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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Locust D
« on: June 30, 2010, 11:26:33 pm »
Hello everyone, here is a replica Eastern Woodland bow that I just finished up. It is Black Locust, 63 inches long and pulls 45 at 26. It is 1 1/4 wide at the handle and tapers down to 3/4 at the tips. It keeps just a bit of reflex after unstringing and relaxing. I burnished it and stained it with some red clay. I stained the tips and handle area with blackberries and have heated it and rubbed in several coats of deer tallow for the finish. I made the string from yucca fibers. It's the first I've tried and it is holding up fine so far. I'm going to experiment with other strings also, rawhide, sinew and dogbane. I plan to hunt with it this fall with replica arrows of course!
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Offline Diligence

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2010, 11:29:25 pm »
Very nice!  I'm interested to see how well the yucca string holds up.

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2010, 11:30:16 pm »
very nice bow Alan , i like the lines and the tiller, hope you do well this season with it !! hows black locust to work with , i havent tried it yet
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2010, 11:46:35 pm »
 That looks nice, Alan. Yucca strings hold up real good.
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2010, 12:06:29 am »
Very Nice and Very primitve........Great tiller......awesome job Alan.

How did you learn to make the primitve string? I would like to try
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 12:09:39 am »
Cool bow and string, Alan. Bring it to the camp-o-rama if you come. I hope you do. The yucca string looks pretty small in diameter compared to other natural fiber strings I've seen.
  I've been thinking about a similar bow from the locust stave you gave me at the camp-o-rama 2 years ago.
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 12:10:33 am »
Woodland,
        Damned fine bow sir, Like everything about it. Hope you do well on the deer, that will be a real "extra" to suit such a fine weapon.
Rich
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2010, 12:20:11 am »
dang that thing looks nice!  Simple but elegant at the same time. The tiller looks perfect on it, good luck hunting with it this fall.. Hope you take a nice'un with it.   :)
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2010, 02:45:27 am »
Nice bow Roamer.  I believe BL was meant to be a d-bow.  And, you did a fine job with it.  Makes me want to finish the stave I started a year ago.
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2010, 06:24:03 am »
Very nice simple and effective. I like it. :)
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Offline gmc

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2010, 07:16:16 am »
What a nice looking primitive bow. The tiller looks awesome on that weapon, you must have treated it right for sure looking at the unbraced profile.
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2010, 07:21:13 am »
Thanks for the kind words everyone!

ken75, I think locust is really nice to work with, similar to working osage I think.

straightarrow, I guess I learned by reading and forums like this one. In one of the TBB volumes there is a chapter on strings that explains a lot.

Pat, I'm planning to be there and I'll bring it along.

Alan
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Offline hillbilly61

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2010, 08:35:37 am »
Very nice. Tiller looks dead on. Hope you have success with the meat end of it. Lets see the arrows you'll be using.
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Offline J05H

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Re: Locust D
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2010, 08:42:20 am »
Great looking bow.  Like the Cherokee diamond nocks.  My first bow was just like that.
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Re: Locust D
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2010, 08:45:16 am »
Simple and beautiful! Tiller is perfect!  Nice job.
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