Author Topic: The birth of the most beautiful Black Widow ever! (Read 2420 times)

Steve O · « **on:** February 05, 2009, 10:38:00 PM »

My friend Darrell (Lechwe) bought a Black Widow SAV last year at Kalamazoo. He liked it so much, he wanted to get another, but wanted something really special...a "dress" bow so to speak

.

I just happen to know my friend Mike Pyeatt (Leftyfred) supplies Black Widow with all their exotic limb and handle material. So we went over Mikes place to pick out some pretty wood

Here's Mike and his wife this past weekend at Kalamazoo:

mooseman76 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:43:00 PM »

I saw some very nice wood at that booth. What did he pick?

Mike

Steve O · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:44:00 PM »

I'm sure most of us have seen the Tour-N-Tuning video by Black Widow.

I thought you all would like to see what happens to the wood before it gets to the factory to be made into bows.

Here are Darrell and Mike going over the intricacies of a couple blocks of Bubinga:

I am still amazed how Mike could look at that plain old block of wood and picture what was on the inside just dying to come out

mparks · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:48:00 PM »

This is pretty cool. I was shooting at the club with Steve and Darrell just a few hours ago and got to see this beauty in action.

Steve O · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:53:00 PM »

Now that Darrell has his wood picked out, Mike can get to work.

The first step is the band saw:

Black Widow has precise and exact standards for the pieces of wood for their riser and limb laminations. Each model has it's own set of requirements and Mike has all that information documented to fill their orders accurately.

After the bandsaw, the pieces are taken over to the power planer to get them closer to flat and the proper dimension for the Widow works...

Steve O · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:01:00 PM »

The final step is this super duper belt sander. This thing will take as little as .0001" on a pass.

Mike checks them after each pass with calipers to make sure they are exactly right.

tradtusker · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:04:00 PM »

Steve O · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:21:00 PM »

Then, everything is packaged up and sent down to Missouri to the fine craftsmen at Black Widow and it comes back in a couple months looking like this:

Hopefully Darrell will come in tomorrow and post some better pictures of his new baby. It is simply STUNNING

I liked Darrell's Bubinga Beauty so much, I bought a set of the same vaneers to send out to my buddy Dave Windauer. I feel a one piece Silvertip calling to me

Over&Under · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:37:00 PM »

Wowzer!!!! That is down right purdy!!

Benny Nganabbarru · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2009, 12:34:00 AM »

Looks great!

highpoint forge · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2009, 12:36:00 AM »

Dude! My next SAX is going to be Bubinga or Kingwood. Beautiful! What do the vaneers run?

bowhunterfrompast · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2009, 12:38:00 AM »

Stunning it is

not everyone gets to pick his bow from the start to the finish. Has to be very rewarding.

Steve O · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:12:00 AM »

Highpoint,

No extra charge over the standard "X" on the Widow to pick your own. To just buy vaneers, you'd just have to get a hold of Mike, they are all different.

rastaman · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:29:00 AM »

Thanks for sharing!

Donnie Earl · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2009, 07:33:00 AM »

Well, it certainly IS a fantastic looking bow, but you might get an argument from some on the MOST beautiful claim...makes me want another new Widow though! The explanation of the process just in cutting the lams gives a little insight as to why they are a quality bow. Thanks for the pics, look forward to some more.

Aggie1993 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2009, 09:38:00 AM »

Beautiful!

joe vt · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:24:00 AM »

that is too cool. what a beauty of a bow!!

joe ashton · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:38:00 AM »

jonsimoneau · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:02:00 AM »

That was pretty cool.

George D. Stout · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:11:00 AM »

That is a very nice looking bow.


LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS	TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS	RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS

News:

Author Topic: The birth of the most beautiful Black Widow ever! (Read 2420 times)

Users currently browsing this topic: