Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ksnow on June 15, 2017, 08:48:44 am
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Morning all,
Just put the first few arrows through a new ash flatbow. After my last ash bow disassembled itself, I was a bit nervous about this one.
The growth rings look much better, thick late wood, thin early wood, nice and even.
I had it tillered to 45# at 25 inches at Marshall. Got it back now to 47# at 27 inches, just right for me.
It is made from an ash cut on a nearby farm, they needed to make their lane wider for the new tractor and said I could have all the logs I wanted if I cut the rest into firewood and burned the brush.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4270/34926880430_8a5e54206e_k.jpg)
And the requisite full draw pic:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4285/35314583255_21bbfd1e41_k.jpg)
Kyle
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Nice work Kyle. The full draw looks good.
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Yeah, looks good!
You're definitely riding again ;)
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That bend looks real nice Kyle and that's a real nice weight to. Ash can be a very pretty wood to, a lot of people around here used it for trim work. Show us again when you get her all prettied up.
Bjrogg
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Well done! I made a few ash bows years ago, good wood.
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Very nice, KS. Came out great. Jawge
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Great work Kyle
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Looks good Kyle!
Patrick
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Nice bend
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Tiller looks really nice! The one ash sapling bow I did shows that the wood has some promise, and I'll at least one more.
Also, nice shirt! I missed the Draken by about 24 hours when they passed through Alpena, MI last summer. Was there seeing family, and actually in the harbor the day before for a shipwreck tour. Was pretty bummed, looked really cool. Followed the rest of their trip online.
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looking good :)
Del
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Nice lookin stik Kyle
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Sweet stick. I haven't had too much success with ash. Glad to see some justice done to it. :BB
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Nice look'n bow Kyle ............but I wouldn't expect anything different from the guy I met at Marshall....Good job!
DBar
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Thanks for all the compliments guys. Yes, ash can be finicky, I think the early to late growth ratio is very important. I have 9 more staves from this tree, they all look like this, hopefully there are several more bows like this.
Nakedfeet, I got to see the Draken in Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay. Absolutely stunning. Did the deck tour three times, could have spent a wolf day looking at the details.
Kyle
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Nice tiller job Kyle. Is that the same bow you were working on at Marshall?
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Yes, it is. The one you said "well, you could leave it like that" . Well, the first one I worked on, not the one I heated on the caul. The shop has been way too humid to do the rough work on the second bow. Maybe this week, it is supposed to dry out a bit.
Kyle
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Nice job, good looking bow. :)
Pappy