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Offline mxalex229

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First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« on: December 31, 2016, 03:33:44 pm »
Just finished my first bow, and made some arrows. More towards the "fantasy" side. Since its my first, and I will likely keep it as a memento I wanted to make sure it would look nice on a wall.
All the carving was done by hand and brushed over with gold metallic paint. Final draw weight is 40# at 29 inches. Definitely more fun than building furniture. Already designing a new one that will be as visually appealing albeit more with more performance designed in with more thought into the mathematics/ tiller/ physics of the bow design. Can't wait to have that one done in the spring! Wish I could post more pictures, hope you all like it! let me know your thoughts!
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Offline gfugal

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2016, 04:20:13 pm »
Do you have a picture of it braced and at full draw?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 09:15:10 pm »
It looks beautiful, but hard to give feedback without braced, unbraced, and full draw pics.
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Offline aaron

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2016, 09:29:54 pm »
beautiful. are the lines on the back carved in? If so, I'm scared.
love the nocks- very original
great for a first bow, assuming the tiller is ok
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Offline mxalex229

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2016, 10:10:47 pm »
ill have to get a picture of the draw and brace once the tru oil finishes drying
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2017, 04:37:35 am »
Good job on making the first bow :)
I'd be a little wary of the gluelines at the handle. Next time make sure all surfaces mate really well.
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Offline meanewood

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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2017, 05:29:36 am »
Looks good and the binding is nice and neat on the arrows.

Don't think much of your quiver!
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Offline simson

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2017, 07:56:39 am »
Quote from: aaron on December 31, 2016, 09:29:54 pm
beautiful. are the lines on the back carved in? If so, I'm scared.
love the nocks- very original
great for a first bow, assuming the tiller is ok

+1
and welcome on board!
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Offline mxalex229

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2017, 06:20:40 pm »
So here are the pictures. Sorry about the full draw picture, I had to take it on my phone with a 10 second timer and hope it came out well enough, also very cramped indoors. Also, what is the desired brace height? this is 7 inches from string to the center of the handle.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2017, 06:27:20 pm »
Not bad at all for your first! Congrats!
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Offline barebo

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2017, 06:52:31 pm »
They're waiting for this in Narnia!!! Neat concept - wild nocks...what wood did you use for this one?
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Offline mxalex229

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2017, 07:16:40 pm »
It's black walnut with hickory backing. I just got the wood from pine hollow long bows. My next will be Osage and hickory
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Offline bubbles

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2017, 11:23:09 am »
Nice work.  For F/D pics I find that a video on my phone works very well, then I simply do a screen capture of the video when I hit F/D
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Offline FilipT

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2017, 04:50:54 pm »
Nice Elvish bow! Good for Prince Nuada hehe. Did you or did you not carve design into back? It could weaken the bow, even though I know Will S made ash warbow with worm tunnels on the back of bow that didn't fail.
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Offline mxalex229

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Re: First Bow/ Fantasy Piece
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2017, 06:17:03 pm »
the designs are carved into the hickory backing, however the backing used was cut thick initially, and then the carvings only run about 2-5mm deep.
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