Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Peacebow_Coos on June 04, 2013, 06:49:46 pm
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35" tip to tip, pulls 41@18". Only let the sinew dry for 2.5 months before tillered. It was mostly tillered when I sinewed, only one layer laid down with knox. The sinew came out a lot cleaner after seeing Bryce's buildalong 8) I reverse braced it about 5" and it keeps about 1" in the outer limbs when unstrung, the inner limbs take some set when first unstrung giving it a cool gull wing look, but it comes back to just past straight after sitting for awhile. The thing looks like a propeller looking at the back straight on, but it evens out and the string is pretty close to centered. This was a piece of juniper from the Warm Springs reservation that my Siuslaw elder Doug got for me, had bug damage and a pretty high crown so I decrowned it, and I'm really impressed with juniper, this thing is pretty fast(for me) and has a real high early draw. This bow will be donated to our Canoe Journey fund. I think I'm gonna salmon skin it and maybe cherry or cedar bark the handle. Thanks for looking :)
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Looks good to me. Nice work.
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That's awesome. Nice job.
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Beautiful lil shorty! Great work!
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That's a cool lil bugger :)
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Sweet!!! That little unit looks like it would be fun! Josh
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Thanks everybody, It is fun, I feel like I'm carrying a toy bow through the woods til the arrow flies out! I must have done something right if blackhawk and GunDoc like it ;D
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Sweet little arrow spitter! Nice work.
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WOW, that's an awesome little bow, can't wait to see it finished.
Kevin
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Looks zippy! Super cool little bow.
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Thanks fellas, it does spit one! I can't wait to see it finished either Buffalogobbler, never done salmon skins, should be interesting!
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Sweet little bow,tiller looks great.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Good looking little bow!
Looking forward to seeing the finished product. :)
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That one is purty.
Nice job!
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That's a shorty! Very cool. What are the arrows your shootin like?
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Also looks like a nice sinew job there, Coos! Good job on the shortie.
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Thanks Pappy, if it looks good to you i'm happy Pappy. (couldn't resist) :D
Thanks ChristianSoldier, me too, gotta go catch a fish now!
Thanks Thesquirrelslinger, pretty and functional!
Thanks Parnell, they shoot pretty well I was shooting bamboo arrows with 3"maple foreshafts for a total of 28" with a sharpened point, stuck in the bank and my foreshaft came out, zips one but I could only shoot 10 yards at the spot I was in, looking forward to shooting it a little more, gotta wrap the arrow or something so I don't overdraw it. Feels like it could go a little farther, but I'm happy with 18"
Thanks MWirwicki, it gets smoother every time
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very cool, would like to work w/that wood someday
chuck
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Now thats a short bow. Nice job pulling that off so well, looks cool.
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Finished! "Ch'wehl Qalxene" means 'Fire Hawk' in Hanis Coos.
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Had to do a little re-tillering as the sinew dried but hopefully that's over with after being shot in pretty well, even with quite a few strokes taken off it ended up 42# @ 18". Didn't go with the Salmon skins, have to try that on the next one, this one needed to be done for the Journey so I just painted some Coos designs on it(tried to copy the Allely replica bow in our culture dept., with a little of my own flair) and finished it over with some Helmsman Spar Urethane. Not sure how the sinew will dry with that stuff on there, but it seemed to go on fine and hopin for the best. Sure is hard to paint on sinew, had to tape it off, no wonder most guys rawhide over it if they're gonna paint...Anyways, put some mystery fur on the tips and outside the elk leather grip after looking at a picture of a Lower Umpqua man and his bow circa 1880-1900. Two arrows to go with it, stone points( I didn't knap), Cedar and Doug Fir shafts recycled from our historic Tribal Hall trim, one of the only ones left in the US. Pine pitch(over superglue >:D ) I don't really want to see it go, but alas, it'll make someone happy. Sorry about the fuzzy cam and lack of full full draw, 1 2 3 click was the best I could do :) Thanks for looking.
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Wow that is really nice, good job on that one.
Grady