Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jodocus on May 03, 2013, 06:48:46 pm
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Here's one I'd like to show:
Sloe / Blackthorn prunus spinosa, 53", 16 ounces, 56# at 26"
It's from a deflex stave. The rot was present in the live plant from when it had been cut a couple of years ago. Best thing is, the recurves are naturally grown like that ;D
sorry for the crappy draw pic, I hat to use the timer and it was kind of hard to get the right moment. I hate to keep my bows drawn for 5 sec repeatedly.
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Super lookin bend right there, like the coloration as well. Make a very nice hunter
rich
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Wanna see some more?
And as always, feel welcome to tell me how to improve the tiller.
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Man Rich, you where even quicker than me! :o Thanks, this means a lot to me!
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Looks great. Raw, natural and primitive. Love it.
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Sweet bow
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Thats lush
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Very nice bow J. It all looks good to me.
Knapper
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The lines are looking great & smooth natural color 8)
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Looks good. How does it shoot?
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Freakin awesome bow! For some reason you're bows and photography remind me alot of Druids. very nice work.
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That discoloration on the belly is beautiful! I love the simplicity, why do I keep building these board bows?! :o
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Love the title , but love the bow even more! Great job!
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Simple AND durable. I really like it.
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Thanks guys.
Don, it's not going to win a flight competition. The deflex makes it very steady shooting for it's lenght, though. I felt very clearly "conducted" by the wood on this one, also, I did not want to do any bending in order to preserve the wood colours. It just all fell in place, it even has a natural arrow pass mark exactly in the spot. :laugh:
Zion, you're right, I like Druid's bows a lot and feel inspired by his work. The reason my pics seem similar might be the following: Bows are long and slim, and this makes it a difficult to fill a picture with a bow. Hence the picture strips you see sometimes. What I do and I think Druid is doing as well is to picture them from a bit further away, but with as much zoom/tele as I can (using my standart digicam, no lens). Ever noticed how stuff looks like cartboard attrappes through binoculars? That is because the zooming reduces the depth dimension. They use that in movies, for example to make a group of riders look more dense. And it also helps to fill a standart format with a bow.
But I don't know if he really does this as well. The idea came to me when looking at his pics. Most extreme example is the fencepost shot.
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I really like that one!
Looks like that wood just wanted to be a bow and you helped it allong nicely ;)
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A rotten slow bow beats a rotten stick any day, and it looks good too.
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That's cool info Jodocus. I think that method of photography works very well when taking pics of bows, i will try it sometime.
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rps, don't you call my bow slow, or I'll throw it after you... >:D
Thanks guys for the comments. Zion, give it a try if you like, you make plenty of cool bows to take pics of...
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I like it. nice job.
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My apologies Jodocus, I just re-read your post, and see that sloe is a type of wood. I thought you were saying the bow was slow in your title. I dont run very fast (slow in other words) you could hit me easy with that bow.