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Offline bubby

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2013, 08:14:04 pm »
Got some sweet bows Tim, I really like the set  back handle bow
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2013, 11:09:20 pm »
Nice work....
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2013, 11:43:10 pm »
Very cool bows, Tim.  8)
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2013, 12:05:14 am »
Ditto on what's been said earlier.Sweet looking set of sinewed bows.
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2013, 07:51:38 am »
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2013, 08:12:13 am »
That's a lot of work but worth it.I can appreciate your effort because I've pounded out 1500 grains of sinew at a time a few times myself.Mostly elk leg sinew.I've never put sinew on ash yet but it has crossed my mind.Like elm,hackberry,and mulberry too.I think the list can go on and on.
Good pictures by the way.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2013, 10:43:43 am »
That's a great group of bows Tim.  You should post more detailed pics of each.  I really like the five curve. 
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2013, 09:09:16 am »
Really nice work!  How about a bit more information on them?
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2013, 07:58:29 am »
Thank you everyone. I'd love to share more and will try, however for the past week or so I can't seem to upload a darn pic here or on photobucket. Very frustrating. I'll see if I can post some pics from what already exists in my older files.
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2013, 08:08:48 am »
For the five curve bow I used the heatgun and a short log.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/thimosabv/A-steepe-1.jpg

Then an extra slat of ash as reinforcement at the handle to hold the shape.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/thimosabv/A-sin-2.jpg

After that I sinewed the entire bow then wrapped it in strips of linen instead of birchbark. This was done after the sinew cured for awhile.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/thimosabv/A-drawing-2.jpg



http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/thimosabv/A-mongl-2.jpg

Full draw.



It was my own variation on the older Mongol type bows, minus horn. Black leather handle and black painted tips.
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2013, 08:12:03 am »
The other bow was made for my youngest son and I purposefully kept the weight under 35#. The horsehair decoration came from pieces I found stuck to a fence while at an archery shoot in Northern California.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/thimosabv/A-hrzhair-1.jpg

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2013, 08:24:01 am »
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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2013, 08:34:46 am »
Those are all very nice.  Love the 5 curve.
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2013, 10:32:05 am »
Thank you. :)

I have a lot of other bow projects going on, but just can't post pics at the moment.
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Offline Traxx

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Re: Various sinew backed bows from a year ago
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2013, 08:54:27 pm »
You can use a different handle,all you want,but yer still Thimo.LOL
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