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Offline simk

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a 100% useless bow
« on: April 15, 2022, 10:38:48 am »
Hello  :)

I made a completly useless bow. Ok, it was fun and it maybe also helps with the bucket list: 69,5ntn - 103# @ 33" Also I now know I have good yew and very good epoxy  ;D

the real fulldraw can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wrobmXntxeE

Cheers
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2022, 10:53:34 am »
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Offline RyanY

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2022, 11:13:44 am »
Not useless yet! Need to draw it back further!  (--)

Offline Lehtis

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2022, 11:27:01 am »
I can give you my adress where to send it… I think it would not be useless for me… I do normally shoot 80-85 lbs@28” and this bow is quite close to that… ;-)

Offline Allyn T

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2022, 11:29:26 am »
I would pop a stitch trying to draw that thing. War bows make my back hurt just looking at em. Nice job
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Offline bassman211

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2022, 12:21:43 pm »
Tiller it to between 35 and 40 lbs, and I will take it off your hands.

Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2022, 01:58:10 pm »
nice bow  congrats :)

Offline bjrogg

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2022, 02:41:15 pm »
Not useless yet! Need to draw it back further!  (--)



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Offline Del the cat

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2022, 02:50:26 pm »
Nice bow, a few months of training and you'll be on top of it.
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2022, 02:51:40 pm »
Excellent job. That's a really nice bow.
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Offline rps3

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2022, 04:36:59 pm »
That's amazing. I think you should get it in the hands of someone who could use it, and you can scratch me off the list.

Offline Hamish

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2022, 06:00:50 pm »

Nice work, tiller looks great in the video. You seem to have got the most out of that stave, yet low very low set. :OK

And no I couldn't draw it to full length either, still a very cool bow regardless.

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2022, 11:03:29 pm »
That’s a nice war bow.  I’d suffer through to work up the strength to shoot this bow.  Beauty
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Offline BowEd

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Re: a 100% useless bow
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2022, 04:48:43 am »
Beautiful bend on that yew stick and nice work on those nocks too.I'm afraid I'd hurt myself pulling that to 33".
That would kill the horse the knight was riding for sure.
What's the diameter and type of your arrow shaft?
I pulled a bodkin point out of an elm tree once for a fella from a war bow over 100#'s and it took a little persausion.I forget the grains the arrow weighed but the shaft was close to 7/16" in diameter.
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