Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DanaM on December 03, 2007, 05:52:02 pm
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Heres a little something I built for my 5 year old nephew.
Bow is a maple stave of unknown type it was too short for a full sized bow. 45" NTN pulling 18# @19", buff horn tip overlays,
stained tips with thread wraps, leather rest with hemp cordage I stained black. Cooked in a bit of reflex lost most of it but I pulled this little tyke
to 21" quite a few times, wanted to make sure it would hold together. Did a bit of art work on it also.
Quiver is made with one of those golf bag tubes for clubs, wrapped with hemp cordage, I coated the cord with spar varnish. The fur collar is supposed to be seal fur
the guy that gave it to me said it come from his great grandmothers coat, so who knows but it sure is glossy.
Set of three red osier shoot shafts with 5/16" 100 grain tips, the arra's wiegh in at 260-270 grains.
I was surprised with how snappy this guy shoots! I will get some pics of my nephew with it at Christmas.
Merry Christmas Everyone :)
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I think I spelt Rudolf wrong, but what can you expect from a Yooper redneck ;D
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man do I wish I was your nephew :D
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Take the advice given to Ralphy in that seasonal classic "A Christmas Story": "You'll shoot your eye out kid". ;D Better send it to me for his ocular health. 8)
Otoe
Seriously, Very cool
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Thanks guys, I had more fun making this bow than any other. Seems like the ones I give away I enjoy more than the ones for my self ;D
BTW the bracer is made with two pieces of leather glued together with a piece of plastic in between and I have a glove on order from 3 Rivers to complete the set.
The unwilling dog posing with the set is Butchie or as I call him Lumpy, tried to get the other one in the pic but he's the high strung type ;D
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Great work. He will love it
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Dana,That's going to be a very happy little boy.He has a good Uncle.
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Haha nice bow dad, and seeing all that snow in our back yard makes me home sick even more! And seeing lumpy! Wish i could see Ryan's face when he gets to play with that bow at the x-mas party!
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Hey Kyle I will post pics, I know your homesick and all but keep a positive attidute. Miss ya and love ya dearly son.
Thanks eddie and wibowyer.
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He gonna love that Bow and arrows
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Kyle,That white sand at the Beach is a lot more fun. ;D But there is going to be a snowfest in Lakeland Saturday.You can put on your bathing suit and come down and roll around in that stuff if you want. :o
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Dana, what a fantastic set, im a little jealous though, when i got my first bow and arrow set the arrows were tipped with suction cups...great work my friend.
Bishop
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Uncle Dana, I have been very good. :)
That is a beautiful set! Really fine work all the way around. The snow is the only thing I don't like. If you don't know yet, I loath winter weather.
Dane
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I bet that bow sees some serious work in the next year. Excellent work.
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some serious X-mas-business going on there!
hey, what a nice little bow! i've seen some really nice kid's bows on here!
frank
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That is just outrageously nice! Good for you. Send us a pic of your nephew pulling it back if you'd like. :)
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Cool Dana. Lucky nephew and great uncle! 8)...and the bow and arrow set is way nice. He will love it...him Mom will hate it! ;D Pat
ps, Kyle, if you enjoy hunting, Black Beard Is., Sapelo Is. and Osawbaw Is. all have archery and black powder hunts. They are all in your new neighborhood. I grew up in Savannah and know the Sea Islands well and really miss the smell of pluff mud! ;D
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Nice bow,and good uncle's are great to have.He will love that. :)
Pappy
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Thanks guys, hopefully this will inspire his dad to get rid of his training wheels ;D
Dane I don't mind snow for awhile along about Feb it starts to get tiring :(
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Nice job on that setup Dana! Really nice tiller on the bow. He's going to love it for sure.
Alan
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Hey, Dana
Nice job. It's really good to see adults getting kids involved in archery. They are the future. Your nephew is one lucky kid!!! A spectacular bow/arrow set. Should be some wide eyes come xmas morning!!
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Very nice bow Dana. I'm sure he will love that set.
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Thanks guys I appreciate the nice comments. Don I will try to get some pictures but
you know how excited a 5 year old is on Christmas ;D
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Don is this included in the BOM for December???? Or the kids bow one you have in the workd??
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Nice job on that one Dana. I'm sure he will be happy! ;D
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That is great Dana - beautiful set!!
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Very nice Dana. Thats the way to spread the fever. Danny
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It is a cool looking bow. If that isn't his favorite Christmas present Ill be shocked. I love the red and black accents on the bow and arrows. The quiver is pretty darn cool too. You did good, but his momma might be unhappy with the arrows sticking out of the wall on Christmas morning. Maybe you ought to make some blunt arrows. ;) Justin
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Actually Justin I wanted to do trade points just to tick my sister off ;)
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Nice set Dana, is your nephew from the UP?, he can use it to fight off the evil trolls. Just kidding, It's gonna be a great christmas for him
VB
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Hey VB yea they live in Escanaba, hmmmm I evil Trolls, I've met a few of them in the woods before ;)
Of course the guys from on here that live under the bridge aren't evil ;)
So how many of ya are confused??? ??? LOL