Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: k-hat on February 05, 2012, 08:10:09 pm
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A while back I made one of my fave hickory bows and gave it to my boss at work. One of my other bosses got to see it as well and became just a little interested ;) Long story short, we wound up spending a couple of afternoons together last summer and made him a red oak flatbow/longbow, and this past fall he decided to make a couple for his boys. The result . . . a new family of primitive archers >:D He's not really my boss anymore, but certainly a friend :)
Here's John and his oldest boy with the red oak bow John made from start to finish on his own. It's 53" ntn, pulls 18#@20", with a little room to grow:
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/IMG_2142.jpg)
That's one happy son!!
The obligatory money shot:
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/IMG_6105.jpg)
Don't know if he'll start participating on PA, but he's hooked on bowbuilding for sure ;)
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Very nice bow! The tiller is right on. Very good for your first. Time to get those boys building their own. I hope John and his sons join us. 8)
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Very nice to see! Welcome to all primitive bowyers-young and old! Jawge
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Very nice to see! Welcome to all primitive bowyers-young and old! Jawge
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Yeah, i thought that tiller was pretty nice too! I figured i'd be giving him a hand on this one after he bought the board and he surprised me when he sent me a pic of her pretty much all tillered out. This was his 4th bow in all: the one i helped him with for himself, another i helped him tiller for another of his sons, 3rd was his first attempt solo which unfortunately snapped, and then this one. Got a good record going so far, and like the rest of us, a broken bow is a reason to start another! He's a good student, not quite so stubborn as me ;D
Now maybe he'll get on PA and get some instruction from somebody other than a newbie who's just less newbie than him ;)
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Very nice work and to see his son's getting into it with him. Cool. :)
Pappy