Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: AndrewS on June 26, 2007, 04:55:00 pm
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Hi,
here is a new recurve I made for a friend - also a bowyer (with no time to make himself a bow)
She is from hickory and the glued on handle is Plumwood. The tips are also from plumwood glued together with a stripe of horn.
There is also horn at the bellyside of the recurve - I had shaped the hickory to thin at the recurves so that I had to reinforce the recurves.
She is nearly 1,5 inches wide direct after the fades, the nocks are 3/8inch wide.
She pulls 52lbs @28 inches and has a NTN lenght of 61".
Hope my friend will like her???
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A few mor pics ;)
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well done. any chance of another full draw pic. the fence and tree are screwing with my head. lol
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I like the horn, but I'd have to agree with jamie... there's a lot going on in the background of that full draw pic.
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I love the horn on the back of the recurves. The plumbwood is nice also. I am with Jamie, the background makes it tricky to see. But that chain link makes it especially hard to focus. :P Justin
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That bow sure is purty! Great job!
Sean
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Great looking weapon. Your friend should be quite happy.
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Thanks for your comments.
I will try to get a new fd-pic today in the evening, when my wife is back.
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Sweet Andrew that is a beuty,bet it is a sweet shooter. :)
Pappy
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Ok. Here are more pics - better to look at pics ;)
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and more:
P.S. the colour on the hickory is "henna" (it is normally a natural colour for red hair) and charcoal from our fire-place. The finish is shellac and tung-oil.
@Pappy
the bow is a sweet shooter, sure ;)
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Beautiful bow Andrew! I love the nice arc at full draw, looks like a smooth fast little bow! Bet your bud will like it a bunch.
Question: Is the hickory from a board?
-Alex
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I'm sure your friend will be extremely pleased with the bow...great job!
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looks like a shooter. Are my eyes screwed up or is the bottom limb a little stiff from the fade? If so, I doubt that it will disturb the performance of the bow.
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She's a beauty. Nice job. Jawge
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Got your fine bow all set up for June Self Bow of the Month consideration. Nice Job!
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Nice hickory bow, Andrew. Pat
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Thanks for your compliments!
@FarEastArcher
yep it is from a board. I make most of my hickory from boards. Here in Germany it is easier to get boards of hickory.
@finnishnative
I think the stiff part is an optical mistake ;), cause I hold the bow not right straight up.
I tiller the bow that it begins to bend a little just after the fade out.
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very nice
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I too, really like your work, AndrewS. That building behind you - it looks ancient - a barn? I was going to ask where you are, but you already said! I spent 18 months in your great country, and some of my best memories are of Germany, and not just the bier, though....they are up there!
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Great job Andrew,looks like a shooter to me.
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Very nice bow, that plum is beautiful stuff. I like the looks of the horn on the static tips too. Not a bad idea, to bend the thinned board and then bolster it with an overlay. You could also kerf the tips and insert a wedge of wood, as an alternative to stiffen a tip like that. Scarier procedure than what you did.
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@Dane
yes it is a barn! In the barn there is my shop ;)
I live in Gießen. May be you know it???
(But as a snob I think the beer in Gießen isn't good - the best beer comes from Peine (my hometown where my parents live). It's called "Härke-Bier" and in Peine we say "Härke gibt die Stärke" what means "The "Härke"-beer made you strong" ;D
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Can I have that barn! Wow, what a great place to work.
No, afraid I don't know that town, although I have heard the name.
I was near Klosterlechfeld, down south below Augburg, and perhaps 1 hour by train to Munchen. One of my favorite beirs locally was called Haffenbrau, seit 13 something...and we thing 100 years is old in the country, :)
I'd love to try the bier from your hometown, of course. I hope to get back there one day in the next few years, and bring my wife. Then I can try it! She, alas, is a wine drinker, but there is always hope, as last night, I had a local weisen with the lemon slice, and she said it was drinkable. :)
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that a great looking recurve. marlon
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@Dane
I think it is complicated shipping the barn :D
In bavarian they have a lot of beer. Very little local breweries with a lot of delicious stuff ;D
In other regions of Germany there is a lot of good and fine wine. Isn't that a reason to come back and visit the nice places in Germany :)
Greetings to your wife - in summer I like Weizen, too.
Today I will go to Belgium - they also have nice beer (something like champagne beer ::))