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Offline druid

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Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« on: April 23, 2012, 08:01:17 am »
I usually do not make so short bows ( I am slowly transfering to warbow making I hope :D) but recently I have made two of them. One is this little elderberry. 60" ntn but very comfortable to shoot, with low set. 50# 30" but I realiesed that I like it more in 28". It is interesting that it is hollow sapling with cross section like U. After two hundred arrows (we had little meeting where everybody tried it) this is follow. As I already said: elderberry is great bow wood, I like it very much. Not heat treated. Nocks are Tim Bakers light tip solution.




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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 08:18:19 am »
Brilliant!  What a bend on a short bow!   8)  I have heard that elderberry is very good too - very hard wood for its density and makes a bow which is light in the hand, especially due to the hollow section.  The problem for me is finding a piece which is 1, big enough, and 2, not shaped like a dog's back leg.  I'll keep my hand chain saw in my pocket while walking on the woods though......
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 08:44:34 am »
Sweet,thats a beauty for sure,tiller is prefect.Very nice work. :) :)
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 09:03:47 am »
That's just awesome! Nice work as usual.

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Offline dwardo

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 09:29:47 am »
Thats a stunning bend you got going on there. Once you start on the shorties you will wonder why you ever made anything longer. ;)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 09:45:39 am »
That's a unique lookin bow. I agree the tiller looks good and the color is also pleasing to the eye.
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2012, 11:06:44 am »
another nice one.  although a "simple" design, your bows appear to be very well finished. just proves you dont need extra colors or decorations to make a beautiful bow
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2012, 11:17:01 am »
Nah, that's a canoe for Mice  ;D.
But seriously that is really something else.
Gotta try some Elder one day.
Stunning tiller!
Must be weird to tiller a tubular stave?
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2012, 11:30:43 am »
Yup...a perfect classic druid bend there ;)...n i agree the color is sweet,looks almost like fresh cut osage.
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2012, 11:37:39 am »
great bow!  8) how thik was that wood when you started out? Did you tiller it by carving out the hollow section or shaving the belly? And why is it filled still on that one limb?

thsi opens perspectives! after all, it's rare to see a piece of elderberry that would qualify for a classic bow design. With a hollow section in it, however, that should be very possible to get by.

congratulations on this one



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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2012, 12:55:30 pm »
Beautiful in all its complex simplicity....  another wonderful bow  ;)
« Last Edit: April 24, 2012, 11:51:16 am by coaster500 »
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2012, 01:10:26 pm »
Wow Druid, you really do amazing work!  Every time I see you've posted another bow, I get prepared to be jealous!
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2012, 01:51:12 pm »
gotta love the bend on that one!  just simply gorgeous. sweet work Druid
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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2012, 02:58:18 pm »
You tillered a tube!

50lbs no chrysals? You really know how to bend wood Druid.
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Elderberry shortbow 50# 30"
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2012, 04:12:25 pm »
Incredible little bow druid... I love everyone you post...

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