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Offline druid

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2019, 03:57:11 am »
Special feeling when you, simson, recognize it as good bow. 😌💪🏾
Here is link of testing bow:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h7dMxrBr6RI&fbclid=IwAR2AJK6ws6C3MJNpyY3vu6BDBKsRgj4Mp-RtY3MGzFeiNfZssOWmAFwNlAc
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2019, 04:26:50 am »
Well done getting that thing to shoot! Finding a stave like that is pretty awesome too!
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2019, 07:08:12 am »
Never cared about bow of the month thing much BUTthat bow deserves all the praise that comes its way.
good that wood found you cause you did it proud.
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Offline DC

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2019, 07:16:51 am »
Quote from: druid on May 27, 2019, 10:41:15 pm
Thank you all, my friends, I am glad you liked it. I will try to continue with bows like this. 😌💪🏾
DC, yes, I had to use irregular limb cross section to stop twisting but it was not very complicated. Some kind a straight longbows sometimes made bigger twisting problem than this bow. Slightly change of limb thickness lead to good balance. Limbs are not equal length so it made it more interesting. :D

Did you make the limb thicker on the inside or the outside of the curve? This may help me understand twisting.
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2019, 07:46:44 am »
Neat looking. Great job getting a bow out of that piece of wood.
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Offline simson

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #20 on: May 28, 2019, 08:28:44 am »
Thanks for the vid, bro! Looks like it's hitting hard for that drawweight  :OK

Another question: are you sure about cornus mas or maybe cornus sanguinea?
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #21 on: May 28, 2019, 08:43:42 am »
You did well Druid. You made that stave happy and proud.
Bjrogg
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Offline simk

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #22 on: May 28, 2019, 11:02:14 am »
for sure a unique bow - perfectly executed (f)
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #23 on: May 28, 2019, 09:50:42 pm »
Very unique!  And nicely done! 
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Offline bowster

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #24 on: May 28, 2019, 10:19:32 pm »
congratulation for seeing this extraordinary bow in the wood!
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Offline Chief RID

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2019, 02:40:29 am »
I would have loved to see the stave. Bravo!! It is just astounding that you pulled that off.
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Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2019, 07:33:35 am »
A++ for creativity and execution  :OK :OK
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Offline Sticks

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2019, 08:58:19 am »
That is a WILD looking bow.
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Offline Hans H

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2019, 11:07:33 am »
great!
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Offline druid

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Re: Snakey dogwood character bow 45# 28”
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2019, 11:25:58 pm »
DC when you work staves like this you have to balance them to do not twist. In this case they are prone to twist on string side. You stop that by leaving string side of the limb thicker and opposite little bit thiner. And thats the rule. 😌 Please feel free to ask anything more, my explanations are not always good, english is not my language. On my seminars a lot of students are most interested in these kind a bows.
Simson, yes, I am sure this is mass. ;) I never mix them. :) Mass has more mass (maybe its name is for that 😬) than sanguinea and less tension strength. But, it seems mass has better compression abilities.P.S. It is 10 gpp arrow on video.
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