Hackberry bendy, 40#at 26”

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Here’s a little tight grained hackberry bendy handle I finished up recently. It’s 53” n2n, 1 3/8” to the outside of the scallops and 1 1/4” to the inside, tapering to 3/8” single side nocks with cow horn overlays. I built up the handle with a couple layers of cork sheet then wrapped it with elephant leather. It feels very light in the hand, weighing 13oz with the string and handle wrap. I heated in 1” reflex when heat treating. After letting it rest it holds a fairly straight profile, after shooting it has about 1” temporary set.
I plan on putting this bow in the auction at mojam if anyone is interested.

Thanks for looking,
Kyle

[Mo_coon-catcher]

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[YosemiteSam]

Fun!  Love the simple stuff!  Did you steam in some reflex?  Or is hackberry less prone to taking set?

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I just used dry heat on a form to bend in an even reflex starting out of the handle I put in about 1” to start with and even up the profile. Here’s a picture of where it started. I’m not sure how hackberry typically is about taking set, since this was my first go with it. I will say that it is an enjoyable wood to work with. But it did seem to take a bit more set than I get with Osage or black locust. But nothing that’s comcerning to me .

Kyle