Hey fellas,
Got a bug to do some bows with "natural tools". I've got 4 done and an Inuit cable-back....that has yet to get it's cables (that's going to take some time) Anyway, there are two types of chippewa, an ottawa, a short double curve plains bow of black walnut, and the Inuit which is made from a single white oak barrel stave. All the bows are unbacked, split out boards, sanded / carved / finished with rocks. The detail carving on the scallops, knock fineals etc was done with a onondaga chert blade ( from ancient archer).....even used that blade to whittle out the curly maple handle that's it hafted to.
All the bows (3) are white ash, the ntn's, style, etc is at the title of @ pic. All the bows weigh between 44# & 48# except the 53" chippewa which draws 56# @ 27". The arrow in all the pics is the same one and it's 27" from rear of the head to the bottom of the string knock. All the bows have been drawn and shot to 26". I posted some penetration pics in the hunting section under "hunting with NA "d" bows) these things shoot pretty hard.
The last photo is a semi-headon shot of how I shoot them. Notice the "open" stance, slightly bent at the waist, and the floating anchor. Since I'm aiming way left of the photographer the stance doesn't look to be very "open" but generally I am approx. 45 degrees to the target....that is what I mean by open stance.
Hope ya like them....they were fun to make and a blast to shoot, they are tough bows and shoot hard....I sure like them. If you want some detail pics of any of the bows I'll post some here./....just didn't want to bury ya in pics.
Rich
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