Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: The Gopher on August 28, 2009, 11:23:03 pm
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I've finished up an osage selfbow tonight, it's my shortest bow so far, 59" ntn. It came from a split off another stave, i wasn't sure if it would even make a bow when i started. I wanted it to bend throught the handle as much as possible but you can see the big knot in the handle that i wanted to leave a little stiff, there is also a knot in each limb about midway on each. the bow is about 1 and 3/8" wide for the whole length with the last 8 inches tapered to 1/2" nocks. The handle is built up with leather to make it more comfortable. It finished up at 54# @ 28". you can see that there is some twist in the lower limb that i didn't bother straightening, it doesn't torque in your hand though. one strange thing about this bow is that the back had many spots where the back is concave not convex that made it a little tricky to chase a ring. i kept thinking that there was a slight hinge about 6" up from the handle but i think the humps and bumps are tricking me. It looks like it took a little bit of set but the stave had a bit of deflex before i started, at least that my story and i'm sticking to it. Well let me know what you think, thanks, Dan.
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looks good humps bumps and snakes fool my eyes too. but i give u thumbs up.
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Looks like you had your work cut out for you on that one. Great Job! :)
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Well done with that difficult stave. 8)
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looks like that one was a challenge to tiller. Came out great though. Good save since you didn't think it was even gonna be a bow. I really like the knot in the bottom of the handle area. Gives it more character. ;D -josh
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Looks good to me. Good job. I heard of a good way to check tiller recently. Instead of looking at the limbs, try looking at the spaces between the limbs and the string. If you compare the space under the upper limb with the space under the lower limb, it's easier to see the symmetry or lack of.
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Looks like you did a good job with a tough piece of wood. I like the way you incorporated the big knot into the handle.
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Really nice job. Jawge
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Nice job Dan, those splinters can be fun.
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BOM bookmarked!!
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I'm in agreement with what has been said...great job with a difficult piece of wood! :)
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Very nice job,don't take much Osage to make a bow as you just proved. :)
Pappy
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Thanks for the kind words guys, i still consider myself very much a beginner, although this bow seemed much easier to build than some others even though it had a lot more issues to deal with, maybe some things are finally beginning to sink into my sometimes thick skull. On to the next bow(s).
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Hey,that looks like most of my boisd'arc, ;). Good job on a challenging piece of wood. God Bless
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Thats a nice bow!
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Getting a short 54# shooter outta that stave? Wow - Nice work!
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Very nice Dan. looks like that would have been a very challenging stave.
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just wondering if any of you have had a stave where the back was concave instead of convex? i'll see if i can take a picture of this bow to show you, it made it a real pain to chase the ring.
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I made an osage selfbow years ago with a convex back. Not only is it difficult to chase a ring but the tillering was a biatch also. You did a nice job on this bow! 8)
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agreed on the tillering part too, when the back is concave you can get away with less wood, but you have to be carful that you keep it even throughout or you might get a really thin spot where the lowest "dip" is.