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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mo_coon-catcher on July 03, 2020, 05:58:11 pm

Title: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on July 03, 2020, 05:58:11 pm

Here’s a little bendy handle I made from a very slow growing hackberry with tiny growth rings. I’m addition to tight rings it also is covered in really fine curl. Making it a really pretty piece of wood to look at. The overlays are buffalo horn, backed with a northern watersnake skin, and tied off the handle wrap thread with some turkey back feathers. The remainder of the snake skin was used as a creating for a dozen arrows made to go with the bow. It is 54” long and about 1 3/8” wide to midlimb tapering to 1/2” nocks.

Thanks for looking,
Kyle

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on July 03, 2020, 05:59:09 pm

A few more

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: Hamish on July 03, 2020, 06:24:05 pm

Quality job on your bow, and archery tackle. Well done indeed.

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: StickMark on July 03, 2020, 08:47:26 pm

2nd that...good looking gear, both bows. I assume "mo" is Missouri. That state born and bred me.

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: bassman on July 04, 2020, 06:35:23 am

Nice work. Your bow ,and arrows  POP.

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: DC on July 04, 2020, 08:28:26 am

Good job, pretty bow, nice bend, that's all you need :D

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: TimBo on July 04, 2020, 12:15:49 pm

Nice!  The snake wraps on the arrows are really cool.  Is that some of the hackberry we split?

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on July 04, 2020, 12:34:44 pm

Thanks guys! This is probably the prettiest bow I’ve built.

Stickmark- it sure does, grew up near Macon, MO and not long who moved to Holts Summit.

Timbo- this one isn’t, it’s from a small diameter tree I cut a few years ago. I did use one picci if the hackberry for corner posts on a bed frame, it worked real well for that, and showed that it’s still a bit wet. The ends cracked a little when I cut the pieces to length. I’m probably gonna start on a piece or two from that tree this fall. And once the staves ate a bit more dry I’m goin the saw the most straight and clean ones into laminations for backing. I’m real curious to see how hackberry will work as a backing. I’m a big fan of how those arrows tuned out. And those snake skins were much easier to work with than I expected. Soak the hide, cut to the lengths I want, square up one edge, dab a little glue where I want the skins, roll on the skin and trim when wrapped, then I wrapped the skins with fishing line to hold them down while they dried.

Kyle

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: Will B on July 04, 2020, 06:55:09 pm

Very nice bow and arrows set!  Love those banded water snake skins!  Great job

Title: Re: Hackberry bendy handle 40# @ 25”
Post by: backtowood B2W on July 04, 2020, 11:15:02 pm

Those skins are very nice. I also love the work beneath it. You do great work - congrats to your most beautiful bow!