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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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A little bow for my nephew
« on: December 17, 2016, 02:23:31 pm »
I finally finished a bow, arrow, and quiver set for my 6 year old nephew. It's black locust bendy handle with walnut overlays. It's 48" long, 1" wide, draws 14# at 20" and took about 1/2" of set. I put a leather flap on each side since I'm not sure which hand he will prefer to shoot with yet. My brother told me that he seems to be cross dominant. For being such a little bow with low draw numbers, it flings an arrow surprisingly well. I got it to fling an ~400gr arrow about 90 yards. It's going to be his Christmas/ birthday present, so I'll get some pictures of him with it if the weather is nice ebough to get outside with him. If not then the pictures will have to wait until we can get out and fling some arrows.

I was going to make the arrows, but 3rivers had youth arrows on sale cheap enough that I would've spent more to get the feathers and tips than to just buy finished arrows.

Thanks for looking,
Kyle
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Offline simson

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2016, 02:26:51 pm »
happy christmas, I bet he will be happy!
Its so much fun shooting with the kids ...
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Offline Knoll

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2016, 02:34:42 pm »
Betcha that'll be one happy young'un!

fyi . . . I've found 1/4" dowels w/ 70 gr points shoot well from bows of that weight.
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Offline JonW

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2016, 03:00:15 pm »
That's awesome Kyle!
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Offline make-n-break

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2016, 03:11:10 pm »
Awesome!! I've got a nephew that's about a year away from needing one. This is good inspiration! Nice work!
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2016, 05:41:33 pm »
It's fun building these bows for kids. I've finished 2 for my grandkids and right now I have 3 shooting I'm about ready to finish sanding. I like the raccoon on there. Hope your nephew has some nice weather to shoot in, hate to have to wait till spring.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2016, 05:59:38 pm »
cool set... bet he loves it  :)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2016, 06:09:05 pm »
Nice to see. :) Jawge
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Offline mullet

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2016, 06:11:33 pm »
He ought to love it. I have more trouble making kids bows then making a radical reflex deflex.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2016, 07:21:24 pm »
That looks great!  Those 3Rivers arrows are hard to beat, especially if they're on sale.  It looks like things may warm up a bit after tomorrow, so hopefully he can do some shooting soon.
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2016, 07:31:15 pm »
I'm sure he's going to enjoy it.
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Offline Bob W.

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2016, 08:55:04 pm »
Lucky kid, nice job on that one!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2016, 09:00:37 pm »
Very nice work.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2016, 08:27:11 pm »
Sweet! I'm working on 2 similar bows for my 6 year old daughter and 5 year old son. Nothing cooler IMO than a bow made for a kid- magical. I'm sure your nephew will love it.
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Offline bubby

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Re: A little bow for my nephew
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2016, 08:34:11 pm »
Cool beans, he will like that
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