Reflexed tips where boiled and set with dry heat the next day.Chased a ring on it and tillered it to brace.

Added some extra reflex in the outers during heat treating and tillered it to 45@28.This black locust keeps the heated reflex pretty good!
I don't really like the pale color of fresh black locust so I stained the bow with my "osage scrap stain" and finished it with cheap acrylic spray.

Specs:
Wood: Black LocustLength: 64" ntn
Draw weight: 45@28
String: 8 strand fastflight
Stain: Osage scraps soaked in ammonia

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Title: Re: Black Locust RD
Post by: Deerhunter21 on December 03, 2019, 09:13:56 am: You make such good bows! I really like this one! everything about it is just so good!
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Post by: rps3 on December 03, 2019, 09:30:54 am: Thats a beauty.
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Post by: Hawkdancer on December 03, 2019, 11:42:25 am: Very nice bow! I like your. Worl
Hawkdancer
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Post by: burtonridr on December 03, 2019, 11:50:55 am: Nice work, looks really good :OK
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Post by: sieddy on December 03, 2019, 11:56:00 am: Looks amazing man. Well done! 😎
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Post by: Will B on December 03, 2019, 01:02:37 pm: Very nice work! Love the bend on that. Beauty for sure!
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Post by: bradsmith2010 on December 03, 2019, 01:29:10 pm: thats a nice one,, like everything about it,, )P(
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Post by: Pat B on December 03, 2019, 01:39:28 pm: Very nice locust recurve. ;) Well done!
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Post by: kbear on December 03, 2019, 02:17:12 pm: Wow Leon, that's a beauty! I can't wait to get my hands on some BL.......
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Post by: PaSteve on December 03, 2019, 04:42:01 pm: That bow is beautiful. I really like the bend and how you refine the tips. Another excellent bow.
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Post by: bjrogg on December 03, 2019, 04:45:39 pm: Always love what you do with just a piece of wood and a string Leonwood. Simply beautiful
Bjrogg
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Post by: Drawknife on December 03, 2019, 05:46:32 pm: Wow.
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Post by: IrishJay on December 03, 2019, 08:57:42 pm: Another beauty Leon. Something for the rest of us to aspire to. :BB
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Post by: M2A on December 03, 2019, 11:06:33 pm: All around top notch bow. Impressed you deflexed that handle with a little dry heat.
Mike
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Post by: leonwood on December 04, 2019, 05:58:29 am: Thanks for the compliments!

Quote from: M2A on December 03, 2019, 11:06:33 pm
Impressed you deflexed that handle with a little dry heat.
I do this with osage and black locust only. Tried it with yew and some white woods without succes so with those I cut a wedge out of the handle to reduce the bending thickness
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Post by: silent sniper on December 04, 2019, 06:37:48 am: Nice to see your back at it! Beautiful bow!
-Taylor
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Post by: SLIMBOB on December 04, 2019, 06:42:22 am: Classy. Your bows are recognizable as your bows. Like this one a bunch.
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 04, 2019, 07:30:18 am: Very impressive!
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Post by: Arrowind on December 05, 2019, 07:09:02 pm: I clicked on this and saw the first pic.... "Ooo WOW!" Nice bow dude! Love the re-curves. Love the color. Full draw looks great too! What a sweet bow!
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Post by: johnfolchetti on December 06, 2019, 09:03:04 am: Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?
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Post by: leonwood on December 09, 2019, 07:20:35 am: Thanks guys!

Quote from: johnfolchetti on December 06, 2019, 09:03:04 am
Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?

At the widest point about 1.5" tapering to 3/8 at the very tip
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Post by: Selfbowman on December 09, 2019, 08:49:07 am: Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin
Title: Re: Black Locust RD
Post by: leonwood on December 10, 2019, 06:56:59 am: Quote from: Selfbowman on December 09, 2019, 08:49:07 am
Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin

Thanks! One of my goals is to attend the flight shoot at Wendover some time, will take me a while to save up enough money though so don't expect me there any time soon
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Post by: Parnell on December 10, 2019, 12:32:17 pm: What a beauty. Elegant work. I don't think I've seen a grip like that before. You come up with that?
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Post by: leonwood on December 11, 2019, 06:48:02 am: Quote from: Parnell on December 10, 2019, 12:32:17 pm
What a beauty. Elegant work. I don't think I've seen a grip like that before. You come up with that?

Thanks! And nothing special about the grip, it's just a slight bulbous grip with a little groove for the hand cut out so it fit's better in the hand. No too much so it will still be allowed in our "historic bow" class for 3d competitions. Wrap is part of the sleeve from an old jacket ;D
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Post by: dolgima on December 14, 2019, 10:20:49 am: What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ? Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?
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Post by: Pappy on December 16, 2019, 03:24:14 pm: Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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Post by: leonwood on December 17, 2019, 07:00:22 am: Quote from: Pappy on December 16, 2019, 03:24:14 pm
Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects. :)
Pappy
Thank you!

Quote from: dolgima on December 14, 2019, 10:20:49 am
What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ? Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?
It is just that. I put the osage I scape off during tillering in a bucket with vinegar and ammonia. It will work with any high tannin woods like oak and black locust as well.
It still amazes me how good this stain works though!
Title: Re: Black Locust RD
Post by: backtowood B2W on December 22, 2019, 05:15:01 am: Made a BL bow with somehow same dimensions lately. I´m proud about it, but seeing your bow I am stunned whats possible when a master is doing it!!!