Primitive Archer Magazine
Primitive Archer Web Site Southern Community Bow Project - 2007
Guava wood (Psidium guajava L.) [from Hawaii] self bow with sturgeon (fish) skin backing, deer antler tip overlays and rattan handle wrap…66” long tip/tip, 53#@28” draw.
Hardwood shoot arrows…sourwood (Oxydendron arboreum), privet (Ligustrum japonicum), dogwood (Cornus sericea) and buffalo nut (Pyrularia pubera)
Stone arrow heads, Texas flint
Leather quiver and sheath
Knife with antler handle
Hand woven fabric bow sock
Participants…Bow
Manny Padroni, Pupukea, Hawaii…guava stave with basic shaping
Shannon King, Rogersville, Missouri…donated the stave he got from Manny, later he added the sturgeon skin backing, shaped the handle with a double shelf(ambidextrous) and applied the rattan handle wrap(donated by Pat Brennan)
Mark Baggett and Greg Bagwell, Clarksville, Tennessee…bow tillering
Lonnie Stapp, Liberty, Missouri…Shaped limb tips, added antler tip overlays
Pat Brennan, donated rattan for handle wrap, made hardwood shoot arrows and hafted stone heads and made Dacron B-50 Flemish twist bow strings
Ron Johnson, Bruner, Missouri…Added Tru-Oil finish to bow
Participants…arrows
Pat Brennan, Brevard, NC…Hardwood shoot arrows and hafted stone points (pine pitch glue and deer leg sinew wrap)
Paul Wolfe, Springtown, Texas…Crafted Texas flint arrow heads
Justin Snyder, Washington, Utah…Crafted self nocks with bison spline reinforcements, added fletching with sinew wrap and donated turkey feathers
Kenneth Gorman, Pleasantview, Colorado…donated goose feathers
Participants …accessories
Marius Fara, Gustavsburg, Germany…leather quiver and knife sheath
Mark Baggett, Clarksville, Tennessee…knife with deer antler handle
Dane Danato, Greenfield, Massachusetts…hand woven (tabby woven) fabric bow sock
The entire Primitive Archery Web Site Family, world wide…moral support and verbal contributions