Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: blackhawk on October 01, 2013, 06:50:07 pm
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This is a simple,boring,no frills semi bendy handle flatbow made from a crepe myrtle stave I got from Kenny(Lesken2011) down at the Tennessee Classic....its 61"ntn...and 56@26"...osage tip overlays ..and a hemp wrap handle ,and that's about it ::) well,i guess it shoots pretty hard and good ;)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1274.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1274.jpg.html)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1276.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1276.jpg.html)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1275.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1275.jpg.html)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1267.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1267.jpg.html)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1282.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1282.jpg.html)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x436/blackhawk28/100_1287.jpg) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/blackhawk28/media/100_1287.jpg.html)
thanks for looking :)
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I like it! how did you handle those weird bumps like in the second picture? Did you dig out wood behind it?
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A lot of contrasts from you lately...from superfancy to supersimple,..all of then supergood tho ;) ;D
Nice one!
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beautiful bow.
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I dig that.
I've heard CM is related to guava. Never used either. Did you heat treat that bad boy?
Gabe
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simply sweet, great tiller and signature skinny tips, I like the color too, sometimes simple is the best, at least that's what my mom was always telling me ::)
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Its that the natural color of CM or did you stain it? I like the contrast of the Osage tips, very cool 8)
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Simple bow? Real nice tiller is simple for you maybe but not me buddy. :laugh: Nice bow Blackhawk, looks great.
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Best be careful there sonny... yer gonna tear the crotch outta them there short pants and the whole world is gonna go :o
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Wow nice bend. You make some awesome bows!
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Very nice...........I really like it. Some day I hope to tiller a bow as well as you do.
Any hunter would be proud to have that one in his hands.
DBar
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Blackhawk,
Stunning bow! I don't use that word often. I like simple bows very much and that one gives up nothing to the fancy ones.
How big would you guess the "tree" was that that stave came from?
Jim Davis
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Nice one, Chris! Gotta try that wood sometime down the road.
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Man you bows are bananas. Simply is right sooooo boring. Send it my way and I'll try to manage >:D
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Nice looking bow there Chris.
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Sweet bend as always. Your bows always look so efficient.
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Another nice one Chris. Sweet looking bow. :)
Pappy
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Great bow as usual but that dye job is a stunner. Makes it look like horn. 8)
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Beautiful bow Chris.Everything about it.Sweet full draw.I imagine the tillering went a little faster with this one opposed to what you've been tillering lately.
dwardo....He's allergic to sinew and horn.It gives him the willys.
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Thanks for the responses everybody :)
Yes Gabe, I did temper it once before it was braced,and that's all it needed
Jstason no that is not the natural color of the wood...its naturally white,and I dyed it to achieve that color..thanks
Wouldn't be the first time adb :o :laugh:
Jim I believe it came from a 3-4" diameter "Shrub"..n prob closer to 3"...thanks
I'm not scared of horn Ed...I use it on my bows all the time..there called tip overlays ;) :laugh:
And thanks again all :)
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Well, It is nice to see a master at work, Chris. You got way more out of that stave than I could have. I love the way it turned out. I wondered which of you guys would start on the crepe myrtle first. I guess you win the prize.
I don't remember, was that the stave that was the sister to mine...already split, or was it whole?
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;D
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Thanks Kenny...this was one was already split and I believe the sister to yours ;) I only tempered in 2" and it still kept a setback resting profile,and it returns fast..pretty good stuff...I'd like to try some more thats for sure...it reminded me a bit of flowering dogwood,but maybe a hair better and different? But I don't like drawing conclusions after only one,need to do a few to several before I can say for certain...
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Oh..forgot to ask kenny...and what's my "prize"....lol :laugh:
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I'll think on that...maybe more staves at next year's classic, if you make it. Did you treat it pretty much like other white woods?
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If I'm still walking this earth I'll be there ;)..... I pretty much treated it like any other good whitewood...its an 1 9/16" wide at fade till mid limb,and like I said one heat treatment before brace is all it needed...with the highesh crown it almost acts as if its trapped a lil,and I also kept it hot boxed and at proper mc while in between/before tillering/working on it(between 6-7%mc)
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Cool bow!
Guess I know what my half will look like now, thanks a lot Chris! You ruined my surprise......
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You know I love that wood Blackhawk! Well done.
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Cool bow!
Guess I know what my half will look like now, thanks a lot Chris! You ruined my surprise......
Nope...cus mine is the "better half"...lol :laugh:
Thanks Thimo ;) ..this piece was tough n elastic
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Most crape-myrtle I've made are nigh unbreakable. Wait! I've never had one break yet. ;D
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Cool bow!
Guess I know what my half will look like now, thanks a lot Chris! You ruined my surprise......
Nope...cus mine is the "better half"...lol :laugh:
Touche'!
Plus mine will have big, fat tips!...................I said TIPS.....
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Actually these are fat for me..there actually a big fat hair over 3/8"...lol :laugh:
Good to know thimo...I know your not gentle in nature :laugh:
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Nice little bow you got there! Don't tell me Pearly is going to now make something out of "non-yella" wood. >:D Where does that stuff grow?
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That came out sweet! I gotta get back on my piece of CM. Lostarrow, don't let ol Pearlie fool ya. He's a closet white wooder from way back! Lol! Josh
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Thank god you did not post another board. Just kidding, looks sweet and the color turned out beautiful.
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Sweet bow. Chris is that the one you were working on at Roy's.
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That came out sweet! I gotta get back on my piece of CM. Lostarrow, don't let ol Pearlie fool ya. He's a closet white wooder from way back! Lol! Josh
Yes he is...and so am I ;) ...can't wait to see what you do with hours josh ;)..knowing you it'll be something similar and simply sweet ;)
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Thank god you did not post another board. Just kidding, looks sweet and the color turned out beautiful.
At least ive been posting "something",which is better than NOTHING like some other folks I wont name around here :laugh: ...thanks St Pauly Girl :laugh:
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Sweet bow. Chris is that the one you were working on at Roy's.
Yuppers....this is the same one....now my secrets out that Im actually a slow bow maker ...lol :laugh: ..that was awhile ago at roys ::)
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"Yuppers....this is the same one....now my secrets out that Im actually a slow bow maker ...lol "
Everyone already knows that. You didnt fool anyone. >:D
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"Yuppers....this is the same one....now my secrets out that Im actually a slow bow maker ...lol "
Everyone already knows that. You didnt fool anyone. >:D
And this is coming from the second slowest bow maker I know who's been working on the same bow since the beginning of march...lol :laugh:.... if you wanna know who's the slowest its bearg....lol
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Thank god you did not post another board. Just kidding, looks sweet and the color turned out beautiful.
At least ive been posting "something",which is better than NOTHING like some other folks I wont name around here :laugh: ...thanks St Pauly Girl :laugh:
Got me there.
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I like this bow, simplicity at its best. very nice
chuck
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:o oooooo that's a dandy!
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Sweeet. How do you do the tip overlays/what's the procedure for an un-stained tip overlay on a stained bow? Do you just glue on over the dyed wood? Does the stain affect the glue at all?
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"Yuppers....this is the same one....now my secrets out that Im actually a slow bow maker ...lol "
Everyone already knows that. You didnt fool anyone. >:D
And this is coming from the second slowest bow maker I know who's been working on the same bow since the beginning of march...lol :laugh:.... if you wanna know who's the slowest its bearg....lol
Patience is a virtue ;)
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Thanks chuck n Brycey boy...
Bubbles the overlays where already on and finish sanded before the dye....I just try to be careful and brush the dye "on the line" (like when coloring..stay inside the line and right on it..lol)..and if I have an oops I can just take a round edged scraper and scrape away my mistake where I went over the line..at least that's how I do it....maybe someone has a better way? I've tried tape..but with dye it tends to still bleed over in a spot or two still needing cleanup....thanks man ;)
Greg thats just called being slow,not patience....if you and your family relied on you harvesting food with a bow you'd all be dead :laugh:
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Greg thats just called being slow,not patience....if you and your family relied on you harvesting food with a bow you'd all be dead :laugh:
Ha! You are right! Ive got tears running down my face this morning! :D I have gotten a little quicker in the last few months. I think Im on bow number six or seven now. Just keep going back to the first one to "experiment."
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;D :laugh:
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I was staying at a beach house in New Jersey last week and just found out what crepe myrtle looked like. Seems like it would be hard to find a stave worthy of a bow. You certainly managed it with this bow.
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Staves are grown when the tree is on a bowyer's property. I keep the sucker growth off up to 6 feet, then wait till the saplings turn into wrist sized trunks. I'm ready to harvest a nice crop soon, maybe today. :)
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Thanks Bob...:)
Good to know thimo....I think you should hold off on cutting yours,n let em get a lil bigger ::) and what's your address ::) :laugh: :laugh:
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Yea, pretty boring Chris. I think you just needed to reafirm your selfbow identity after all the cookie cutters you've been cranking out! ;)
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I REALLY like the color on that bow. Well done. Looks Awesome!
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Now I know, and knowing is half the battle. :)