Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: FlintWalker on April 07, 2009, 06:02:04 pm
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I love free stuff! Especially bows ;D
This is a little Boo backed Ipe bow I finished from a blank David Knight sent me. All I had to do was glue on tip overlays, shape the handle and touch up the tiller a little. The tiller didn't really need much touching up. Just a couple scrapes on the top limb and it was done!
It's 58" NTN and draws 43# @27"
The handle, as well as the tips are a combination of osage and King wood.
I dyed the bamboo black and finished it with a base coat of lacquer sand and sealer covered with spray poly.
This little darling draws and shoots as sweet as any bow I've ever had in my hands. It's no slouch in the speed department either. I was consistantly putting a 436 grain arrow through my chrony at 170 fps. With power like that, I wouldn't hesitate to hunt deer with it at all.
Thank you David. I'm sure I'll have lots of fun shooting it. ;)
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very nice, the black Boo looks great and you did a great job on the handle and overlays. Im going to have to get one of Dave's bows soon. He does a fantastic job.
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Dang you did a fine job on that one ! I really like those tips and the dye job.. With the quality of workmanship that you do It could have been a boat oar that I sent and it would have turned out just as nice. ;)
Again great job..
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Between the two of you, y'all made a nice bow.
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Man thats a dandy boat oar Shannon ;) :D Looks great to me really nice job on the handle and overlays, but the tips look a mite big for you :D(kiddin)
I'm with boo gotta get me one of Davids blanks :)
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I like that, she's got a great shape at full draw. The contrast in the woods is nice too.
VB
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KnightD......hey, buddy, i hate to be the one to break this to you, but you built that bow left-handed. Dang........
:) :) :) :) :) :)
Except for that, it is one beautiful piece of work. Very cool, "minimalist" sort of handle. Real visual appeal, and I'll bet it does shoot nice.
piper
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Great looking bow, Shannon!
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That is a beauty Shannon - Wow!
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Thanks a bunch fellas.
Piper, I started shooting left handed a few months ago. I was racing with the timer on the camera and old habits die hard. :-[
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Just noticed that you are drawing it right handed..lol..
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Wow... :o
that is a beautiful bow...
man i like it... looks great....
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That is sweet! I'm sure if you shot it right handed you would still be on target ;) Great work guys...
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WOW :) very nice bow!
How did you get so black bamboo?
BR Roman
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Beautiful bow Shanon,I love everything about it. You finish work is great as always. :)
Pappy
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Awesome job Shanon. You do some fine work. I just put the finishing touches on a blank I got from David and your right he does build a fine blank.
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Just have to ask because somebody has to :) WHY NOT FOR BOM?
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That's easy Jesse...I didn't make it. David knight actually made the bow. I just touched it up and finished it.
All the knowledge and knowhow came from him.
If Oldbow wants to include it, that's OK. But I don't want any credit for actually making the bow. ;)
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Well thats what I thought was the reason but the way I see it you are giving him credit by saying its made by him. If its in BOM he would share the credit with you. I know what you mean though. All you have to do is doctor it up to make it look purdy :) Im in the same boat but I think Im gonna include mine in BOM just as long as everyone knows I had more than a little help from David. You did a great job on finishing it. :)
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Wow Shannon, That is one of the best looking bows I've seen. excellent in every way. Congratulations. Keenan
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Very nice job on that one guys. The overlays look great. Great finish on a great blank. David's blanks are awesome to work and shoot. Well done.
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Awesome job Shannon! You always do an incredible job on the tip overlays too.
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Thank you all again. :)
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Gorgeous!
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I thought I reckonized those nock overalys before I saw yer mug. Nice.
I'm really enjoying that elm stave. Got it broke down and one bow laid out. Hope to get it on a caul today, it's still fairly thick.
You gotta try a FF string sometime. If you'll email me your snail mail address I'll send you a piece of a spool. dcm4@comcast.net
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Yep....me and David were close to making a Deal on one of His Blanks at the Classic....but I didn't get back with Him....I guess I really do now though....that is a really Sweet looking Bow Shannon....and I have to get me one too....but don't put cher eye out on one of them there Tips...eh!!
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Sawfiler, that is a great looking bow. Tiller is awesome too! Wish I could do that well.
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Good lord! Thats one nice bow Shannon!!! You going to use a thumb ring to shoot it with? Davids making some dang nice laminate boths these days. Had a great conversation a few days back about the whole process. Dont know if I will ever be as good as he is but WOW thats a nice one!!!
David T (AKA: Tiller)
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Shannon,
I've used FF for 8 or so years, on everythng from hackberry to osage, yew even. Very rarely do I use an overlay, unless on a backed bow and only for aesthetics. If you shape the nock properly, a little more curve perhaps but yours are fine, you create enough bearing surface, without any sharp points to concentrate the forces, you'll be fine. I've had exactly one nock failure, with a piece of burl mesquite that split out the top. I generally use 12 to 14 strands, depending upon what serving I'm using, and unless it's really soft wood like yew I don't build up the loops. On the yew bow I used 18 strands in the loops, the one you looked at w/ the really really tiny heartwood rings. It was Fetrow yew billets and while you may not remember Jim, trust me when I say those billets were a treasure and I would not risk the bow for any reason.
Can anyone else here testify similarly?
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Beautiful bow, Shannon. I missed seeing you at the Classic. I wanted to show you the elm bow I made from the stave I got from you last year. This bow here is fantastic. You are quite the artist with your woodworking and dyeing.
Dan