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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« on: June 04, 2013, 06:49:46 pm »
35" tip to tip, pulls 41@18".  Only let the sinew dry for 2.5 months before tillered.  It was mostly tillered when I sinewed, only one layer laid down with knox.  The sinew came out a lot cleaner after seeing Bryce's buildalong  8)  I reverse braced it about 5" and it keeps about 1" in the outer limbs when unstrung, the inner limbs take some set when first unstrung giving it a cool gull wing look, but it comes back to just past straight after sitting for awhile.  The thing looks like a propeller looking at the back straight on, but it evens out and the string is pretty close to centered.  This was a piece of juniper from the Warm Springs reservation that my Siuslaw elder Doug got for me, had bug damage and a pretty high crown so I decrowned it, and I'm really impressed with juniper, this thing is pretty fast(for me) and has a real high early draw.  This bow will be donated to our Canoe Journey fund.  I think I'm gonna salmon skin it and maybe cherry or cedar bark the handle.  Thanks for looking :)







Offline Slackbunny

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2013, 06:57:03 pm »
Looks good to me. Nice work.

Offline steve b.

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2013, 08:28:49 pm »
That's awesome.  Nice job.

Offline JLoranger

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2013, 08:31:00 pm »
Beautiful lil shorty! Great work!
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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2013, 09:17:41 pm »
That's a cool lil bugger  :)

Offline Josh B

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2013, 09:46:35 pm »
Sweet!!!  That little unit looks like it would be fun!  Josh

Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2013, 10:19:52 pm »
Thanks everybody, It is fun, I feel like I'm carrying a toy bow through the woods til the arrow flies out!  I must have done something right if blackhawk and GunDoc like it  ;D

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2013, 12:50:05 am »
Sweet little arrow spitter!  Nice work. 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2013, 12:54:59 am »
WOW, that's an awesome little bow, can't wait to see it finished.

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Offline Accipiter

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2013, 01:41:16 am »
Looks zippy! Super cool little bow.

Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2013, 02:12:30 am »
Thanks fellas, it does spit one!  I can't wait to see it finished either Buffalogobbler, never done salmon skins, should be interesting!

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2013, 06:43:39 am »
Sweet little bow,tiller looks great.Nice job. :)
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Offline Christian Soldier

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2013, 10:22:58 am »
Good looking little bow!

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.  :)
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2013, 10:33:19 am »
That one is purty.
Nice job!
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Re: Coos Sinew Backed Juniper
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2013, 12:07:03 pm »
That's a shorty!  Very cool.  What are the arrows your shootin like?
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