Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: swamp monkey on February 26, 2011, 05:35:08 pm
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This Hickory D bow was inspired by a bow depicted in Hamm and Alleley's Encyclopedia of Bows Arrows and Quivers of the Native Americans Vol. 1. the bow started as a hickory stave begging to become a bow. So I started. The bow roughed out quickly and came to final tiller with very few trips to the tree. It's nice when you get a few like that.
Following final tiller I burned the designs into the belly just like the original had with a wood burner. Then I painted the "sine" wave and dots using acrylic red paint. 7 coats of tru oil (steel wooled in between) and the bow was done.
Final metrics:
handle: 1 1/4" w 3/8" t
mid limb: 1 1/8" W 3/8" t
NTN: 54"
End to end: 58"
set: 1 1/4" Not bad in my book
Pull: 42 pounds @ 26"
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Very cool little woodland bow. Nice and simple!!! 8)
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Very nice bow. I might have to make one of those.
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liking it lots!
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Super job! I found that book at our local library and love it...I may have to add it to my Library as I found it just as useful (maybe more so) as Hunting the Osage. Maybe it is because I admire all the history behind of the Native American's.
Keep them coming!
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Swamp,
Good lookin bow sir......damned if them short NA's aint a whole bunch of fun to shoot... Hey ya got 26" out of it with an 1-1/4 set that's excellent....most of the museum examples have way more than that especially for the shorter self bows....very well done.
rich
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Awesome.. I love the simple lines on these native bows. I got to make one of these soon...
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cool bow.
Ain't it great how little wood it takes to make such bows !? I've taken a liking to cutting small
saplings for bows like that.
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love D-tillered bows, and that's a good one. congrats
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Just an awesome bow! Well done. Jawge
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Very nice!
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Nice bow, good tiller!
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great job on that one!
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Nice looking Arra' flinger!!! Great job!
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Super cool bow Swamp! I like the paint job.
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Bookmarked for my favorite bows posted on this site! Oh, and I greatly appreciate the detail spec list. ;D
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Good looking bow.....I love bendy handles :)
Darcy
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Shucks fellas. with that kind of encouragement I might just have to make another! Thanks for all of your kind words.
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Excellent job. Always liked the indian style bows. ;D ;D
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See lots of nice pretty bows on here with grips of mutiple lams of exotic woods and fancy overlays, fine weapons for sure. But this is the type of bow that captures my imagination and just takes you back in time a bit when you step into the woods.
Great job.
Jeff
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Nice bow. I made one much the same as that out of Elm several years back for the local chief, same paint job to.
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good lookin bow!