Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: michbowguy on April 21, 2008, 11:16:31 pm
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60 ntn
67# @27"
SILVER MAPLE.
.....no FEATHERS.
enjoy.
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Seems nice to me. I didnt think silver maple would make a good bow. good job Jesse
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Very Nice there Jamie. Likes them "no feathers " huh ?............bob
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;)
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nuthin fancy, only two tools to work this bow, rasp and knife.
deer tallow finish,and a leather wrap for a handle.
just my style.
NOKOSI
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Purty sweet, any hand shock?....Brian
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OK.............Bear.............Nice Maple Meat Getter
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I love it jamie, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and dats a beauty eh :)
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no problem..........el destructo..........thanks
koan, i dont think it has much at all as i shoot HEAVY arras.
and to you my yooper brother....you too got dat wood up der eh?
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Awesome I like that!! Plenty of Silver maples around me....
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Great looking bow, Jamie. I'm impressed as hell at you getting a bow that weight and dimensions out of silver maple as brittle and light as that stuff is. What is the belly profile like?
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bumpy...lol
only around large knots,and mostly flat.
lots of tricks to make "any" wood good bow wood.
....DONT wait till all moisture is out of the wood...rough shape and fill open pores of wood with bearfat/deertallow/grease...and in stages to slowly remove the last bit of moisture in the wood.
....make sure to compress wood cells every day you open up the pores to work, then seal every day you work on them...
....DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ IN BOOKS ABOUT BIENG PERFECT.EVERY BOW THAT IS MADE BY HAND AND I BELIEVE EVERY BOW THAT IS MADE ON EARTH BE IT COMPOUND OR RECURVE OR SELFBOW...HAD SOME GUYS HANDS ON IT ....SO IT WILL HAVE DIFFERENCES, EVEN IF MINIMAL...THEY WILL BE DIFFERENCES.
i made this because there are alot of folks who say they just dont have bow wood around.
there is wood and scrub EVERYWHERE.
with selfbows, you dont need tape measures,hanging weights,sandpaper,3 different scrapers,a tillertree,a calculator,or a graph chart,or even a moisture meter.
you need to know wood.
know the difference between 2 different staves and why one "could" be better than the other.
it doesnt have to be pretty to shoot.
if you make the finest bow in the world and dont know how to make arrows/choose arrows you might as well make a spear out of the stave and chuck it at it instead of shooting an arra at it!
natural bows twist, will always twist,and will in the future twist....get over it its natural.
you all can boo hoo me off this thread about me breakin all the "so called basic rules of bowmakin" but i let the facts speak to me.
and the fact is...try not to make it MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT REALY IS!
you can spend a ton of money on the best staves,and tools, but truth is....sometimes when you walk out to get your mail....in the ditch there may be the finest piece of "junk wood" that will probably lay dorment and either get cut down by the power company or yourself as it is a nussiance to your front yard!
mbg
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good looking bow. im with you 100% dont make it any harder than it is. the only rule is there is no rules. grab some junk wood and start shaping... an twisting limbs comes with the territory. continue the good work- Ryan
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jamie thanks fer speaking yer mind and walking the walk ;) :)
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Very, very cool. Today I was toying with the idea of going back to the willow stand I used to make kiddie bows out of when I was little and making a "grown up" version of a black willow bow, just to see if I could do it. You've given me inspiration and confidence to do so...bah to people who think you should only use "superior" bow woods!
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I hear ya, I have a tag alder drying, curious to see what I can do with such inferior wood ;)
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Jamie ..... I am A Yooper ...Can I be Your Freind too!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o
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well im glad i did not get bashed....so far! ::)
but i ment waht i said, heck when you have all this wood around to "practice" on, just go start makin some bows and see what works and what dont.
but remember what dont and ,try to figure out why!
thassit!
no go out and start cutting down your neighbors big oak branches that is hangin over yer fences!...lol
just kidding >:D >:D
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Ifn yer neighbors wood is invading yer space, oh well ! Btw me thinks there aint no junk wood ! ;) ;D.......bob
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nice bow thats cool i would of never thought of that :)
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>:D >:D ;)