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Offline criveraville

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2011, 02:42:21 pm »
What type of wood? How did you paint/with what the back?
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Offline DEllis

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2011, 03:19:05 pm »
Very nice, 29.5" and 62# out of less than 5 feet of wood..........that'll do :o ;D
Welcome to the fray  ;D
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2011, 04:11:43 pm »
David,

Glad to have you aboard!  Beautiful bow, very nicely done!  I've been looking high and low for authentic Choctaw designs/specs for months with very little luck.  How did you come by your design?  I'd love to hear about it, my Dad's side of the family is pretty heavily Choctaw-blooded, so I've been aching to make some Choctaw bows.  What is the thickness taper like on that bow?  What style of nocks?  From a board or tree stave?  Sorry for all the questions, feel like a kid in a candy store!

Look forward to hearing from you!

Kevin
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2011, 05:47:43 pm »
Very nice. Tiller looks spot on. I too have some Choctaw in me and a couple of my best buds are card carrying tribal members so its good to see some representation here. I look forward to seeing some more of your work. Enjoy Mojam. I have been thinking about going but its still too early for me to see  what my schedule will be like.   Danny
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Offline grbd29

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2011, 09:48:07 pm »
Thank you for you nice comments,  I just stumbled on here a couple of months ago even though I have been getting the magazine for years. 
Stixman;  I had been looking for a picture for a while and low and behold I found it in The Bowyer's Bible Volume 2 on page 52 and http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/grayson/americasarchery/americasarchery2.shtml     
I made it from a board I got from a stores scrap pile  the dimensions are: 59.8 TtT, 59 NtN, from the end for about 3.25"/ W.9-9.5/T .345-.385, then widen to 17" from the end to W1.75"/T.536, now taper to the center to W1.3"/T.775
I laid out the width with a yard stick then free handed the roundness in and the back is like a D shape.  I first cut it out to the books thickness but as you can see that was way too thick and wouldn't bend( that was one of the first and last times I follow directions).  The museum one is 56.25" but I wanted to pull full draw for myself 29.5"  I finished it with dark raw tung oil and black paint. 

hope that helps Kevin

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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2011, 10:29:54 pm »
29 1/2" out of a 59" bow.  Nice job.  Your fine tillering work made that possible.  Great bow.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2011, 11:09:46 pm »
Welcome and congratulations on a very fine bow! Jawge
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Introducing myself with a Choctaw style bow
« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2011, 05:31:44 am »
Beautiful work!
You'll like it here, welcome!
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