Primitive Archer

I remember Echo 1 .

Simson sure posted some awesome bows. He certainly had an influence on a lot of us.

You’re not the only one who kinda tried to copy him.

Beautiful work Simk on ECHO 2 . I’m sure Simson will like it.

Bjrogg

Badger - it’s just ok massive in the tips at the moment, wants to beak my wrist and the arrows I had are on the light side for the bow. I left them real big but even after I took them down they were still large. I had a second go but I’ve got to get the proper tips on before I can shoot it again.

Probably comes back about half inch after ten minutes and then another half inch after an hour.

I reckon I’ve taken another 100 grains off each tip so we’ll see how that feels in a bit. I’m not worried about it really, just being hesitant with getting the weight off the outlets because I’ve had enough tips pull straight because I’ve over done it

Beautiful bow! That's one of my favorite profiles to build.

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I got that call from a customer - he needed a new bow for hunting bear in alaska he said. He went on and specified 60" long max and 67# at 28", takedown. Ok I said.

The next days I wasn't sure on how exactly to tackle this. Then I remembered ECHO - the bow made by our honorable member Simson - must have been 2018 or so. But anyways, I remember being deeply impressed by this bow. It's was kinda dream, top edge - unatteinable. But I knew, once when I grew up, I wanna try something like that.

These days I also remembered that osage stave with that deflex in the center - lying around in our archery clubhouse for years - an ugly belly split who nobody has been interested for years. It turned out as a fantastic piece - NOT A SINGLE PINKNOT.

So I had a plan: This will be my ECHO II.

Of course you cannot copy Simson - but I'm glad I tried. Max. width 38 mm.

Cheers