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Offline druid

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Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« on: July 13, 2012, 10:23:21 am »
I was not often here last weeks (months?), I was occupied with some other projects. This is bow I finished for a friend. Curved, knotty dogwood sapling. It is 72 ntn, 1" wide and little less thick in the handle. Was difficult to tiller beacuse uneven reflex in the outer limbs followed with one deflex spot right in front off it, everything missaligned. This is the best I could take out of this. Still holds about 1,5" of reflex, had about 2,5" reflex. Not heat treated, just heat reshaped a little to be in line. Pins left rised because I like it very much.  ;D . 588 grams of physical mass. Drawn to 30", owner will pull to 28-29".






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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2012, 10:26:45 am »
As usual, Druid, really nice bend! Gotta try one of those knotty ones, sometime. :-\
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Offline JonW

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2012, 10:28:21 am »
Druid I like the way you take something so ugly that only a momma could love, and turn it into something absolutely brilliant. Good job.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 10:30:41 am »
Druid, you not only build some of the coolest bows I've seen but you are a master at it. Very well done!   
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 10:41:32 am »
Amazing job!
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2012, 10:42:43 am »
I bow to your Druidness....  wonderfully done as always :)
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2012, 11:35:34 am »
Wow, this bow has more knots than all the bows displayed in the last twenty pages on Primitive Archer combined! Absolutely crazy. Great to see that dogwood can handle it, even when the belly is crowned. This gives me hope, since I also have a nice dogwood stave that has more knots than the bark could tell me in advance. Gosh, that stave has been standing in my corner for at least two years...time to finish it!
Nice work. Sweet tiller and again a typical Druid bow ;)
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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2012, 12:05:34 pm »
Ive been missing seeing your work Druid. Thanks for giving us a fix of another one of your knotty perfectly bent sticks  ;)
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2012, 12:35:36 pm »
You are the master of the primitive bow. another gorgeous bent stick Druid! love them all and this is just too cool.
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2012, 01:17:42 pm »
Its like you found a sapling, debarked it and strung it. Done. I love it! Man between this and blackhawks yew I am getting fired up. Awesome work guys.

Gabe
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Offline druid

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2012, 01:19:04 pm »
I am glad that you liked it my friends!! I am doing my best with every stave, no matter what it looks like.
In the past months I was working intensive on improving my skills about making bows, soon I think I will be able to rise it to some better level than now. I was also working more than usuall on some warbows, they are so cool to me that I think I will make them more than ordinary bows, in the future.  :o Hope to post some of them in the next days.
Also I was doing on introducing ordinary citizens and modern archers with power of the wooden bows via TV and newspaper. My plan is to make it more popular than it is now by gathering primitive shooters, promoting of bowhunt, classes in our workshop... Will see...
P.S. Ross, I vote for blackhawks yew, no doubt it is great bow.
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Offline okie64

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2012, 03:30:37 pm »
Very nice bow Druid. I always enjoy seeing your bows, I really like the looks of them.
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2012, 03:52:00 pm »
AWESOME!!!!!
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2012, 05:56:36 pm »
Man Druid, I just love your bows!!!!
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Offline LivingElemental

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Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2012, 08:09:45 pm »
That's the craziest thing I've ever seen. I have to try it sometime.
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