Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on June 23, 2010, 05:15:55 pm
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58" ntn 38# @ 28" (pulled back to 29.5 for overdraw test) a fair bit of natural deflex on one limb, the other limb was steamed to match and a little flip tip added.
The stave had a nice natural wiggle. I've blogged the whole build in my blog http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/ (http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/)
There was very little heart wood to play with and not much thickness (hence the glued on gip).
I had to work down the sap wood through loads of rings so I could preserve almost almost all the heartwood, I left extra sap wood on the back of the grip. It's hard to get nice pics of the back as it's soooo white, hopefully the heart wood will darken up with age.
Here are some pics.
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/bowstump.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/testshots.jpg) Not bad shooting for me (mind it was only from 10 yards)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/Finaltiller.jpg)
I used an idea which was discussed here a week or two back, the handle is glued on over a pad of leather, see below.
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/Arrowplate.jpg)
I've done my usual style of Waterbuffalo horn nock overlays and arrow plate.
Hope you like her, she's really sweet, I gotta hand her over to her new owner on Friday (I'll try not to cry)
Del
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nice looking bow del I like the handle glue up and flipped tips.Hammertime.that is good shootin!
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Sure is a very nice bow!
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bow looks great Del.... looks purrrrfect! LOL :D
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Outstanding bow! Josh, that's funny. :) Jawge
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I love to see this wood made into this style of bow. The handle intergrates nicely into the wood to complement the character. Nice job!
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looks real nice del tiller looks exllent brock
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Very nice!
Is it bending through the handle?
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Nice bow,lots of bend in that. :)
Pappy
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Very nice!
Is it bending through the handle?
Ha, good question, the answer is 'maybe a tad' I don't really know!
I wanted it to bend through the handle, but where the stave was split a chunk had come out where the handle is leaving a potential weak spot, so I left a few extra layers of sapwood on the back of the handle, and I filled the little divot with slivers of Yew and epoxy hoping that as I worked the bow down it would all get taken out. Well there was still a bit showing, so I went with the leather and wood grip idea.
It was a tricky job getting a bo out of it as there was also a tin spot on one limb from how it split, that spot was marked with a big fat W for "weak..don't teven think about removing anything from here" while tillering and it only just about got worked out in the end (I can still see a slight trace of it)
The stave was from a log which had a branch on one side so, there was a longbow stave one side and this tricky little runty stave from the other. Funny how sometimes the tricky little staves sometimes turn out the best, it's the challenge maybe!
Del
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Man thats nice!
It looks like every inch of wood is doing its fair share of the work which just makes it look lovely.
Nice work very nice..
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Thanks guys, glad you like her.
Del
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That's a beauty Del, well done!
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Beautiful organic simplicity. Looks spot on.
Barney
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great lookin bow del !
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If it's bending in the handle it's a trilaminate with wood and leather and not a "primitive" bow. You started a new bow category here :D
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beautiful bow Del ... congratulations
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Looks like a great big smile :)
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wow del that bow is fabulous your attention to detail is superb I love the finish all smooth curvy lines great job.
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This shows what I had to start with, shows the wiggle in the handle...
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/Wiggle.jpg)
Del
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Nice bow , great work !
But, let us know what happened to that ( plum ? ) tree in the back of the bow ...did you run out of staves ;D ::)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/bowstump.jpg)
acker ;)
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We took it down as the roots were right under our vegetable patch, there wasn't a decent stave in it >:(, as it was loads of little twisty stems all entwined.
We sawed off that chunk and have it as a free standing natural sculpture/garden ornament... the birds like to sit on it.
Del
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Del, very nice bow.
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That's a very nice bow Del.I really like it. God bless
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Outstanding, Del. Awesome tiller. I love to see bows tiller to full circle like that. It is so pure and shows such great craftsmanship.
Well done.
Dan
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Outstanding, Del. Awesome tiller. I love to see bows tiller to full circle like that. It is so pure and shows such great craftsmanship.
Well done.
Dan
Cheers, I was indeed aiming for an arc of a circle for the tiller, I was daft enough to announce this as an aim on my blog at the start of the build.
I've constructed a circle centred on the nocking point in paint to see if I'd made it!
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/fulldrawx.jpg)
I think I just about made it ;D
I meant to take a full draw with an arrow on it shot...but it's gone to it's new home already...dratt.
Del
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outstanding Del , that tiller is candy to my eye.
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That's a neat little bow. I like it!