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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« on: September 20, 2008, 03:48:22 am »
I had to make a bow for a swap at "Pirates of archery", after a couple of failures and no more dry staves, I had to get one of my old bows down from the rack.

I needed to make a bow with a 29" draw, so I took down the only 68" Guava I have, ..that was worthy  ;D

Whe I finished this bow over a year and a half ago, the scale said 63 # @ 27", since then I got a few HILLs and I was able to calibrate her,she was 5 # off, having moved to a much dryer area the bow gained some pounds too.

when i took her down from the rack she was showing 70 # @ 27", so all in all I had to get about 15 # off, noticed a few things that didn't look good, (looked good then, not now ;) ) and basically retillered totally to accomodate a 29" draw

she came out really good, I wouldn't want to be on the reciving end of an heavy arrow loosed by this bow.

Braced looks quite funky, but you see she comes around at full draw


68" ntn, 60# @ 29", assymetrical limbs, Guava overlays, Hemp grip wrap, zebra hide rest and plate, homemade finish, ho yeah, since jared is a glass shooter I added some leather on back and belly at the handle, didn't wanna give him a bow with to small of an handle, the transition would have being eben harder then  ;D





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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2008, 03:51:00 am »






some knots



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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2008, 03:54:30 am »




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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2008, 03:57:08 am »




Trying my best to show the 29" draw





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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2008, 04:56:55 am »
Seriously nice bow. Especially liking the overlays.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2008, 09:37:02 am »
Beautiful bow, Manny. Jawge
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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2008, 10:20:22 am »
Nice one Manny! im running into the same tillering problem on my latest hickory, one limb is absolutely perfect. the other has a bit of reflex that just doesnt want to work out.

looks like you handled it nicely though!

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Offline cracker

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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2008, 10:26:40 am »
Hi Manny
  Great looking bow as  usual. How doe's the guava react to heat as far as straightening crooks or bending recurves?
Thanks Ronnie
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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2008, 11:09:41 am »
another nice piece of whittleing there Manny,, those sapling bows just look so primitive and natural,,

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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 11:24:28 am »
KAAAABLEEEWIEEE,

thats you blowing my mind away again,damn you sure make sweet looking weapons Manny. aint nothing to not like about your work.


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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2008, 11:39:16 am »
thanks a lot guys, much appeciated  :)

Ronnie,

no where near as good as YEW and OSAGE, yuo can get a sligth bend but that's it nothing major


Phil

you gotta look at the separately at brace, and make them meet a bit more at full draw


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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2008, 02:02:58 pm »
Hey, Manny
Super looking bow, as usual. Loaded with character! You've got those tricky staves down to a science. Thanks for fully sharing your knowledge!

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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2008, 03:35:15 pm »
That qualifies as a branch sticking out at midlimb, not a knot.  Great looking character bow.  Justin
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Re: GUAVA sapling longbow..."not for BOM"
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2008, 05:45:56 pm »
heck of a bow. that guava is beautiful :)
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