Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jonas on April 17, 2016, 04:12:52 pm
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Hey Guys,
I have already build several yew bows, but never al "real" ELB which means a lenght of at least 6 feet (183cm, weight: 21,16oz), hornnocks and a D-profil. My other bows are shorter (my normal draw is 26") and I usally prefer overlays.
This is my first try of a proper ELB and the first time I have build Hornnocks.
I hope you like it :)
Greetings from Germany!
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More Pics
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And more ;)
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I like it! Nice work all around. The small nocks look good. It's easy to make them look like giant chess pieces stuck on the ends of a bow. This will be one of my next projects. Hope mine looks as good as yours. You should put it in the Bow of the Month contest!
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Good tiller and nice detailed finish. Congratulations!
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Great bow Jonas! An ELB is on my list.
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very nice work, thats a great bend
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That's a well tillered bow, your horn nocks could be refined a bit but these are your first ones.
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Nice Tiller on that bow
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Well done!
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Awesome! Also on my list:)
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Thank you :)
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Very nice bow.
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Like it, Great Job, congrates,
Hans
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Very well done
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Very Nice work Jonas! I bet that is a shooter. Congratulations from Oregon! :)
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Great example of a well tiller ed ELB. Great job all around. Thanks for posting.
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Very nice work Jonas! My guess is you will be doing more elbs in the future.
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Really nice bow Jonas.
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That bow looks ready to step onto a battle field, real nice elb Jonas.
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thank you for the kind words!
My guess is you will be doing more elbs in the future.
You are guessing right ;) For the moment I need a short break from Yew, right now I m about to finish my first Osage bow (unfortunatly its rather expensive here), but there is also a lot of elm, elderberry, cherry....which needs my attention.
The next Yew bow will hopefully turn out to be a warbow (for starters ;) ), my aim is 80-85lbs@29", but I need to practise a bit more before I can handle these drawweights
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Very nice tiller. As I said before looking forward to your next one and some of those other woods
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Yup, good work :)
I found with horn nocks I hated doing them initially >:(, but the more I did the quicker, easier and more enjoyable it became. It's one of the bits you can put your own style into :laugh:.
Beware of sharp edges/grooves on the side of the nocks as the loops pivot upards during the draw and can chaffe there.
Del
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Looks like a beaut' :)
Yes it would be good idea to use a chainsaw file to round out the nock grooves and don't be scared to file grooves into the sides. They won't break! I like to mark where the string is at brace and where it moves to at full draw then make the side groove to suit, wider at the bottom. If you make sure that the horns hole is a slightly smaller diameter than the bows ends then you can blend the limb into the nock whilst reducing it and get that perfect circular transition to them when finished.
Overall a very nice bow. Well done.
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It's a beauty! Nicely done. Jawge