Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on June 18, 2014, 07:53:17 pm
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Made this one after din-din tonite.
White ash stave
43" ntn, 1.5" wide
47 @ 22
The back of the red tape is 22 3/8. I yanked it to 24" and it didn't say a peep. Started board flat and has just over 1" set. Sorry for the funky full draw angle.
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That's pretty dang slick Pearly.
Gabe
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Can you tell by the red face and "grunt" that my weight is accurate Gabe? HA!
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That's very nice Chris. I don't have a high regard for White Ash as bow wood but it does make a decent bow
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Winner winner Chris, that dog will hunt, if your a pygmy
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Boy, everybody love half eye's bows these days and want to reproduce them. Great looking sliver!
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Haha....and ya ended up using ash....lol :laugh: was that from the stuff I cut? I wanna c a better full draw pic and let's see it pulled to that 24" 8)
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You could hunt with that bow, nice job.
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Nope, this ash is from stuff I get 3 yrs ago. I had about 50" worth and basically made the bow on my band saw. Easy peasy as you would say. Ill draw it 2" farther tomorrow and snap another pic. It'll handle it.
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Good looking bow ther Chris. I too want to see more of a full draw and some better pics . Are you going to doll it up. I dig it :)
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Nope! Im going to break it Matt. I have no use for it, just wanted to see what I could do with sub-par wood.
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That will work.
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The bow is capable Jon. But im not. I cant shoot so far from my actual draw. Im sure a guy could get decent at 8-10 yards.
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Taking that guy as far as he'll go would make a pretty sweet video, just sayin' :)
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These short bow post are interesting, damn you guys now I want to try it. ;)
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If somebody can tell me what native tribes would have made an ash bow similar to this and what they decorated them like, I'll try to mimic it.
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Nice job!
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Chris you would be in the ballpark for most of the Mid West tribes depending on nock style. Just be careful how you label it. Some guys are sensitive to that.
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I'll vouch for that.
Impressive muscle In that little shorty! Nice.
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I think PD can make a good bow out of anything !
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Very nice shorty,looks like a killer to me. ;) :)
Pappy
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Chris - Check out some of the Great Lakes Tribes decorations - Sauk/Fox/Ojibwa.
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That's an awesome bend PD. The grain on white ash is some of the prettiest of the whitewoods to me. The ash that we have down south isn't such good bow wood. Green ash is all we have in my neck of the woods. I admire the short bows for their capability, but I don't shoot them real well unless I am at real close range. My groups seem to spread out a bit with them compared to longer bows - of course I'm no Howard Hill regardless of the limb length! I bet that one would dress up nice.
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Chris you would be in the ballpark for most of the Mid West tribes depending on nock style. Just be careful how you label it. Some guys are sensitive to that.
Thanks Jon. Yah, just to remember to type "style" in my title. Got it!
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Chris - Check out some of the Great Lakes Tribes decorations - Sauk/Fox/Ojibwa.
Ill do that Bob. I was looking at Jim Hamm's book on line last night. Might just have to buy it. I need a new one for the book shelf anyway.
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That's an awesome bend PD. The grain on white ash is some of the prettiest of the whitewoods to me. The ash that we have down south isn't such good bow wood. Green ash is all we have in my neck of the woods. I admire the short bows for their capability, but I don't shoot them real well unless I am at real close range. My groups seem to spread out a bit with them compared to longer bows - of course I'm no Howard Hill regardless of the limb length! I bet that one would dress up nice.
"Short bow" is such a relative term Howard. If a guy full draws 22-23" on a bendy, is a 44-45" bow really short? No its not. I pull 26-27" on a bendy so a short bow for me would be 52-54" long. Both bows are working just as hard as the next. One is just longer and being pulled farther. But yah, I cant shoot longer bows worth a hoot either! Maybe next year at the Classic we can help find each others arrows.
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Nice bend in that little thing. It will fit in a back quiver easy.
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Nice way to step up to the plate Chris. That thing is tiny!
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I'm skeeerd, I'm staying in the 60's...but I got my popcorn ready and enjoy watching these short movies...Nice bend there Pearly, Yank it back 2 more and give us a better view...
Don
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Give it a run Don! These don't require any special short bow skills, matter of fact they are much easier than a stiff handled longer bow to tiller. They will either break or they wont. Nothing any bowyer can do to prevent from that happening.
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Chris my next project is in the making now and it is a bendy but its going to be around 60...Maybe in the future I will try one of these extreme shorties...
Don
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Its hard for me to make a bow I cant shoot full draw. But all this short bow/backpack bow stuff recently got me inspired to just whip one out. Glad I did.
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Nice bow, PD. Those shorties are tough to aim for sure. :) Jawge
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Tell you what Jawgey. Ive suffered from short draw syndrome due to a severe case of bowyeritis. For me I short drew all the time worried about the bow breaking, silly I know. After making this little beater from sub par short bow wood and seeing how far it can go. I realize my fears are silly. I think this little bent yard stick will actually help my shooting a bunch. Its all a head game as you know!
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PD, yup. I was playing a little game with you. You can't aim them. You have to let it flow.
I made a lot of those in my early days from larger bow breaks.
Jawge
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Cool little bow, Pearlie. Very nice bend in that shorty. 8)
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Looks good.
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You may suffer from bowyeritis but you make well tillered, fine looking bows
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Pretty slick little bow. I would hang on to that one and decorate it up all nice.