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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: snedeker on April 07, 2009, 10:25:49 pm

Title: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: snedeker on April 07, 2009, 10:25:49 pm

For my son, Jason.  From a 4" diameter pignut hickory log.   70" ntn, 48#/29", 1.24 inches wide at fades.  Reflexed midsectoin, deflexed mid limb, and reflexed tips.  All with dry heat.  Acrylic paints and clear acrylic coating.   has a 10"  area between the handle fades. 

Dave

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Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: venisonburger on April 07, 2009, 11:44:44 pm

Hey, I like that, pretty nice design
VB

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Shooter_G22 on April 08, 2009, 12:18:43 am

very nice....

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Pat B on April 08, 2009, 12:23:54 am

Nice bow, Dave.Tiller looks good.   How was the pseudo Yumi style to tiller?

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: koan on April 08, 2009, 01:01:51 am

Pretty Sweet! I love the name too...my favorite Japanese actor :D.....Brian

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Pappy on April 08, 2009, 06:49:00 am

Beautiful bow,Tiller looks great as dose the finish work.He should love that. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Timo on April 08, 2009, 08:12:56 am

Nice profile and great tiller. I notice you are holding the bow a bit lower than the arrow pass? Is that normal for a bow of that type?

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Pennhawk on April 08, 2009, 09:34:42 am

Nice bow, I like that color.

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 08, 2009, 09:43:33 am

Great job! Jawge

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: Gordon on April 08, 2009, 10:08:27 am

I like it a lot. What a great profile on that bow.

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: xin on April 08, 2009, 10:59:40 am

Really nice bow.  Have missed your frequent posts.  Glad to see you back.

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: snedeker on April 08, 2009, 11:11:00 am

Pat:  The bow is a bit asymetrical, upper limb 2.5 inches longer.  This was actually started to be a long eastern woodland style, but in heating it, I found it responded unusually well, so I decided on this other fun project.  I started out with a 12" long rigid area in the center, got it close to tiller, found which limb was bending more and dropped the handle to 10" making the stiffer lmb the bottom one.  Then I heated in the curves and finished tillering.   

Koan:  My son and I have been huge fans of Toshiro Mifune for years.  the bow is modeled after a bow Mifune uses in the film Throne of Blood.    Mifune I was my second bow, made in 2002, which was a crude weapon indeed with squared off lines and tips, made while the bickory was wet, with 4" set.  This is the improved version.

Timo:  My bow is drawing the bow and it may partially be the angle with the cross piece of the fence behind?

Xin: Kind of you.

One note, the outer coating is polyacrylic, and I wasn't very happy with it.  Although said to be clear, it grayed the white paint a bit.  I think a spray on all acrylic would have been better.

Thanks to all

Dave

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: DanaM on April 08, 2009, 12:53:43 pm

Thats an interesting bow Dave, very nice :)

Title: Re: hickory selfbow inspired by mideival Japanese bows
Post by: medicinewheel on April 09, 2009, 04:58:01 am

That a really nice and special looking bow!