Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: High-Desert on August 22, 2018, 06:58:59 pm
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This last Christmas a freind asked if I would make his wife a wood bow. I had made one for him, and after that, that's all she wanted. And she has been really impressive shooting this thing.
So I started on a dogwood stave I had cut the previous summer. I was going at it experimentally since I had never worked dogwood before. He wanted the bow to look like his, so the dye job is very similar to his hickory bow I made home, but with purpleheart tips. I just recently got a chance to get photos.
Dogwood was awesome to work, and it seems very like very tough stuff, but it seems come in heavy in physical weight. I think its due to its high tensile stength, so it will take a bit of set if not left wide enough. So I think I a smaller diameter stave would help.
This bow is 64" ntn, 45lbs @ 26".
I had heck of a time getting the limbs lined up. One was deflexed and the other reflexed. I got it pretty well straightened out, but cracked in the fade are while bending the deflexed limb back. It had no affect on the bow tho. Im not the best at tillering these more character staves, still learning it.
The gray dye on the belly, with the coatings of truoil really brought out some grain character that is really interesting.
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Nice work on a challenging stave.
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You done we'll sir.
Bjrogg
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Looks real nice to me! Good job!
Hawkdancer
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Nice work, that tiller looks great. Cheers- Brendan
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Lovely lovely little bow out of a unknown but very interesting wood. What material are these tiny purple tips that contrast so nice with the dark wood? Congrats!
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Beautiful!! :OK
I like the stain job, pretty colors now on an otherwise more or less white dogwood.
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Not normally a fan of stain... but that's gorgeous :)
Del
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Looks great. Well done.
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Tiller looks pretty good to me, well done! Don't like the dark back much but the belly looks awesome!
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Belly stain looks awesome
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I love a bow with character and this one is beautiful. Like Del I'm not fond of dyed bows but it seems to fit this well tillered and executed bow well. :OK
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Thanks guys. I'm also not a huge fan of stains, at least not covering the whole bow. This one was fun since my buddy told me what he wanted and how it wanted it to look. Apparently there's some trad bow that was black and grey he like, and wanted it to look similar. It's fun getting to make bows that someone else requests how it looks.
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You did a great job with that ,dogwood is strong powerfull wood.
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Very cool. 8)
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Nice tiller! Always thought that style of handle wrap gives a bow a classy look. Mike