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Offline Jodocus

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Rotten sloe shorty
« on: May 03, 2013, 06:48:46 pm »
Here's one I'd like to show:

Sloe / Blackthorn prunus spinosa, 53", 16 ounces, 56# at 26"

It's from a deflex stave. The rot was present in the live plant from when it had been cut a couple of years ago. Best thing is, the recurves are naturally grown like that  ;D

sorry for the crappy draw pic, I hat to use the timer and it was kind of hard to get the right moment. I hate to keep my bows drawn for 5 sec repeatedly.
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Offline half eye

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2013, 06:52:08 pm »
Super lookin bend right there, like the coloration as well. Make a very nice hunter
rich

Offline Jodocus

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2013, 06:52:45 pm »
Wanna see some more?

And as always, feel welcome to tell me how to improve the tiller.
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2013, 06:58:00 pm »
Man Rich, you where even quicker than me!  :o Thanks, this means a lot to me!
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Offline arklowrebel

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2013, 08:12:56 pm »
Looks great. Raw, natural and primitive.  Love it.

Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2013, 08:18:04 pm »
Sweet bow

Offline Caveman_Sam

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2013, 08:22:40 pm »
Thats lush

Offline Knapper

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2013, 08:35:56 pm »
Very nice bow J. It all looks good to me.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2013, 09:13:49 pm »
The lines are looking great & smooth natural color    8)
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Offline Don

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2013, 10:05:40 pm »
Looks good. How does it shoot?

Offline Zion

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2013, 10:29:37 pm »
Freakin awesome bow! For some reason you're bows and photography remind me alot of Druids. very nice work.
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2013, 11:27:41 pm »
That discoloration on the belly is beautiful! I love the simplicity, why do I keep building these board bows?!  :o
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2013, 11:41:41 pm »
Love the title , but love the bow even more! Great job!

Offline JonW

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2013, 12:18:11 am »
Simple AND durable. I really like it.

Offline Jodocus

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Re: Rotten sloe shorty
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2013, 02:34:15 am »
Thanks guys.
 
Don, it's not going to win a flight competition. The deflex makes it very steady shooting for it's lenght, though. I felt very clearly "conducted" by the wood on this one, also, I did not want to do any bending in order to preserve the wood colours. It just all fell in place, it even has a natural arrow pass mark exactly in the spot.  :laugh:

Zion, you're right, I like Druid's bows a lot and feel inspired by his work. The reason my pics seem similar might be the following: Bows are long and slim, and this makes it a difficult to fill a picture with a bow. Hence the picture strips you see sometimes. What I do and I think Druid is doing as well is to picture them from a bit further away, but with as much zoom/tele as I can (using my standart digicam, no lens). Ever noticed how stuff looks like cartboard attrappes through binoculars? That is because the zooming reduces the depth dimension. They use that in movies, for example to make a group of riders look more dense. And it also helps to fill a standart format with a bow.
But I don't know if he really does this as well. The idea came to me when looking at his pics. Most extreme example is the fencepost shot.
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