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Title: 1st Black Locust
Post by: okie64 on September 07, 2011, 10:47:00 PM
Heres a few pics of a black locust bow I just finished. Its not much to look at but it flings an arrow pretty good. This is my first time workin with bl and I was pretty impressed with it. Its 66" long and 1.5" wide with a slight width taper to 1.25" at midlimb and then to 1/2" tips. Its 49# at 28" after shootin it in and only took 3/4" of set. I had to do a lot of heat straightening to get the tips to line up with the handle. I didnt cut a shelf in it because of a wiggle in the handle that makes it almost centershot. I usually glue tips on but it just didnt seem appropriate for this bow for some reason. Like said before its not much to look at but thanks for lookin.
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/005-11.jpg) (http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/001-31.jpg) (http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/002-26.jpg) (http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/003-22.jpg) (http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/Jamey_Burkhart/007-6.jpg)
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: KellyG on September 07, 2011, 11:39:00 PM
it looks just fine thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: Osagetree on September 08, 2011, 04:09:00 AM
Looks good, time to start another one?
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: Art B on September 08, 2011, 06:34:00 AM
For BL, that was a challenging project. Turned out really nice. Congratulations! Art
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: Art B on September 08, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: okie64 on September 08, 2011, 07:28:00 AM
Forgot to mention, Art helped me out quite a bit and gave me some pretty good tips through the tillering process on this bow. Thanks for the help Art.
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: Art B on September 08, 2011, 09:28:00 AM
When was the wood cut for your bow Jamey? Like many others, I've had my share of problems with BL. But I have my suspicion my wood wasn't seasoned well enough...Art
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: frank bullitt on September 08, 2011, 01:31:00 PM
Love black locust! Nice work on it Okie!
Now I would like to see ya standing over a dead animal with it!  :D
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: getstonedprimitivebowhunt on September 08, 2011, 05:17:00 PM
...very nice !
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: red hill on September 08, 2011, 08:33:00 PM
That bow looks more than o.k. Well done. That wiggle in the handle makes it more interesting.
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: vanillabear? on September 08, 2011, 09:19:00 PM
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: SportHunter on September 08, 2011, 09:22:00 PM
Very nice job onthe bow, turned out great!
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: okie64 on September 08, 2011, 10:47:00 PM
Thanks for all the compliments guys, it means a lot.

Art, I found these logs in a guys yard about 2 years ago and he told me the tree blew over in a storm about 3 years before that. He was kind enough to let me haul them off. I split one of the logs into staves right after I got them home and the other I just split a few months ago. So I guess the tree has been down around 5 years and this particular stave has been split and seasoning for a little over 2 years. I had to chase rings really deep to get under the cracks that the sapwood caused. I have to admit I was kind of intimidated by locust since I had heard it really likes to fret but I am very impressed with it as bow wood.

Frank, I hope you get to see me standing over a dead animal with it.
Title: Re: 1st Black Locust
Post by: GREG IN MALAD on September 09, 2011, 04:58:00 AM
I hope my mulberry project turns out as nice.