A Blast from the Past,...pics & video

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

So yesterday I was looking in my wood pile for a new project and tucked in a corner full of dust I noticed this old bow I made maybe 11-12 years ago, must have been my 6th or 7th.

I was curious to see if it still was capable of shooting, never got a pig with this bow but I hunted it and shot plenty

Full of dust




This was when I made it,....man I made ugly bows then 

http://s34.photobucket.com/user/NorthShoreLB/library/Bamboo%20red%20oak?sort=3&page=1



Cleaned it up and put it on a string









I did some short pulls and could hear some creaking, took the handle wrap of and sure enought the wood wanted to came off on one side








I considered taking the riser off and do something new but I wanted to shoot the bow today, I had no superglue yesterday so I whent to get some this morning and poured it into the delam

I than braced the bow to higher brace and did some pulling on the tree






At this point I decided to shoot it and take a video in the process, either was going to succeed ir at least I would get a BOOOOOM on camera 


so here is the video, shooting a bow that was dormant for I would say at least 10 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSYj6XJHqHA&feature=youtu.be




Well, the bow shot remarcably well so I'm gonna slap a new grip on and use it 

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

This is the bow that was never Supposed to be.

Bamboo backed Red Oak, not to wide and thick limbs,
 the bow that shouldn't ever made it 

[tattoo dave]

Nice recovery! I've got one of those bows too. The one that shouldn't have survived. It now has small cracks in the bamboo backing. Anyway, cool bow. Good to see it still shooting, go shoot a pig with it.

Tattoo Dave

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Thanks,

I'm more excited about this old, ugly bow than I'm about the new ones I just made 

[bradsmith2010]

nice save,,, looks like it shoots great

[blackhawk]

Nice resurection...i wouldve just made myself a new one..lol...but whatever works best for you

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Nice resurection...i wouldve just made myself a new one..lol...but whatever works best for you

I have 3 Bows on the bench pretty close to the final act, but to get to shoot this old ugly bow was way more exciting than making a new one 

Got a new grip on it and been shooting the Crap out of it, if it's still in one piece by the end of the week I try making a couple more videos.

[Traxx]

Manny,

Nice to see the fire burnin in ya again.I sorta got sidetracked by life lately and drifted away from archery for a bit. Seeing your posts recently,have lit a fire under me as well.

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Manny,

Nice to see the fire burnin in ya again.I sorta got sidetracked by life lately and drifted away from archery for a bit. Seeing your posts recently,have lit a fire under me as well.

 

[Carson (CMB)]

Like Traxx said 

Manny, The first primitive archer magazine I picked up had a painting of a mammoth on the front with a group of hunters taking it down. I saw it on the newsstand and had to see what was inside this magazine. There was this picture of some baddass surfer looking dude with a bow he had made from a piece of wood and this gnarly buttressed tree in the background, and apparently you were featured for winning some monthly contest for the best bow. I bought the magazine and started of dreaming about making my wood bows. That was about 6-7 years ago.

By the way, you were shirtless.  So whenever someone gives me flack for a shirtless Full draw shot, I reply, Manny started it.

Way to bring that old bow back to service.

[DC]

We're all just jealous and wish we had the balls(and belly) to go shirtless

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

LOL 


Been shooting the bow a lot, definitely more than 100 arrows a day

It creaks like an old Barn door  but,it shoots very well.

I'll keep shooting it hard all week if by than it's still in one piece I'll take a couple of videos, hopefully you can hear it creaking in them