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Bows / Re: Yew-Yew-Hickory 63#-28"
« Last post by medicinewheel on July 08, 2025, 06:52:39 am »Nice bow!
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Bows / Re: Danish Oil sinew and rawhide finishing
« Last post by medicinewheel on July 08, 2025, 06:49:29 am »... Danish oil is a penetrating oil finish and IMO not good for sinew or rawhide. ...
Think so, too.
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Shooting and Hunting / Re: My Version of the side quiver
« Last post by medicinewheel on July 08, 2025, 06:46:12 am »To bad. Can't open the link. Maybe post a photo or two??
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HowTo's and Build-a-longs / Re: First try at no horn asiatic - build along
« Last post by medicinewheel on July 08, 2025, 06:43:34 am »Nice project! Lokking foreward to see this one finished.
Hope the cherry wood can stand the compression!
Hope the cherry wood can stand the compression!
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Shooting and Hunting / Re: My Version of the side quiver
« Last post by Amnandaoralio on July 08, 2025, 04:37:12 am »The passage details the author's hands-on experience building a custom belt-mounted quiver that is:
Small but holds 6 arrows,
Functional with a self bow and day pack,
Easy to maneuver in dense terrain,
A practical upgrade from an earlier prototype.
It highlights the trial-and-error process, creative problem-solving, and the importance of gear customization in traditional bowhunting.
Small but holds 6 arrows,
Functional with a self bow and day pack,
Easy to maneuver in dense terrain,
A practical upgrade from an earlier prototype.
It highlights the trial-and-error process, creative problem-solving, and the importance of gear customization in traditional bowhunting.
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Bows / Re: Danish Oil sinew and rawhide finishing
« Last post by xeniasn on July 08, 2025, 04:32:25 am »Some of the uses it brings is rawhide, which is animal skin that has not been tanned but has been cleaned and dried.
Used in handicrafts such as sword sheaths, knife handles, bows and arrows, or traditional objects.
Rawhide after soaking in water can soften and be pliable, then dry very hard.
Used in handicrafts such as sword sheaths, knife handles, bows and arrows, or traditional objects.
Rawhide after soaking in water can soften and be pliable, then dry very hard.
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Bows / Re: Yew-Yew-Hickory 63#-28"
« Last post by superdav95 on July 08, 2025, 12:32:05 am »yes indeed another beaut! well done and very well crafted as always.
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Bows / Re: 5 piece folding bamboo bows
« Last post by superdav95 on July 08, 2025, 12:23:25 am »Here’s a few pics of the steamed revived limbs. They are heat treated now will be set up like my other deflex out the handle style with gentle reflex mid limb but now incorporating the recurves.
I estimate these limbs will make about 40-45lbs bow.
I estimate these limbs will make about 40-45lbs bow.
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Bows / Re: 5 piece folding bamboo bows
« Last post by superdav95 on July 07, 2025, 06:28:02 pm »
Yes. Very true. A balance struck. I’ve blown a lot of these up knowing where the safety margin is and how far it can be pushed before failure. Heat treatment really is the key component of all this to get the belly to resist compression crush or failure. In my opinion bamboo properly heat treated is tough to beat pound for pound.
Have you managed to heat treat the bellies to the extent tnat the backs fail?
there were some test results published a few years back that indicated with certian species of Banboo, the core materiel (belly side) had compression qualities that overpowered the outside (back side) in bend tests.
Yes I have. Although uncommon. More often it just splits up the middle. If the heat treatment is too deep it will make the back be more brittle and find a weak point and lift a small section of the In early tests this happened as I was purposely pushing limits to see. Bamboo can take a lot though.
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Bows / Re: 5 piece folding bamboo bows
« Last post by willie on July 07, 2025, 04:39:42 pm »
Yes. Very true. A balance struck. I’ve blown a lot of these up knowing where the safety margin is and how far it can be pushed before failure. Heat treatment really is the key component of all this to get the belly to resist compression crush or failure. In my opinion bamboo properly heat treated is tough to beat pound for pound.
Have you managed to heat treat the bellies to the extent tnat the backs fail?
there were some test results published a few years back that indicated with certian species of Banboo, the core materiel (belly side) had compression qualities that overpowered the outside (back side) in bend tests.