Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Airborne890 on February 20, 2016, 12:09:31 am
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This is a replica of a Kiowa osage self-bow in a museum collection. It is 40" nock-to-nock and the belly is painted with charcoal and ochre. String is 2-ply rawhide and the bow pulls 74# at 19" draw. Horsehair tuft is from Dixie the Amish horse (thanks, Dixie!)
Thank you for looking.
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Great looking replica, I like everything about it
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love it. Bet she'd blow clear through a buffalo..
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Fantastic little bow! The short bows are my favorite.
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Nice.
Are you sure about drawweight and -length?
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Sweet! looking bow Powerful Medicine ,wonder how it shoots ,realy like replica short bows ?
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Simson, I was suprised myself. This piece of osage is STIFF. I would not hold her at full draw given the specs but I enjoy snap-shooting at this weight. My wrist doesn't, though... (Suck it up, cupcake!)
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I love the replica bows. Yours looks like the real deal, natural materials and not looking like it was made in our times.
Cool work AB. 8)
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Very nice. Job well done on that bow.
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very nice,, 74#@ 19 is pretty stout, and hard to pull,,, great job on getting tillered without loosing any weight,, :)
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Now that is what trips my trigger. Nice work man.
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Nice job on that! 74# even at 19"would be a handful for me!
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Nice bow like the art work
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Classic!!!
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Wonderful work, Airborne.
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Cool bow I bet it's quite snappy. Something very special about making and shooting replicas.
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That is totally great. Its nice to see a replica of a Kiowa artifact also. We dont hear enough about those people. :)
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Great work Airborne
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Thank you for the feedback guys. Here is a pic of the stave and my "vise" while working it.
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Nice replica! Those little bows do have a tendency to slap your wrist. You'll have to make you a Kiowa bracer to go with the bow. These were pretty common on the Southern Plains. In the photos, upper left show both sides of a Southern Cheyenne bracer. Upper right is Kiowa. They were not just restricted to the Southern Plains though. The bottom two are Lakota. They had the same issues with their bows back in the day.
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Nice reproduction! Those little bows do have a tendency to slap your wrist. You'll have to make you a Kiowa bracer to go with the bow. These were pretty common on the Southern Plains. In the photos, upper left show both sides of a Southern Cheyenne bracer. Upper right is Kiowa. They were not just restricted to the Southern Plains though. The bottom two are Lakota. They had the same issues wit their bows back in the day.
Thank you for this tipi stuff! I had seen bracers in museum collections, but wasn't sure if they were typical of their time, or particularly prized possessions (the ones I saw were rather ornate.) I should definitely put together some bracers. Once I get ahold of some more brain tan I'll be stitching up some bracers, quivers+bowcases.
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Here's a Kiowa guy wearing one. CC
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Here's a Kiowa guy wearing one. CC
This picture is gold! Thank you!
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Thats what i'm talking about! Love and peace to all Kiowa (and all other first nation peoples) past present and future. This site just keeps on giving! :-D
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Great looking bow. It should be in a museum, also.
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I had no idea the Kiowa had pinking shears.(http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56099.0;attach=120044;image)
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What's a sewing kit without a good pair of pinking shears? By the 1860's, scissors were actually pretty common. Maybe not pinking shears though. CC
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That i such a nice bow! Enjoy. Jawge