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"The Bent Stick" Design Discussion - with photos

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Pat B:
Aksel, my first osage bow I built in 1989's was similar to Comstock's "starter" bow(pg20)...


This bow was built(41 1/2" t/t) from an osage board I bought. This little bow shot pretty well at 15" or so. In 1990 while we were building our house a young, strapping 19 year old carpenter's helper wanted to look at it. I told his only draw it 15" but he attempted 32" and that is the result. I learned a couple of good lessons about wood bows that day.  >:(  ;D
The other two I built were his "over built"(pg12) bow and his "1st class hunting bow"(pg34). Both are good designs. I think organic_archer's bow is similar to the 1st Class Hunter.

gifford:
The Bent Stick, and Jim Hamm's book were my favorites, well, the only books I had on bow building until I added Al Herin's Cherokee Bows to the library. This was the very early 90's.

I built a dozen or so bows using Comstock's design, hickory, maple, sweetgum and finally discovering some osage. I still have several of the bows from those early years three osage and the hickory and they still shoot.

Although they have developed a bit of set from imperfect tillering and their speed is nothing to write home about yet they will still fling an arrow and if I do my part, hit the target with a satisfying thump. 

It is good to see that the Bent Stick is making the rounds. It is a recipe for a durable hunting bow. Your mileage may vary but I enjoy taking them down for a round of 3D on occasion.

willie:

--- Quote from: Aksel on April 26, 2024, 04:34:01 am ---

He said in TBB4 he stopped making the outer 1/2 as wide as described in The Bent Stick.



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he said his more recent bows were "trimmer and lighter in mass with less string follow" (p 302)

Has Paul Posted or written elsewhere since TBB4?

organic_archer:
Love it! Hope the thread keeps going!

Bummer about the bow being overdrawn, Pat. Looks like a fun little bow.

organic_archer:
Here are two more contributions to the discussion. Both were finished up this week.

The first one...

Hackberry
70" overall length
57# at 28" draw
1.5" wide for most of its length
Heavy heat treatment over coals
Dark Brown Fiebing's Dye
Buffalo grease to seal

No cut-in nocks. Just needle tips with nettle fiber wraps so the double slip-knots don't slide down the limbs. It's closer to a Holmegaard than Paul Comstock's wider bows, but it follows the same design principles.

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