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Offline hunterbob

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2015, 11:05:19 am »
I bet the thin tips really send an arrow. Nice looking bow.

Offline adams89

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« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2015, 11:28:56 am »
nice bow, i like the one sided tips!

Offline RyanY

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2015, 11:49:10 am »
Wow! Thanks for the comments everybody!  :) I really appreciate it. The nocks are bone. I like using it because it works well and is far harder than the wood. I actually had the string split down the side of the nock the first time I got it strung up. Luckily I was able to super glue it into place and haven't had any problems since. Width at the fades is 1.5" wide and tapers to 1 3/8" mid limb. Even though it took some set it definitely feels stout at brace.

Offline TimBo

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« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2015, 11:52:14 am »
I actually had the string split down the side of the nock the first time I got it strung up.

I bet you didn't need any coffee to wake you up after that!

Offline Drewster

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2015, 11:55:14 am »
That looks like a picture of tasteful simplicity and efficiency to me......very nice work.
Drew - Boone, NC

Offline Parnell

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« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2015, 12:12:56 pm »
Love me some side knocks on a bendy bow.  That thing is what I call utilitarian.  Nice bow!
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2015, 12:33:17 pm »
Cool looking bow and nice bend. Would love to see it drawn by hand

Offline Dvshunter

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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2015, 12:47:15 pm »
I like it bud. Very much your style too...
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2015, 01:04:03 pm »
Cool bendy, did you heat treat the belly?

Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2015, 01:54:35 pm »
I love everything about this bow!
Florida to Kwajalein to Turkey and back in Florida again.  Good to be home but man was that an adventure!

Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2015, 02:02:53 pm »
Sweetness  8)
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline rps3

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2015, 03:41:45 pm »
Hard to imagine a 58" hickory drawn to 28 not taking some set, let alone just 1/2 inch. Looks great. I had a hickory split at the nock once too and was able to save it. Never made a bow without overlays since.

Offline Roy

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2015, 04:02:22 pm »
Very nice..

Offline RyanR

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #28 on: February 18, 2015, 04:54:33 pm »
Looks good man, nice and simple.

Offline Loope

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Re: Simple Hickory D Bow
« Reply #29 on: February 18, 2015, 08:53:17 pm »
I like the bow, and I've been wondering lately about side nocks.  Is there a purpose for the side nocks besides the coolness factor?  Such as does it let you make more narrow limb tips?  Do you put top and bottom nocks on the same side of the bow or opposite?

Michael