Hazel longbow 50# 29"

[Ishi]

This bow was made from my friend Max, owner of the heavy Gull Wing bow. It is hazel wood from Belyanica mountain, some 3 000 feet high. This sapling had almost 2" of reflex, now holds a little more than 1/2", not heat treated. 73"ntn, 1 3/5 wide on the widest place, 50# 29". It is feather-light bow: 430 grams. Great wood, easy to work and take low set. I got a lot of critics that my full draw pics could be more interesting than wooden wall every time so I will try to change that in the future, but not always.

[Blacksmith77K]

A Hazel-Flat. Good Tiller an a little bit snakey. Typical: Ishi

We call this special kind of Hazel-Bow: 'Flitzebogen'.

The Back of the Bow is oiled with Pig-Fat?

[Wilfrid (✝)]

@ Blacky
Nö, Flitzebogen sieht definitv anders aus !!!!!!

[Blacksmith77K]

Im Norden ja... Dennoch seht schöner Hasel-Bogen.

[Ishi]

:-) Yes, I forgot to say: first it was stained with walnut stain and then pig fat and bee wax, coat over coat.
I do not think hazel could handle some higher weights without heat treating, seems this is limit to be without crysals.

[Tom Tom]

A very nice bow

You build such beautiful bows go on

lg Tom Tom

[Squid (✝)]

50#@29"
Neeee! Nix Flitzebogen!

[FluFlu]

Very beautiful!

[Johannes]

NICE

[Fitzgerald]

very nice...but here is an other hazel-warbow. from north-east germany..call it nomek-nordmecklenburgischer kriegsbogen...he he...

80#@31".....haselnuss.

fitz..

[Ishi]

Thank you very much my friends... :-)
I do not consider this bow as nothing except light bow.
Once before, when I was younger and less skillfull than now I have made hazel longbow about 90# (posted somewhere on PP). Then he didn't had any crysals but after years, I spotted one. Seems this was exceptional stave, now I see. That bow is now in my cabin, covered with dust, my nephew do not have time to use it, it is his now. I still think that hazel from my country is not good for heavier weights but excellent for light bows.


Here are the specs:
69" ntn
33 x 26 mm at the handle (1 1/3 x 1" and hair thin over, it meets 5/4 ratio of width and thickness)
1/2" at nocks (nocks were made of dead pine knots, unbelievebly hard)
691 gram of physical weight
90# at 28"
95# at 30".

[Ravenheart]

...all your bows are so well done and beautiful, I could cry!

(Although the last one seems to be at upper limb less radial than downside in full draw ? Is the upper limb longer??)

Raven

[Pyromir]

Hi Ishi,

greetings and congratulations to Max, he made a wonderful bow. Thanks for sharing.

Regards
Marc

[Sherrif Sherwood]

Hi Ishi, that a great thing.
If i look at my Hazelnut, so i can only respect.!!!!!! Great warbow, i see your face, it shows all the power of the bow.

I got a Hazelnut with 15lbs and this is called "Flitzebogen".

With best regards Jürgen.
Ps: Please, please go ahead to create bows.

[Ishi]

Sherrif, I had luck with this sapling, nothing else..
Pyromir, seems that I have thick fingers: I wrote made from instead made for...this bow is for my friend, made by me.I apology.
Ravenheart: thank you but my bows are not all well done- this one is example. Upper limb is much stiffer than it should be. When I was making this bow I had much less expirience than now and that is reason for unapropriate tiller. I am thinking of retillering this bow .