Author Topic: Some primitive bows from Africa (Read 3201 times)

coaster500 · « **on:** June 06, 2012, 04:56:31 pm »

I just got back from a hunt in Africa. While I was there I took some pictures of bows my host had on his dinning room wall. We seem to be in awe of the dressing but here are some real tools of the bush...

PrimitiveSkills · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2012, 05:39:30 pm »

Looks awesome very different from our style of selfbows are those bowstrings supposed to be that far from the tip, or is it just unbraced?
Ever got the chance to test them

?

-PrimitiveSkills

Judo Point · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2012, 05:50:52 pm »

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

coaster500 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2012, 05:51:30 pm »

I think the bow at the bottom is the only one Lammie said was braced and shot... the rest have been decoration for a long time

Parnell · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2012, 06:55:08 pm »

I'd like to know what type of wood it is that they make those round cross section bend through the handle bows from. Was there a good explanation in that African archery chapter of TBB? Dunno...

coaster500 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2012, 06:58:40 pm »

Not sure of wood types Parnell ... most of these were gifted to Lammie. I wish he had known??

Hrothgar · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:23:29 pm »

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

mullet · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:27:41 pm »

Those are cool, thanks for sharing. Is that a point on the bottom limb of the second picture?

Pappy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2012, 08:55:01 am »

Very cool,love looking at that kind of stuff. How did the hunt go ?

Pappy

coaster500 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:09:02 pm »

Mullet, don't think its a point but with the covering I could be wrong???

Pappy I had a great time and took Impala, Nyala, Blesbok and a Red Duiker!! The Duiker was the real suprise of the trip. Lammie my PH said it was a first for him to have a longbow hunter take one. I his words "do you understand what just happened? This is something that is more sought after than a Kudu" and the list went on!!! I was extremely fortunate, right place right time and pulled off the shot.... Sorry to say I did not hunt with a bow that I built as my confidence level is not quite to that stag and this hunt was 8 years in the planning. I will go back some day with one of my own and hunt Bush Pig and the warthog that eluded me this trip

Pappy · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:32:53 am »

Very cool,love to see some pictures.Congrats.

Pappy

crooketarrow · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2012, 11:09:40 am »

KOOL

Primitive Archer