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Offline loefflerchuck

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2 Comanche replicas
« on: April 16, 2014, 01:09:25 am »
Two Comanche replicas of osage. The top bow and the one in the full draw pic is 50" tip to tip. It has a draw of 61# @ 23". It was made of a stave seasoned about 5 years. It had a thin ring of sapwood on the back that The lower sapwood was darker and multicolored. After being tillered and shot more than 100 times, it had no string follow. The bottom bow is 48" tip to tip and has a draw of 64# @ 22". This stave was seasoned less than a year and has a tad bit of string follow. The wood on this stave had dark red stripes. Used a stain to age the bows. The top bow is 1" at the handle and tapers to 1/2 below the nock. The bottom is 7/8" and tapers to 1/2. good design that yields a fast good shooting bow. The Comanche had a design that many bowyers today can appreciate. I'll post the other full draw later.
Thanks for looking
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2014, 01:14:22 am »
Tips.
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Offline bowsandroses

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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2014, 02:17:30 am »
Cool little replicas I like'm
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 02:32:39 am »
Nice work as always
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 02:56:23 am »
Two cool bows, I admire your work Chuck! That tiller is a stunner!
I have visited your homepage and seen all these beauties!

where do you get all the info on ancient bows?
I have the book from Mason, Baldwin, Hamm & Allely. Are there perhaps museums info probably with measurements?
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Offline Bowman

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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 03:29:51 am »
Cool bows and very authentic. Is it replikas from the boook by Hamm and Allely? I have thought about a similar project. Comanche and Apache replikas in osage. Stunning bows.  :D
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Offline chamookman

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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 05:04:37 am »
Outstanding as always Chuck ! Bob
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2014, 05:20:53 am »
Very nice job. :)
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Offline Gsulfridge

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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2014, 07:49:16 am »
Man, I like those.  Good work.
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2014, 08:12:52 am »
Very nice
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2014, 08:13:40 am »
Very nice Sir!
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2014, 08:17:51 am »
Cool chuck!!! Ya wouldn't know those were osage by the color,but ya sure can tell by that much bend in such a short narrow design....only one wood can take that.....THE KING!!!!!  :laugh:
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2014, 08:21:51 am »
Great work Chuck.
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Re: 2 Comanche replicas
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2014, 09:08:52 am »
very good job on them.really like the aged look
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Offline IdahoMatt

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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2014, 09:42:22 am »
Very cool stuff as usual Chuck. :)
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