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Appreciate the compliments on the bow it was fun to build.
The tips are buffalo horn glued on with smooth on epoxy. "Boswell" pushed me to make the tips that skinny. (those are the smallest tips I have made so far but I will be making some more)
Hope the bow shoots well for ...
David
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Let me know what you see. I have thinned the handle some. Heck I might even start shooting tomorrow. It is about 45# at 28" just a bit light. I will see where it is at after some shooting I think.
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Longbowhntr, I think your back nocks are still too big, take them down by about 1/2 and you will have a good looking tip. HA HA HA HA Looks Good!
I flipped the tips on my trade bow the other night. Looks good other than it looks like the tips took a little twist. Im gonna have to get that fixed before I can get it strung again.
Thanks Boswell
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I second that longbow every single bow I have seen on this years swap has been just awsome.
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Dang! I was just unstringing the vine maple bow that I'm making and a few strands of the string caught an edge of the groove and pulled down into bow. To prevent absolute disaster, I had to yell for my wife while I kept the bow partially bent and she cut the string. So do I glue it and add a tip overlay? Do I go back to my backup (an osage longbow) Decisions, decisions.
And just to make it more interesting, I've started having shoulder issues that make it impossible to even draw a bow. I've got an appointment this week with an orthopedic doc and will see what he says.
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Steven, pics will really help with suggestions. It could be as simple as recutting the string groove.
-------------------- Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes! TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 10076 | From: Brevard, NC. | Registered: Apr 2003
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Thanks roy I hope I got the hinge out ok. The tiller looks good in that picture.
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I put about 40 arrows through it as it is and she is silent. I do feel a bit of hand shock. I will shoot it a bit more this week and see where it is at. I will look at that top limb and may take a few scraps off it yet.
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Kelly, from the last picture it looks like both limbs are stiff from mid limb to tips. I would work on the limbs from mid limb to 6" from tips. More pics unbraced and straight on pic of tiller would help. Looks like you'll have a shooter! Posts: 1173 | From: IL | Registered: Oct 2010
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Finally had time to get out and finish my trade bow. Its a 62 inch R/D longbow off the now world famous KennyM design. It has five lams of Bamboo and glass. With a action wood riser. I dressed her up a little with some fancy tips and a leather wrap. The bow is supposed to be a two piece but I cant pull it apart. So if the recipient want to try and pull it apart then feel free. The riser is reinforced with phenolic but its offset so that you cant see it in the window and to add rigidity to the riser. The lams are tonkin cane stained green. I even went all out on the string and ordered a SBD high perfomance string. Hope you enjoy its been a pleasure.
Bow will ship on thursday to .......................................... !!!
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