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Black locust bendy handle
« on: December 26, 2024, 08:46:02 PM »
I finally finished up another bow. It’s black locust bendy handle pulling 48# at 28”. The tips are Purple Heart and handle wrap is stamped veg tan with lizard skin arrow pass. With about a 500gr arrow it gets about 160fps from my shorter 26.6” draw. I love how light and dainty these flip tipped bendy handles feel, but they still come with decent performance.

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Kyle

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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2024, 08:56:09 AM »
Always nice to see your bows kyle, and always with a grade A tiller.  Keep em comin!

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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2024, 10:25:16 AM »
Very nice bendy handle bow, Kyle.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2024, 05:34:14 PM »
Very nice work!

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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2024, 06:35:16 PM »
Nice bow, Kyle!
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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #5 on: Today at 08:56:37 AM »
Very nice Kyle...

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Re: Black locust bendy handle
« Reply #6 on: Today at 09:26:33 AM »
Howdy Kyle,
Having built only one black locust selfbow myself, did you get a clean growth ring on the back? The only one I built was a devil to chase so I got close to clean, then backed with rawhide to be safe. After probably 200 shots….so far, so good.
Jon
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