morrison pics

[vermonster13]

Speaking of choices, how are the new risers coming along Bob?

[snag]

I know Bob it is about choices. Just making an observation.

[Bob Morrison]

V13, You do mean the ALUMNIUM riser    not another choice... Its looking like a week or two now, The company machining them had about a week set back on one of there other projects.

[vermonster13]

Yes the ALUMINUM riser. I want one as soon as they are available please.

[JC]

Check the moisture content on this one lately Bob?

 

Oh the agony of waiting for a nice piece of wood to dry!    

Al-u-min-i-um....Bah! Next you'll be drilling holes for plungers and sights!  

[KentuckyTJ]

Oh my goodness that's gonna be a wild one. What is that JC? What if any woods are you going to use with it?

[JC]

That's a piece of black and white ebony TJ. I bought it last summer but Bob told me in Sept. when I gave it to him "best thing to do is forget about how long it will take to dry."

I hope to have him build a Shawnee riser with a midnight dymondwood center flair like Chase's bow in my first pic, with this b&w ebony on the outsides.

Says we might get two risers and if not, at least one and a good bit of material for knife handles for my blade makin buddies.

[vermonster13]

JC, Bob already offers those holes.

[RUSTY1]

That will look awsome JC. I just got a little package in the mail yesterday from Bob. It was a chunk of Mun Ebony from the block that he used to make my riser and I'm gonna use it to make sideplates on the knife in my arm guard to match the new bow!!

R.J.

[KentuckyTJ]

J.C. I think that Shawnee will make Ted Nugent turn trad. make sure to post some picts when you get her.

[Bob Morrison]

JC, I unwrapped it last week and rewrapped it right away. We are not close yet. I just have to keep wrapping and unwrapping, wrapping a new newspaper around it and wait.

[JC]

David, SHHHHH! the tradpolice will hear!

Thanks guys, I will definately post when it's finally done. Worth the wait I'm sure.

I know, I know Bob...a watched pot never boils.

[Ray Hammond]

Kentucky,

I think you got my point?

And I think you ought to redo the math.

at 180 FPS it would take 1/3 of a second to reach the target 3x60=180

if you were to increase the speed by 4 fps then 1/3 of four feet would be 1.3 feet. That's a little off, of course, because its more complicated than that, but its close enough for instinctive archery.

If you need that difference in speed to achieve the results you desire, that's fine. If the cost is insignificant, that's even better. If there are OTHER compelling reasons other than speed to buy them, like quietness, ease of draw, then that's even more justification.

But someone in this thread stated that the increase of 4 fps better performance in terms of speed alone was a justification for purchasing the limbs.

If MY MATH is right that is a .022% increase and all I was observing was that I wasn't sure without other mitigating factors it was worth a big difference in price.

Your response is just like those on broadhead threads where people say " 95 dollars for three broadheads??" and someone gets upset because THEY spent the money ....spend what you like...but it is OK for me to comment on it with a different take, right?

[Ray Hammond]

Bob, I definitely wasn't trying to poo poo anything you are doing.

You know I shoot one of your Shawnee's, my hunting partner and best friend has a Cougar, and my good buddy Joe has a houseful of your bows...I like them, I think they are the pinnacle of the bowyer's craft.

And I bought a piece of black and white ebony to try to make knife handle out of it- the guy said it had been in his Arizona shop for 6 years. The moisture content was over 14%!!!! It's even up higher than that now that its soaked up some of our Georgia air. Yikes.

[Killdeer]

Bob's 'shop pic' of my Cheyenne. The bocote has mellowed  and become browner than it is here, which I like.
 

Added some scratches..
 

Arapaho (This picture gets really big.   :D   )
 

Dakota
 


I never have been able to capture the grain in this wonderfully dark macassar ebony. The bow (ACS) is backed with canebrake skins.
 

 

Killdeer  

[PAPA BEAR]

wow killdeer that one bow looks like you could hike around on it and even climb a hill or two.nice...what wood is that?

[PAPA BEAR]

the dakota is the one i'm referring too

[leatherneck]

Ahhh, Killy finally made it and posted some pics. I was thinking you weren't going to let everyone see your great collection. Always better late than never. Pic 3 (the Arapho) is still my favorite. My birthday is coming up in Aug.Hint Hint.    

Mike

[Killdeer]

 
Not one bloody chance in Vegas, dude!
That is my retirement fund!
(And it's a whole lot more fun than my stinkin' 401K, that's fer durn sure!)

If I remember right, Bob told me that the Dakota was made of kingwood. I bought it at the BBTC, probably in 2005. Maybe 2004.

That's all I have, just four of Bob's finest, which means that I am either possessed of superior restraint, or inferior funding. Go figure.
Killdeer~Blessed!  

[KentuckyTJ]

Oops you are correct about my math Ray, thanks for the correction

Killdeer, those are beautiful bows.