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Offline 21st century archer

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« on: September 12, 2014, 03:28:38 pm »
Hi everyone. I have been building wood bows ever since I was 9. My first bow and arrow was a simple bent stick of invasive brazillian pepper and a wooden dowel fletched with feathers I had found in the woods. A few years later I was making bows from saplings and thin boards of oak and pine. For my 14th birthday I bought the first 2 volumes of the traditional bowyers bible and I was most interested in the eastern woodland bows because they were simple and they were used historically around where I lived. Currently I build mostly native american bows out of woods available here in central Florida. Here are some self bows I built from southern red cedar last year. I am planning on sanding and sealing both and making a rawhide string for both of them. They are special because they are the first bows I built that pull over 35 pounds. One is a 47 inch eastern woodlands style D bow that pulls 37 pounds at 22 inches and the other one is a 42 inch northern plains bow that pulls 40 pounds at 20 inches. The tiller is not the best looking because of all the knots, kinks, and wiggles but both bows have under 2 inches of set and shoot great.





eastern woodlands bow



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Offline GB

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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 03:49:44 pm »
Very nice!  That heart wood is so pretty...
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 04:03:17 pm »
Nice work. 
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 04:13:06 pm »
Welcome to PA
and from the looks of those bows you may be able to teach some of us a thing or two !
Have fun
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Offline lebhuntfish

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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2014, 04:59:04 pm »
Welcome to PA! Nice work!
What part of Florida are you from?
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Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!

Offline Badly Bent

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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2014, 05:43:17 pm »
Welcome to the site, cool bows you you made there. :)
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Offline IdahoMatt

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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2014, 06:36:38 pm »
Goo job and welcome aboard. 
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Offline Drewster

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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2014, 07:06:17 pm »
Welcome to PA indeed.  Looks like you're well on your way building native American bows.  Keep at it.
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Offline Otter

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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2014, 07:08:56 pm »
welcome to PA ..nice job on your bows ...you will fit in here nicely.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2014, 07:28:15 pm »
Welcome to the site, very nice bows.....looking forward to more of your posts, looks like you have some good experience.
DBar
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Offline 21st century archer

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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2014, 11:32:41 pm »
Thanks for the comments guys. Currently I am working on a red cedar elb and I am also experimenting with unknown woods in my area. So far I have had excellent results with bald cypress, carrot wood, and live oak.  Lebhuntfish, Im from around lake tarpon in pinellas co.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2014, 11:49:17 pm »
  Pure primative, I love it. Tillers look good.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2014, 11:52:15 pm »
Thats cool  21st century archer, I have family in Ovedio just outside of Orlando.
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Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!

Offline wildman

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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2014, 12:00:25 am »
Nice looking bows. Also welcome to PA
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Offline burn em up chuck

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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2014, 11:46:07 am »
  well done, and welcome

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