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Title: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: dutchwarbow on July 18, 2009, 04:36:00 PM: I made this a while ago and managed to finish it yesterday. It draws a nice 55# @ 28", shooting it close to the 60s at my 29" draw.

it only got an inch of stringfollow, started as 1/2" from the stave. The widest part is close to 2", and ít measures 67" between the nocks.

many bowyers tend to call every bow with narrow, eiffeled outterlimbs a holmegaard, even though the extremer ones are closer to a mollegabet than a holmegaard. In addition, these narrow outter-limbs are often made way too thick, wich reduces the special holmegaard/mollegabet effect of lightweight levers. I tried to make them as lightweight as possible, at a normal width of 3/8" at the nocks.

this is a modern version of a 'real' holmegaard. I loved working at this one, the thin-ringed ash is a pleasure to work with, and the rings just invite you to play with them. Hope you like it ;)

Still gotto get my fulldraw, no succes yet. It'll come, soon ;)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1167.jpg)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1178.jpg)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1172.jpg)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/Afbeelding041.jpg)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/Afbeelding039.jpg)
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: dutchwarbow on July 18, 2009, 04:37:00 PM: (http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1168.jpg)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1176.jpg)

Nick
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: b.glass on July 18, 2009, 05:59:00 PM: Very, very nice!
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Dano on July 18, 2009, 06:39:00 PM: Great job Nick. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Colt on July 18, 2009, 08:23:00 PM: Awesome!
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: vanislebowyer on July 18, 2009, 10:52:00 PM: i love it,dude...holmegaards are my favourite style of bow
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Steve Kendrot on July 18, 2009, 10:59:00 PM: Looks nice. Full draw pics?
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Steve Kendrot on July 18, 2009, 11:00:00 PM: Looks nice. Full draw pics?
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: ichiban on July 19, 2009, 01:53:00 AM: nope no good send it to me ill dispose of it hehe nah very nice indeed
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Hermann From Bavaria on July 19, 2009, 05:34:00 AM: really good!

i love holmegaard design. i´ve built one on my own, for my girl friend. its draw weight is only 28# @28, but it shoots like grease lightning!

yours is tempered, isnt it?
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: broketooth on July 19, 2009, 07:13:00 AM: what a good lookin bow. i love the pic of the handle area,great lookin fades. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: dutchwarbow on July 19, 2009, 07:21:00 AM: thanks guys! haha ichiban! I think I can get rid of it myself, hehe ;)

hermann, mine's tempered slightly. Man, did it give a great colour! after sanding and oiling it's just a nice golden colour...

here's the fulldraw btw ;)

(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh367/hanshanssam/bows2/selfbows/ash%20holmegaard/IMG_1184.jpg)

Nick
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Hermann From Bavaria on July 19, 2009, 09:08:00 AM: yehaw, thats holmegaard!
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: frank bullitt on July 19, 2009, 01:31:00 PM: Yeah Nick, that looks great! Love that ash! Looks like a Louisville Slugger when they put the flame to 'em! I have a black locust by Gary Davis and a Elm by Paul Comstock, both Holmie style, Love 'em! Good shootin, Steve
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: bjansen on July 19, 2009, 09:43:00 PM: Outstanding. Great job Nick!
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Steve Kendrot on July 19, 2009, 10:22:00 PM: Nice! How deep do those string nocks cut into the tip of the bow? Love the grain pattern of those fadeouts.
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Pat B on July 19, 2009, 11:57:00 PM: Nice Holmegaard, Nick and the toasted ash looks cool. Do you have a pic or example of the Mollegabet bow? I haven't heard of that style.
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: 2treks on July 20, 2009, 06:43:00 PM: Thats what I want to see too Pat, Thats a new one on me. Nick, That is a great looking bow. I have only made a few so far but they are some awesome shooters. I think that design really lends it self to carful tillering and as you said keeping the tips light. That looks sweet, good job.
Chuck.
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: dutchwarbow on July 21, 2009, 04:02:00 AM: thanks steve! they're like 3/16" deep. I guess :p

thankyou pat! The growrings are pretty typical for Ash, a bit of a toast makes it look even better, imo ;)

thanks you Chuck! Carefull tillering indeed :) glad you like it ;)

Pat, chuck, I suggest you read this topic. I hope admins won't mind me posting the link.

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/23167?page=1

Holmegaards didn't really have the pronounced shoulders, nor were the outterlimbs very stiff. The mollegabet however had really narrow, deep, shouldered outterlimbs. I found this picture in the same topic;

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk224/upo546/mollegabet.jpg)

Nick
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Roy Steele on July 21, 2009, 09:31:00 AM: Your right alway make the last 6 inchs as lihgt as possable with out having them been.The less weight your tips are the less hand shock you will have.
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: Bjorn on July 27, 2009, 05:40:00 PM: Nice job and fine tiller!
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: BEN on July 28, 2009, 02:57:00 PM: AWESOME------------great grain pattern too. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: bundyrod on July 31, 2009, 07:31:00 AM: you did a top job on that bow.......Rod
Title: Re: 55# ash holmegaard-fulldraw added
Post by: pappy on July 31, 2009, 10:57:00 AM: Very well done,love the grain in ash,That looks like a keeper.
Pappy