Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushboy on June 13, 2018, 02:12:06 pm
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The guy I made this for wanted it to look primitive,so I rubbed in dandilion heads,grass and charcoal.i couldn't find my bear grease so poly had to do!the limbs both have some character and the bottom has a pretty good wiggle on the outer limbs making the lower look stiff.ive put around 50 arrows through it and it may break in a bit more?thxs bush!
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Nice bow bushy. Tiller looks great to me. Looks like a short bow with a long draw.
Bjrogg
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Beautiful bend!
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Nice job, that first picture sure makes it look small.
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Awesome! I'm working on a bow almost exactly like that, just a little longer. That really is sweet!
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Cool little bow. Well done. :OK
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Very nice shorty! I'm amazed at how good that unbraced profile looks with such a high draw weight. :OK
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Bush, you flat squeezed all the juice out of that little bow! I can’t even get Bois d’Arc close to those specs. I got to ask, how wide are the limbs? And did you heat treat? Again, good job!
H
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Great looking bow. Interesting sounding finish, may have to experiment with something along those lines some day.
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Powerful looking bow! Nice tiller.
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Sweet bow, I love that length but on the ones I've made, I got too much set. Very nice work!
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Thanks guys!it is a Willow leaf profile,hard to tell from the crappy pics.it is widest in the mids @1-1/4".very slight heat treating,maybe 15mins with the heat gun.i did however give a smidge of deflex in the handle in order to lessen the over strain!thxs bush!
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Yeah that's an excellent profile from such a short bow. You have some talent my friend!
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Wow, that is a sweet bend. You got everything out of that piece. Gotta love heat treated elm.
Kyle
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Thank you!the pic is just unbraced,it settles tips 3/4" in front of the back.
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That is a lovely bow. Very well done
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I am just amazed that you have no set with that stave. You are the man. The deflex idea is intriguing. I gotta try that on a 58” elm stave i have curing. How muck did you deflex? With steam? Thx, Hoosier
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Very nice bow! Really good tillering job with that length and so little set
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Wow, thats impressive. You know how to work elm.
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Thank you!I have to give the credit to the wood on this one!
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Nice work, lot of bend on such a short stick, but looks like you pulled it off just fine. :)
Pappy
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OH, my gosh! You got 60 lbs out of that skinny little crooked sliver of ditch-bank wood?!?! Amazing! That's really good work. I love elm, but you got a lot out of that stave. Nice profile, great tiller.
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So I got around to finishing it up.i l hope the guy I made it for likes it?I had planned on putting on overlays,so I filed in tillering nocks as usual.but after speaking with him I found he preferred self nocks.i regret not having diamond shaped but oh well.i however did reinenforce the tips with art sinew.i sanded off the poly and reapplied a grass and charcoal finished and wiped it down with mink oil.the handle is the exterior side of elm bark decorked and some wraps of jute.the feather is a great grey owl.just thought I would show a slightly different fit and finish using the jute. Lots of tool marks left as requested.i didn't try to copy any particular style just something that looked somewhat primitive!thxs bush!
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Few more
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Outstanding work on that short bow!
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That looks awesome bushy. I'm sure he'll love it!
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Sweet little bow bushboy.Very nice.
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Thxs!.on side note I slaughtered thick with mink oil(the shoe stuff) and let sit for a few days and it seemed to absorb most of it.i read recently that a bow has to breath for longevity from a very respected bowyer!
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Just a great piece of work.
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Wow bushy, what a bend,
You squeezed out out all of that stick.
It was a good decision to let that primitive look.
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That's wonderful think they'll be pleased