Hickory horn bow. “Bolt”

[superdav95]

I finally finished up this bow that I started early this year.  It’s been about 7-8 months build.  Mostly waiting for cure and drying.  Here’s a copy of link of initial build along…. I was going to continue with original post but figured be best to start new one. 

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,71187.msg999746.html#msg999746

This is a modified molle style bow completely constructed with my homemade sturgeon bladder glue that I made earlier this year.  It has approx 90 grams of deer sinew on the back bending/working portion of the limbs.  The belly was laminated with Buffalo horn.  I went with matching horn tip overlays shaped as lightning bolts and arrow shelf. The arrow pass is made from beaver tail.   The sinew was later covered with matching pair of sturgeon skins which seemed fitting as the bow was made with sturgeon glue.  (Thanks again Weylin for the skins!). I really like the look of the skins on this bow.  I took his advise and stained the back black prior to glue up.  It took to the sturgeon glue well and adhered very well with no issues after several sessions of shooting.  I called this bow “Thunderstorm” as the dark galaxy pattern and scoots reminded me of lightning so I went with this theme.  The checkering handle was a journey and major learning curve.  I had to practice on several pieces before getting confident enough to go at my bow handle.  It turned out well in the end and love the wood look and feel of the grip.  It provides just enough grip similar to a gun stock foregrip.  I flattened the diamonds a bit to make it less aggressive and now feels perfect.  The stave that this bow came from was a fairly young stave with some slight crown which felt would be a good candidate for sinew.   Overall length of the bow is 64”.  It draws 49.40lbs at 28”. It’s my fastest bow to date.  As I expected it to be with the sinew and horn.  It has approx 7.5” of reflex after shooting in.  Immediately after shooting a bit it has 6” reflex and creeps back to 7.5”  Shooting 500grain hunting arrows I was getting 186fps.  I shot my 400 grain arrows and got consistent speeds of 202-203fps.  Very smooth shooter.   I’ll post some vids of me shooting this bow.  Enjoy and thanks for following along.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6Dd4GEQVyzatYs8d8

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tqt9JNTqfxLWyFZb8



Cheers

[superdav95]

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[superdav95]

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[superdav95]

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[gutpile]

that looks badass..gut

[superdav95]

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[superdav95]

that looks badass..gut

Thanks gut! 

[bassman211]

That is a head ,and shoulders above the norm bow. Masterful work.

[mmattockx]

What a superb bow, absolutely beautiful.

Is anyone else having problems getting the videos to play? They just sit and spool forever for me.


Mark

[superdav95]

Very kind thanks guys.  The videos should play I tested them out when I posted.  I’ll try something else too maybe fliker

[Dvshunter]

Beautiful! Well done!

[Will B]

Absolutely beautiful bow!  Your attention to detail is very evident in this bow. Great job!

[superdav95]

Thanks guys!  It was fun build.

Here are the video uploaded using Flickr.  See if it works better

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/193575471@N05/shares/3N07E4WkG5

[Allyn T]

My word that is exceptional

[PaSteve]

You nocked that outta the park. That is one of the most beautiful bows I've ever seen posted here. Maybe you should have called it lightening with those Chrono results