Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Benedikt on January 12, 2015, 02:35:36 pm
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It has been quite some time since i posted something in here.
I've been very busy with school and stuff, so i hadn't really much time for visiting PA.
Fortunately i found some time to present you the latest bow i finished.
The bow was a birthday-present to a good friend of mine, he was really surprised about it :D
In my opinion, you should only give away a bow if you don't want to ;D
It shows to me that it has really turned out great :)
The bow is 61,8" long and has a drawweight of 44#@28".
The overlays are made out of lilac heartwood.
It was finished with a mixture of boiled linseed-oil and walnut-oil.
After all, the bow is really fun to shot :)
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Some more pics:
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Very clean finish work on that, lucky friend you've got!
Have you tried much heat treating? It really cuts down on how much set locust will take.
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Never heat-treated my bows, except bending recurves.
I think, with around 1-2" set a bow is much comfortable and accurate to shoot :)
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Won't go into it 'cause you didn't ask ::)
Still a very nice looking bow, something that must have been hard to let go of.
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Having like 50 black locust bows around her makes it a little bit easier ;D ;D ;D
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Nice little bow there "B" I have a few chunks of BL drying, the grain sure looks a lot like Oak and Hickory, it has that open pore looks to it.
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Your full draw pic makes it look like the lower limb bends a heck of a lot more than the upper limb. Is that accurate, or just a trick of lighting? If so, are you comfortable with that?
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It looks an awful lot like that's just how it's canted to me, but I could be wrong.
Having like 50 black locust bows around her makes it a little bit easier ;D ;D ;D
You must have an easier time than me, every bow that leaves is the only bow I care for every dang time :o
Y'know, until the next one.
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Very nice looking bow. I love the clean look.
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Excellent work!
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For a 62" long bow drawn to 28" without heat treating the bow has very low set.
Very good...
Greetz
Cord
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Your full draw pic makes it look like the lower limb bends a heck of a lot more than the upper limb. Is that accurate, or just a trick of lighting? If so, are you comfortable with that?
The lower limb is bending even less than the upper.
Its just a few inches shorter, what makes it look like its bending more because of the closer radius.
@all: Thank you very much :)
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Nice locust bow, Benedikt. I've always had bad luck with locust. It always wants to fret on me...until I started heat treating the belly.
A little set(1" to 3")does make a bow shoot smoother to me also. If you know the trajectory of your arrows that set won't hurt anything. ;)