Arvin and me

[willie]

As Arvin sez, the force draw numbers look impressive.
 Is it a true prymid? Can you post a pic of the back?

[bjrogg]

Willie I would call it a true pyramid design. I need to get some pictures taken. Maybe I can get some tomorrow.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Willie , I got a couple pictures for you. I’m not an expert in identifying different styles of bows, but I would call this a pyramid.

The back is very flat. Beautiful piece of wood. It has about a 1 1/2 reflex if I remember correctly but I don’t know if it would be considered a recurve. I don’t think the string touch’s the belly but I could be wrong.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Arvin has sent me at least Three pieces of Osage.

I have made bows from two of them so far.

The first one I made is in the middle. It came from a beautiful stave I almost ruined by trying to split off the belly.

I ended up ruining the top of my stave and being stuck with only the belly split. Lesson learned. This really thin early wood with thick late wood rings splits different than any I’ve split before.

I did manage to get a very nice good performance bow from it. I called it Flats or Bust hoping to get to the flats with it.

It’s more of what I would call a flat bow. Honestly I didn’t measure anything but the length, reflex and handle. I laid it out with my draw knife and followed the grain, then tapered the last nine inches to the tips. It has short but fairly aggressive recurve tips. I don’t have a chronograph but I think it is pretty fast. I think it’s about three inches longer than Arvin n Me but it has just shy of three inches of reflex and it’s been holding it good.

Arvin n Me on the left, Flat or Bust center and a blank I haven’t started yet on the right

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Try to show different amounts and placement of reflex

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Tips on Arvin n Me

[bjrogg]

Tips on Flats or Bust

[JW_Halverson]

I am so glad this forum was resurrected even if just to watch this bromance between bj and Arvin bloom! It's like a freaking Hallmark Channel movie in real life and real time! Please tell me one of you recently moved back to their old home town and opened a coffee shop or bakery.

[bjrogg]

I can’t speak for Arvin, but I moved back to my home town over 45 years ago. Never started a coffee shop, but my son does have a shop a bunch of us old timers have coffee at every Saturday morning.

It sure is a good thing to keep the site JW

Thanks

Bjrogg

[JW_Halverson]

I can’t speak for Arvin, but I moved back to my home town over 45 years ago. Never started a coffee shop, but my son does have a shop a bunch of us old timers have coffee at every Saturday morning.

It sure is a good thing to keep the site JW

Thanks

Bjrogg

 

Keep posting the excellent content and don't let me get too far under your skin!

[bjrogg]

My skin’s fairly thick JW. Dig away.

I decided to do a force draw curve for the first bow I made from the stave Arvin sent me. The stats are just slightly different for Flats or Bust.

Its 45@ 25

About 3” longer and almost two more inches of reflex.

Bjrogg

PS once again I am using a fishing scale. It’s not digital

[willie]

nice  bows brian, thanks for the pics.
would you be willing to take a few more measurements of "Arvin and Me"  so that I can reference the data for the stave that Arvin is tillering for the computer design?
If so  from what I have seen so far in the thread it is
 62" ntn with 1/4 " set prymid

but I didnt see how wide at the fades
and if you could mike some thicknesses at four inch intervals out the limb from center that would be great.

[bjrogg]

Willie I did some more measuring for you.

The length is 62” n-n

I would say it is closer to 1/2” set now.

Handle and fades I would say 10”

Out of fade 1.595”

Tip 1/2”

The reflex is 1 1/4”

Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more

Bjrogg

[willie]

the extra info and pic are appreciated.

do you have a caliper to make some limb thickness measurements with?
every four inches would be adequate
thanks

[bjrogg]

I will try to get that for you tomorrow if I can.

The back is very flat.

The belly was almost what I think you would call trapped?

When I tillered I removed the peak of the trap.

If I remember correctly there is still a trapped edge over most of the working limb.

Bjrogg