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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Badger on Today at 02:54:53 am »
  Ocean spray is amazing wood, this bow here  has a drying check that is 24" long and goes right hrogh the bow. 4 1/2" reflex no deflex and took less than 1/2" set. Extremely fast bow. Bow is about 1 1/16 wide. I will try and make a string and do a chrono on it this week, been several years since I had a string on it. 22.2 oz, 50# @ 28"
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Bows / Re: Black locusts bow
« Last post by superdav95 on Today at 02:50:20 am »
JW.  I saw that post as well.  Very cool Arvin.  Looking forward to what this thing can do
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Bows / Re: Tillering advice: This thing is kinkier than...
« Last post by superdav95 on Today at 02:42:20 am »
That’s quite a feet to get a nice shooting bow like that out of such a character stick!   Well done and I would count that a win! 
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by superdav95 on Today at 02:36:53 am »
Yes that did turn out very nice indeed.  Love the bend on that full draw!
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Arrows / Re: Poplar arrows
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 01:58:18 am »
Nice poplar arrows Robert.
Poplar makes a very good arrow. A few years ago my friend and PA member, Charlie Jefferson(stringstretcher) started making poplar arrows. He was starting with full size trees, slabbing and cutting the slabs into billets to age. After 2 years he reduced it to 3/8" square shafts then made round dowels with a Veritas dowel makes. Charlie sent me a few dozen matched shafts for me to make arrows and try my best to break them. Poplar makes strong shafting. These shafts were made from sapwood and weighed about the same weight as POC of the same size.
 He sent me a few heartwood poplar shafts that made good shafting but was more brittle than the sapwood so not as tough.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by bentstick54 on December 21, 2025, 11:28:29 pm »
Very nicely done. Full draw looks good to me. Sounds like it shoots great.
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Arrows / Re: Poplar arrows
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 21, 2025, 11:23:42 pm »
wrap closeup
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Arrows / Poplar arrows
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 21, 2025, 11:22:59 pm »
I finished a set of poplar arrows that I like. I had heard they were used extensively and had always wanted to make some. There was some really straight grained hobby board with lots of color variants at the hardware so I thought I would see how they work out.  I used a skilsaw and a hand planer to make them. They shoot pretty sweet.

Specs are: Weight is 572gn average (560-585). FOC about 1 inch. Spine is unknown but i would guess 50-55#, I don't have a tester but they shot great out of a 45# flatbow and a 52# longbow neither of which are centershot. 28 inches long (with the brass tips). 5 inch turkey tail fletch. Horn nock reinforcements. Silk wrapping. Finish is tung oil, varnish, paste wax.

Thanks for looking!
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Arrows / Re: Best wood for 450-500 gr, FOC arrows?
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 08:41:35 pm »
I use a lot of POC, I like 45/50 or 50/55 , if 50/55 I just leave a little longer to reduce the spine, I shoot 160 field points and broad heads and usually they come in 500/525, little more or a little less but close to that at finished weight.  :)
 Pappy
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Pappy on December 21, 2025, 08:14:32 pm »
That is very cool, I also make them and do about the same as JW, I have a die hard buddy that hunts them , I made him one and he said he only uses it on birds that won't respond to anything else and is amazed on how it will usually bring them in when nothing else will. :) Pappy
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