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a little curious
Marc St Louis:
I don't make a lot of bows for myself. When I do it can be anything from a high performance recurve to a simple D bow. Makes no difference to me, I like them all
willie:
guess I follow what you are saying a bit better, now Rich. One thing that I have noticed is that some folks present their work with a well documented post, something that takes no small amount of time and effort, just like the building of bow/kit. Some of the threads created by European members come to mind. Perhaps the professionalism? of this "presentation" theme implies a more elegant response is called for? I think we can all agree it is a bit annoying to see some posts get derailed by irrelevant comments.
Here is a thread that I have hoped would come back to life more often....
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=58067.15
mullet:
The only thing about calling a comment irrelevant is that sometimes the person asking it is new to this lifestyle and doesn't know. If the questions are answered and explained by the people that build these bows in a non condescending way they will learn quicker the attitude of the person building the style bow that Rich and a lot of other people enjoy building. I like building a bend in the handle bow occasionally and when I teach someone the first time I meet them that is usually the style I go too. Simply, because you can make a shooter in a very short time with simple tools. This allows a newby to grasp the fundamentals of bow building with simple tools, feel good about a bow that shoots and hook another one ;D. Like said, there's room for everybody and different style bows here.
Redhand:
I haven't posted any bows for a while now, but I am still building them I have a few in the works now.
And like you Rich I drop in once and a while just to check things out.
I don't get into all the technical aspects when I build my bows. I do very measuring with a tape measure, mostly eye balling, I like to feel the taper of the bow limb with my fingers.
And as long as the bow feel good in hand with a smooth draw man that is perfect for me.
Oh ya that first otter quiver set looks familiar. lol My son sports it when we attend our local archery shoots. You do amazing work thanks my friend.
I haven't posted this bow its the one I made in the Native bow challenge the thread willie is referring to.
Maybe when the weather warms up I will gets some pics posted.
Morgan:
My thoughts.... We all share the same passion. We come from different areas and walks of life, but all have a desire to take a raw chunk of wood, horn, or bamboo and make it bend suitable to cast an arrow.
I love the native bows, particularly the eastern Cherokee and creek styles. My personal taste is a modestly finished bow, stiff to slightly bending in a very small handle section. I make that bow very much personalized to me, with no desire to replicate any other style or historically accurate artifact. When I rough that bow out of a tree split stave and spend hours making it bend evenly, and put a string on it......that is a primitive bow regardless of the material it is strung with or oil it wears. I put little no thought into the mathematical aspect of it..... There are those that do, and they do so for the purpose of getting the very most out of the raw natural material they are working with.
The bows they make are also primitive.
I would wager that those of our ancestors that were truly masters at making bows, took their own approach to achieve a fast shooting, low set, long lasting bow.
My heart will always lie in the more simple bows, but I’m in awe of the works of art others produce, and do not believe that they are any less primitive in function or base materials.
I think we are a small community and all have so much in common whether we use tite bond or hide glue.
I want to see all the bows that y’all can make, from the simplest sapling D bow to the elegant recurves.
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