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Offline Mad Max

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Ash Snake bow (MoJam) EDIT
« on: August 12, 2015, 11:41:11 am »
Oldie but goodie
I got rid of the photobucket pictures and thought I would repost it.

68" ntn 44#@28"
I got a half log at MoJam 3 years ago and made a bow with it.

So this one I let dry Inside my house for a long time, I made it 2 1/2" wide at the fades and 3/16"+ at the nocks. I did a slow heat treat like Marc St. Louis a year ago and sealed it
My taxidermist gave me a 6' long Timber rattler skin with head and tail because the scales were coming off. 16 Rattles
I work on and off on it until a few weeks before 2015 MoJam


after 80  shots it still has reflex in it.
Time will tell



















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Offline DC

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2015, 11:48:16 am »
Love that string! Great job of matching. Did you just randomly twist together different colors or did you have a plan. The bow looks great too but that string just grabbed my attention :D
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Offline Mad Max

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2015, 11:53:58 am »
I had the right color strings and they matched very well.
Thanks for looking
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2015, 12:20:41 pm »
Great job. You did just what ash wants. Wide, long and tempered. Real nice tiller as well.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2015, 01:39:20 pm »
That thing sure turned out nice Max! I remember you working on that one at mojam.  It was refreshing seeing your post today. I really like the skins and the matching string! Awh heck I love the whole thing! Patrick
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2015, 02:35:33 pm »
Great bow,  I agree with the others, that string matches your skins perfectly.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2015, 03:00:55 pm »
good looking bow, good looking string, and good looking skins. Id hunt with that any day.
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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2015, 04:57:54 pm »
Looks very good to me in all aspects . Pappy
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Offline Mad Max

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2015, 05:55:20 pm »
Thanks Guy's
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Offline Drewster

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2015, 07:28:20 pm »
If that bow shoots as good as it looks, you've got a real winner.  Congrats on a fine job.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2015, 07:51:41 pm »
Very nice bow. I second the string comment.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2015, 08:03:18 pm »
Nice bow. Looks flawless in braced position and at full draw, plus the finish work is very nice as well.
Like the others said that string is sweet also.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2015, 08:29:29 pm »
Really nice bow......love the tips, handle wrap, skins, string, back profile, bend......well I guess, just about everything.. :) :)
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2015, 08:48:13 pm »
Now thats a nice ash! You got a great ash! :)
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Ash Snake bow (MoJam)
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2015, 10:02:41 pm »
Quote from: Dvshunter on August 12, 2015, 08:48:13 pm
Now thats a nice ash! You got a great ash! :)

And judging by the heat treating on the belly, that is one hot piece of ash!

Wicked tips, freakishly thin stuff there!  I would eat my way thru a chainlink fence for a chance to shoot that bow!
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