1st Black Locust

[okie64]

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.

[KellyG]

it looks just fine thanks for sharing.

[Osagetree]

Looks good, time to start another one?

[Art B]

For BL, that was a challenging project. Turned out really nice. Congratulations! Art

[Art B]

[okie64]

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.

[Art B]

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

[frank bullitt]

Love black locust! Nice work on it Okie!
Now I would like to see ya standing over a dead animal with it!  :D

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

...very nice !

[red hill]

That bow looks more than o.k. Well done. That wiggle in the handle makes it more interesting.

[vanillabear?]

[SportHunter]

Very nice job onthe bow, turned out great!

[okie64]

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.

[GREG IN MALAD]

I hope my mulberry project turns out as nice.