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Offline huisme

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A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« on: October 20, 2014, 06:15:16 pm »
Both of these were orders, one for my best friend and one to trade for a custom quiver and a couple sets of arrows (about time, I'm down to three).

The first is 75" ttt and pulls around 40#@32" and was an absolute butt to tiller without a mirror or tillering tree. Leapardwood overlays on foot long slightly bendy levers make for a real rocket launcher ;D






The second is 62"ntn and pulls around 50#@29". Normally I'd look at those numbers, what with the stiff handle, and say no way but I wanted to impress this guy. She's one of my best, shooting well over her weight at full draw and not doing half bad at my own short 26". Very positive tiller and low set handle look a little funky but she's smooth as butter.








So with the 8" handle subtracted from the 62" this thing has 54" of limb counting the extra-ring-reflex levers, and pulls to 29". With the recent thread on draw/bow length in mind, wherein I said I usually don't draw past half the bows length, this thing has a working wood/draw length ratio of .557 and still retains 1" of reflex completely relaxed, .25" just unstrung, and no chrysals after shooting in.

I'm pretty happy, but you have to ask why I didn't just make the first bow 68"ntn instead is wrestling all that length into shape ;)
50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline wizardgoat

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2014, 10:24:37 pm »
nice work all around!
I really need to get into some of my BL
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Offline Pago

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2014, 10:38:10 pm »
What wood did you use?

Offline bubbles

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2014, 10:58:16 pm »
I'm gonna guess....locust. :)

Offline H Rhodes

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2014, 11:44:05 pm »
Nice work on both of them. 
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Offline huisme

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2014, 12:05:29 am »
Bubbles wins ;D locust it is, still haven't used up all the staves I brought down here.

Thanks guys  :)
50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline GlisGlis

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2014, 04:45:57 am »
very nice bows!! you transmit me the urge to make a molly
and beatiful sourrounding too

Offline Hrothgar

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2014, 06:42:49 am »
Very nice bows, impressively thin tips!
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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2014, 06:55:52 am »
Nice job,they both seemed to have turned out nice. :)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2014, 08:25:07 am »
Nice job on both!
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2014, 09:07:12 am »
  Beautiful work man, you been turning out some serious levers lately 8)  Both are really nice.
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Offline Chadwick

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2014, 12:22:02 pm »
I saw the tip picture and thought that you've either got very thin tips, or hammer thumbs.  :)
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2014, 04:13:30 pm »
Good work Huisme, glad to see ya pumping out more quality mollies

Offline huisme

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2014, 05:48:52 pm »
Hands aren't all that big, nocks are just under a quarter inch if I remember right.

I've got a shortie that ill want to show too, though no pics yet. She's getting her reflex treatment right now ;)

50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: A couple molles from my first free week in a while.
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2014, 07:42:44 pm »
Nice work on those two. I would guess that design in a black locust bow makes a snappy shooter. I really like the way a good black locust bow can cast an arrow.
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