Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: k-hat on April 09, 2016, 11:45:47 pm
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Haven't posted much these days. Figured I'd share this one, I kinda like her. I started out thinking she was elm (cut last summer), but I'm thinking she could be gum. At any rate, she has nice thick rings and stained very pretty with a new cognac stain I tried this time. She fought me the whole way with sideways bends and twists, and some natural deflex in various spots. I finally got her straight enough to say done (you'll notice there's still a bit of a deflex area on the upper limb... it's not set). She shoots sweet and is surprisingly fast when I get a good draw and clean release. Cowhide with hair still on for the arrow pass, horn overlays on the tips from ol' Pearlie (Water buffalo I think they were? Thanks bro!), shoot off the knuckle with a simple leather grip, indexed for hand placement. Profile is somewhere between pyramidal and parallel ???, somewhat after a concave type profile I've seen on Marc's bows and a few others, just tryna work with the wood that I had available after shaving away the worthless wood. I trapped her instead of tempering this time, though I wonder now if I shoulda put the heat on. Anyway, the recipient is tall and lanky and I expected him to have a long draw, so I made her for up to a 30" draw. Turns out he only draws about 26" at the moment :o (he's very green, it'll increase as he gets into it). She's snappy even at the short draw. Ok, nuff talk, stats then pics:
Static recurve 69" ntn
45#@30"
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb01.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb01.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb02.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb02.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb03.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb03.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb04.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb04.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb05.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb05.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb02b.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb02b.jpg.html)
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb07.jpg) (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/k-hat/media/Kevins%20Bow%20Portfolio/Zeb07.jpg.html)
Thanks for lookin' y'all :)
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she's a beaut!!
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That's a nice bow Kevin. Just wait until he draws it out to 30" and you really get to see what 69" of bow will do.
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Nice looking bow!
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Thanks guys. Pearl i got'r out to 30" several times (pulling to my ear) and even though they didnt fly well the mismatched arrows zipped and had serious penetration. Thought I was just making a target bow for the recipient but I told him she'll definitely hunt! Thanks again for the horn, I look forward to using more of it!
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Very nice! I liked your description, too.
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That is sweet. Nice work.
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Beautiful finish work. Good looking weapon!
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That is a great looking bow. I may have to copy your dimensions. I plan to make a bow for my brother who is also long and lanky. Thanks for posting.
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Very nice bend and a great looking bow. 8)
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on the braced pic it seems like the right limb is quite a bit weaker. Are the optics fooling me or what?
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Thanks for the kind words y'all!
JoachimM.... hard to tell in the pics but the uoper limb is slightly deflexed compared to the lower, plus a bit of positive tiller, plus the midlimb deflex spot. It messed with me a bit too working through tiller.
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Tips, stain, handle wrap, full draw. I like it all.
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Very nice bow
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Great job on that one. I always wondered about gum. If you verify the species at some point please check back in. Good looking bow.
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Good looking bow, very nice work. :)
Pappy
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Thanks Aaron, rps3, Badger, and Pappy!
Badger it's not likely that I'll figure it out, except maybe to intentionally find some gum and compare to my stash of the rest from that tree. I do have several more staves and I look forward to doing some tempered bellies with it, maybe an r/d as well. Been wanting to try that for awhile.
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Thats a beauty...Love those tips and the overlays. Very nice bow!