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Ok Gents Here is my latest

#1 Post by KellyG » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:05 am

Ok here is some pics of the bow I made for a bow swap on another site.
The skin is one snake and I am amazed at the difference in the pattern. It is an eastern black rat snake very common in the US.


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A bit shinny I just can't bring myself to dull it.

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Nice and toasty limbs

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Well she really thumps and arrow let me tell you. I did not take any pics of the full draw on this one. I will let the new owner take them. This is my first R/D bow. The draw really looked like it had a bad hing in the same spot on both limbs that were not there before I toasted it and put in on the caul. Once it was shaped I drew it I really thought I caused a problem. I did retiller it a bit to get it to the draw length and weight. But never got ride of the hing look. I think it is the R/D profile that caused it. (I HOPE).

Also this bow as really light when I got close to finishing it up about 10# or so. So I did cut 1.5" of the tips, toasted the belly while adding the R/D. And gained probably 15# or more. I stopped drawing it at 25" when I hit the 51# mark. And tillered her out to 28" and at about 53#.

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#2 Post by bigbob » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:31 am

Looks great Kelly!
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#3 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:02 am

Hey Kelly it looks great. What wood is it made from and also what length is it? Also mate it is of deflex/reflex design and not reflex/deflex as you say. :biggrin:

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#4 Post by KellyG » Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:55 am

Jeff,

It is Hack berry, a fairly common tree in the eastern US. It is about 62" ttt. Pulling about 50lbs at 28". Hackberry is a very under used wood here in the US for bows. It is not yew or Osage but it will give hickory a run for it's money. And toasting the belly really gave it some snap. It makes the arrows really pop when they hit the target.

Thanks for looking,
Kelly

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#5 Post by Gringa Bows » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:38 pm

Looking good Kelly :biggrin:

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#6 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:29 pm

Thanks for the update Kelly. It looks a good wood and I like the character bends in it also. :biggrin:

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#7 Post by KellyG » Mon Aug 05, 2013 1:26 pm

Welcome Jeff

Yep Hackberry is usual very straight, but I find a knot hidden under the bark. It does give them some character.

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