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Offline Ray Borbon

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Home made bow
« on: November 04, 2009, 09:41:00 PM »
Last week I finished up this stick slinger. It's backed with hickory, has osage limbs and a pacific yew handle.

OAL 70 inches.

67 lbs @ 28 inches.

Shoots decent. Really sends em down range with authority.

No pro here but it was fun.

 

 

 

 

 
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Offline Dano

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 10:06:00 PM »
Looks good, have you tried a higher brace height?
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Offline Ray Borbon

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 10:15:00 PM »
Yes it has a higher brace height. I took the photos before I finished the string. As you may notice the string does not have serving or nock point yet.
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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 10:33:00 PM »
Nice looking bow. Will you post a full draw and unbraced pic as well. Hickory backed osage is a great wood bow combo.
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Offline Igor

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2009, 02:08:00 AM »
Looks great.

I'd like to see the higher brace height and full draw pics also.

Thanks for sharing
Glenn
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Offline Ricker

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 02:23:00 AM »
What a great combination of awesome bow woods.  I like it.  Sure would be nice to see it at full draw....nothing like a good ol' action shot.

Good work !
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Offline razorback

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 08:28:00 AM »
I like the way the tips look. Nice taper of the hickory down to the point and the colour combo of the overlays.
More pics please.
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Offline Wulomac

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 10:04:00 PM »
Good looking weapon!
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Offline Osagetree

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 08:13:00 AM »
I like it, you could kill a rhino with that beast!

Bet you're now hooked on stick slinger construction!   :jumper:
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Offline Pennsyltuckey pete

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2009, 11:09:00 PM »
I like it!  Did you make that from dimensional lumber or was it a stave that you de crowned and then added the riser for color?

What glue did you use?

pete
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Offline Ray Borbon

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 11:16:00 PM »
Got the osage and hickory at 3riversArchery.com

Picked up the Yew locally. I used Smooth On EA 40.
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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2009, 01:21:00 AM »
Purdy.
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Offline pappy

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Re: Home made bow
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2009, 09:15:00 AM »
Beautiful bow,nice work.
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