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Offline Aries

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53" BBO Holme
« on: March 06, 2010, 04:27:33 pm »
A lady at my work place wanted an all wood bow she could take to 3D matches and be able to keep up with some of the competition. The problem was she can only pull up to 25-30 lbs before her scapula issues start to give her problems. (she hunts with a crossbow ::)) So this is what i came up with. Its a 53" holme, moso boo on osage and pulls 25# at 24".  Started out with 2" or reflex and it has settled to about 1/2"  set after shooting it in. I tillered this bow on out to 28" as shown in my full draw pic. JIC someone unknowledgable might happen across the bow in its future. This is prolly where my 1/2" set came from.   It is 1/1/4" at fades and tapers to 1" before the lever. the levers are ten inches long and taper from 3/8 to 1/4 in.

When i first shot this bow i was quite surprised by the speed it had. for a 25 lb bow i was able to shoot a 32" carbon shaft with a 200 grain tip at 127 fps through my chrono. I really like this design and am prolly gonna make another one  at 40# for my new kayakin bow ;D    Ty



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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2010, 04:28:51 pm »
couple more

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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2010, 04:31:07 pm »
Side effects of using cacti as a back drop may include.....    ;D

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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2010, 06:22:48 pm »
Beautiful bow!! Be sure and take those needles out before passing it on ;)
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2010, 06:43:12 pm »
beautimus!!
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2010, 06:45:40 pm »
Sure Looks nice to Me....a 40 Pounder would really be a good Blind Bow also....lets see some Pictures when you get Her made.....
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2010, 11:03:57 pm »
Nice bow! That should inspire more of us to try the Holmegaard style... And I love the natural coloration with simple handle.
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2010, 11:08:39 pm »
really nice bo. like the holme style
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2010, 12:42:33 am »
this is real pretty. also those limbs look incredible
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2010, 12:58:47 am »
Not a Holmgård style bow, but still a very beautifully done job. 

That's a Møllegabet II design, from 7000 years ago in Denmark.   Holmgård bows, from a completely different archaeological dig in a completely different era,  do not have the distinctive shoulders that the Møllegabet do.

This is the same style bow that Half-eye makes and carves.  See some of those discussions for more details about the difference between  Holmgård and Møllegabet designs.
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2010, 01:20:22 pm »
Quote from: KenH on March 07, 2010, 12:58:47 am
Not a Holmgård style bow, but still a very beautifully done job. 

That's a Møllegabet II design, from 7000 years ago in Denmark.   Holmgård bows, from a completely different archaeological dig in a completely different era,  do not have the distinctive shoulders that the Møllegabet do.

This is the same style bow that Half-eye makes and carves.  See some of those discussions for more details about the difference between  Holmgård and Møllegabet designs.
thanks for the correction sir. ill have to do some research i guess ;D.   
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2010, 01:37:05 pm »
Aries...don't feel bad.... :(...... We here at the Primitive Archer Board have been calling them Holmegaard's for as long as I can remember...just recently....when Halfeye started to show them...did they start to call them Mollegabet Bow's
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2010, 01:37:37 pm »
Whatever. This is one fine bow and I personally bookmarked it for serious considerationfor March Laminate BOM fun.
Bookmarked as a Møllegabet II BBO.
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2010, 08:35:31 pm »
Quote from: OldBow on March 07, 2010, 01:37:37 pm
Whatever. This is one fine bow and I personally bookmarked it for serious considerationfor March Laminate BOM fun.
Bookmarked as a Møllegabet II BBO.
;D Thank you sir. Im honored  Ty
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Re: 53" BBO Holme
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2010, 09:27:59 pm »
Well deserved!
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