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Offline Knawbone

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Hoping It Holds RBBBO
« on: March 06, 2011, 08:11:00 PM »
Been working on my first attempt at a BBO. The only problem I had was my own ignorance. Without much thought, I sanded the nodes completely off the backing and thinned the whole backing down to the thickness I wanted, which is a little less than an 1/8" at the fades tapered to 1/16" at the tips. To remedy the problem, I asked some questions here on TG. As usual I got some excellant advice. So I backed the boo with rawhide. So basically its a boo lam backed with rawhide.A rawhide and boo backed osage. I guess I'm just woundering further if I should back it with anouther layer of rawhide or skins ect, or should it be strong anough. Any thoughts?
HHA 5 lam Cheetah 65" 48@26
HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
Kota Prarie Nomad 60" 47@24
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Offline H8nonCubs

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Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 08:47:00 PM »
That rawhides pretty tough. I would think that a single layer would be fine. Any more than that would be extra mass that you don't need. Good luck
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Offline Knawbone

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Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2011, 08:55:00 PM »
Thanks H, Yea I didn't want to add any more mass if I didn't have too. Thanks for settling my nerves. Bone
HHA 5 lam Cheetah 65" 48@26
HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
Kota Prarie Nomad 60" 47@24
You can do a lot of things when you have too W S Butler My Grandfather

Offline Pat B

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Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2011, 11:03:00 PM »
One layer is plenty.
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