Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Sidewinder on January 07, 2011, 01:05:56 pm
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It has been a while since I made anything. Alot of changes and challenges have gotten in the way of being in the right mindset. I finally got the bug and built one for my buddy Rocky. He has shown alot of interest in my bows, so I decided he needed one of his own. I hope I'm not too photo heavy. Its a 59" osage flatbow 45# @28" 1-1/16 at the fades and 3/8" at the tips. 15 strand Dacron B-50string and a leather handle grip. It started out with alot of deflex in the handle and naturally reflexed tips that started at the last third of the limb but those came out in the midst of tiller so it doesn't have as much set as you might think by looking at it. It draws smooth and shoots dead on and quiet. Its balanced as well as any I have made
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Here it is unbraced in front of the wood shed
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Nice snaky bow ya got there - love the handle area - naturally flows with the rest of the bow.
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Here is Rocky at full draw
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I also made him three cedar arrows for it and they shoot like darts so I guess I goit the spine right. They were 55's but I cut them 2" longer and they shot like 45's so it worked out good. Hope you all like it , he was tickled pink ( as you can see from the color of his face, lol. Danny
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Cool bow and a good friend. Looks like he likes it. 8)
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very nice bow , feels good to give em away dosent it
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Postman thanks the stave had a natural delfelx so I just incorporated it into the handle area, it make the handle placement feel like it belongs there.
Thanks Pat he really likes it, its his first bow ever.
Ken yes I love giving them away. I won't say I would'nt sell one but I get great satisfaction from giving when I can.
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Very nice bow. Is that a metalized buffalo skull I see hanging on the barn?
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Beautiful bow and a kind gesture. :) Jawge
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hey i like it bet your friend is happy with that,he has good form.
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looks good. That stash in the background looks good too.
Jeff
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Very nice bow, Im sure he will be pleased. Graet Job Sidewinder!
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Outlaw Thanks.The buffalo skull is the real deal. I shot that one 3yrs ago with a rifle and saved the skull and tanned the hide. Needless to say the meat was awesome.
Thanks Jawge, Keenan ohma and N2.
I taught him how to shoot a year ago. He takes instruction well. As a matter of fact I'm better at teaching it than I am doing it...lol Most of those I have shown how are better than me. If I could only learn to practice what I preach...lol Danny
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Nice bow and great Gesture. :) Bookmarked for January BOM contest.
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Great looking bow,I had missed this one. Nice work.
Pappy
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Thanks Josh and Pappy. Danny
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Great looking bow! My head is just now I think getting back where I may start on another bow before long...starting to get the itch.
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Nice bow. Just enough character to make it interesting
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i'm glad to see you making bows Danny. we are a rare breed here in Kansas, so keep up the good work.
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Thanks Jimmy, Marc and Greg.
Yeah we are are'nt we Jimmy. You know Mike wants to make his own and I have several other guys that are talking like they want to give it a try so who knows one of theses days we may have our own tribe of bowyers running around these parts.
Marc this stave was kind of an experiment. When I split it out of a larger one, I apparently started the split on the wrong end and ended up with a a stave split that was 1/2" wide on one end and 2" wide on the other. Thing is, the 1/2" wide end looked like a well proportioned character pyramid limb. I decided to try and duplicate the other limb to match what had naturally split out on the other. So I measured it every 2" and drew it out as close as possible, being sure to follow the grain with the center line. It worked out pretty good. The biggest challenge for me on this one was it started out with quite a bit of deflex at the handle and some reflex on the outer limbs. I had never worked a stave with that kind of deflex and reflex, so I was concerend with being able to stick the tiller It lost most of the reflex in the tillering but the defrlex in the handle sure makes it draw smooth. I am thinking about having him let me heat treat it and flip the tips a little. but he likes it the way it is, so I may just leave it be. Danny