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Title: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on April 27, 2009, 08:32:46 pm

 I Finished this bow up last week and just got to taking some pictures of it,  nothin special at all, just kinda plain jane.  its American elm and 56# @ 28"    deer antler tips and a deer hide grip i stained near black with black walnut stain.  shoots pretty darn good, its a little light for my liking so i will probably part with it at some point, but it does hit where i look, so i guess i am a little " on the fence" about keeping it...... what does a guy do with so many bows anyways...lol   - Ryan

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Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Blacktail on April 27, 2009, 08:42:34 pm

well Ryan,if you don't want it i have open arms.LOL...get work on that stick...i think some plane jane bows are the best looking.the tillering is great...good job.john

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Aosda on April 27, 2009, 09:08:44 pm

Looks real nice.

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Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 27, 2009, 09:15:53 pm

It's a beauty! Very nice work! Jawge

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Post by: DustinDees on April 27, 2009, 09:32:47 pm

love the look of a simple well built bow. nice job.

Dustin D

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Timo on April 27, 2009, 10:01:39 pm

Really nice! Tiller is sweet.

Just putting the finish on an elm myself.Mine is a bit more crooked than that one though. ;)

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: mullet on April 27, 2009, 10:46:51 pm

  Nice bow, Ryan. If you want to give them all away you have to make them so everybody else can pull them. ;)

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Diligence on April 27, 2009, 10:53:56 pm

..well, they say that imitiation is the best form of flatery...so, what's the front profile look like?  Fade dimensions, etc....this one might just make it onto my roughed out stave siting on my workbench.

Looks great!

Cheers,
D

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: cowboy on April 27, 2009, 11:58:24 pm

Looks good Ryan! I've got that piece of elm you sent me recurved and tips on - just need to gitter done ::).

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: medicinewheel on April 28, 2009, 01:51:05 am

Nice arc!

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: El Destructo on April 28, 2009, 01:59:39 am

              You shoot the Ryan....thats what You do....or You tell me what the Shipping will be....and Box them up!!!

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: AKAPK on April 28, 2009, 02:33:43 am

Ryan is that a center shot Bow? Nice!

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: shamus on April 28, 2009, 08:04:00 am

nice!

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on April 28, 2009, 10:14:15 am

Diligence-  the limbs are 1 5\8 wide and contuniously taper to 1\2 knocks, i could have got to 3\8 without any trouble, it just worked out at 1\2 so i left it alone, i dont eevr put a tape measure or pencil on them when working them, i just eye ball everything....well thats a little incorrect i do mark center on the stave.

Paul-  yeah you better get busy on that elm, i was wondering what happened to it!

AKAPA-  the lower limb is a bit shorter, the arrow shelf is not quite to center, but the limbs are slightly different in length anyways, i had the nock on the bottom split just a tiny bit during tillering b\c i didnt take the time to make the nock nice and smooth, so the string caught a rough spot and dug in,  so i just clipped it off a bit and made a new nock and adjusted the tiller.

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: John K on April 28, 2009, 10:42:51 am

Looks great Ryan ! There is just something about a simple bow that i like.....

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: TRACY on April 28, 2009, 11:44:31 am

Good looking bow! I'm with you on marking center and then having at it.

Tracy

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Bullitt on April 28, 2009, 12:36:13 pm

Ryan, tiller looks perfect! That's a working man's bow! Did you use any heat on the belly? Also , I have alot of standing dead elms  across the creek behind my house , what do you think guys? Good shootin, Steve

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: sulphur on April 28, 2009, 12:48:01 pm

that bow is plain like the empire state building is just another skyscraper.  i'm working on an elm stave right now.  hope mine is as good as that one.

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: OldBow on April 28, 2009, 12:51:47 pm

Just excellent and #36 for April Self Bows of the Month

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: AKAPK on April 28, 2009, 01:47:56 pm

Ryan, The reason I asked is cause my last Lemon wood Bow has the Handle a bit lower towards the Lower and there is a little more set to the lower limb. Like your Bows, Primitive and Powerful.PK

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Kent D. on April 28, 2009, 04:41:14 pm

Nice throw together job. ;)

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Post by: Keenan on April 28, 2009, 07:29:08 pm

 Very nice Ryan, Like the natural look on the back and the tips are a sweet accent. ;)

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: Bear on April 29, 2009, 01:01:45 pm

Thats a great looking bow. I love the simplicity. Cool stitching around the strike plate, too.

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Post by: Hillbilly on April 29, 2009, 03:31:42 pm

Mighty fine looking bow, Ryan.

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: huntertrapper on April 29, 2009, 03:43:46 pm

awesome looking some of my favorite bows you fellas make are "plain janes"

Title: Re: new elm bow i threw together
Post by: PeteC on April 30, 2009, 08:44:06 pm

Looks great Ryan!!I've also got a couple of elm bows in the works,one recurve and a flatbow. Great job, God Bless