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Offline IndianGuy

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Plains Indian sinew Shorty. More pics added
« on: February 21, 2014, 10:46:46 am »
Another Plains Indian Bow, Not gonna say "style" because I am a wild Indian!  >:D
Anyway the specs are 42" long 41 NTN and right at 45# @20" Setback in the handle making it a stiff handle bow. The arrows are dogwood with homemade hoop iron points. Upper limb right above the handle may be a tad bit stiff.
Thanks for looking.

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Offline Newindian

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2014, 11:08:09 am »
looks nice, us ingins got to stick together
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2014, 11:11:49 am »
Looks like it could be the real deal.  Nice!
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2014, 02:15:47 pm »
Nice work dude, watch out a wild Indian with that stick loose in the woods  8)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2014, 04:09:08 pm »
Looks great.  Little short plains bows are still my favorite.  Nice work.
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Offline kleinpm

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2014, 04:24:48 pm »
Nice bow.

Curious. How accurate are you with the short bows? Any tips for improving accuracy? There is not much written about improving accuracy with short bows and a floating anchor.

Patrick
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2014, 04:32:09 pm »
As to accuracy and the floating anchor there is a trick to that to get the same anchor point each time, it helps to have arrows cut to length so you know how far you can draw, you can use your thumb on your bow string hand to find an anchor on your chest somewhere, I dont draw a short bow to my line of sight but rather to my chest and over time you can become very acurate that way.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2014, 05:17:51 pm »
Yet another very nice bow.  Very authentic.
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Offline Mohawk13

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2014, 05:20:39 pm »
Nice work. Way to stay true to who you are.....And what NewIndian said...
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Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2014, 06:09:49 pm »
Saaaweeeeeet little thwapper there! love the arrows too!
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Offline kleinpm

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2014, 08:50:51 pm »
Quote from: IndianGuy on February 21, 2014, 04:32:09 pm
As to accuracy and the floating anchor there is a trick to that to get the same anchor point each time, it helps to have arrows cut to length so you know how far you can draw, you can use your thumb on your bow string hand to find an anchor on your chest somewhere, I dont draw a short bow to my line of sight but rather to my chest and over time you can become very acurate that way.

Thanks for the tips.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2014, 08:45:54 am »
Very good! Is that osage? Like the arrows too  ;D
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Offline tipi stuff

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2014, 09:41:54 am »
Very nice set. Bow looks great, and arrows look great as well.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2014, 11:02:19 am »
More than nice and authentic enough to go into a museum but too nice not to keep and shoot!
Great looking set, keep em' coming man. :)
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Plains Indian sinew Shorty.
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2014, 11:06:57 am »
Thanks guys, in over 25 years of making bows  I have only kept 2, one I made for my daughter and one for my wife. The old osage bow I have shot forever was made by an Elder Caddo bowmaker. I guess I should keep a few for prosperity's sake..lol
Yes the bow is osage ornage wood, called "bodark" around here.

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