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Title: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: sulphur on February 16, 2009, 05:12:00 PM

One of my wife's friends want a bow for her husbands birthday.  he shoots compound but loves longbows.  I had a really premo ash board and whipped this up over the weekend.  Usually i back every ash bow i make but this board was nearly perfect.  66" ntn 56# @ 28",  2" wide at the fades to 1/2' nocks.  i also made some poplar arrows to go with it.  they weighted 600 grns +/- 10 for all 4.  it shoots about as well as any bow i have ever made.  Maybe this will convinve him to go completely trad.
 (http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG1852.jpg)

 (http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG1853.jpg)
 (http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG1854.jpg)

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: sulphur on February 16, 2009, 05:38:00 PM

(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/CIMG1859.jpg)

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: CheapShot on February 17, 2009, 05:08:00 AM

Very nice bow, and arrows too. I really like the handle. Wish I could "whip" them out like that.

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: 4runr on February 17, 2009, 07:38:00 AM

Very nicely "whipped" out!!

  :notworthy:    :notworthy:

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: Pat B on February 17, 2009, 08:50:00 AM

Nicely done and a nice gesture. Full draw tiller looks very nice!     Pat

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: kennym on February 17, 2009, 08:19:00 PM

Very nice!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: Izzy on February 18, 2009, 01:57:00 PM

Hmmmmm man is that ever a nice looking bow.Im gonna start me one soon.Real nice.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: ash board bow- happy b-day
Post by: George Elkstalker on February 19, 2009, 07:25:00 PM

Any trouble with string follow?  Very cool riser.  What exactly is it?