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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simson on October 29, 2012, 05:12:29 am

Title: big elm flatbow 74/28 (No. 6)
Post by: simson on October 29, 2012, 05:12:29 am: Laying in the bed with influenca attack, cannot do any work. Have decided to show you another bow I posted on PP a while ago (before I found this place). So, perhaps some of you are perhaps bored - sorry for that.

Here she is:
elm sapling bow, stave was about 5" in diameter. It was harvested in late spring, so the back shows after debarking the early grain / fibres as a wonderful landscape like a field with a lot of humps and dumps. Yes, I know the early wood is not the best as back, but i could not resist leaving it on. The piece had many little branches, which I also left on and cut off at about 1/4". The area just above the handle shows the relic of a dead branch (hollow stump) of about 3/4" in diameter and ca. 2" depth! The belly is flat and at some sections grooved, it shows a nice combination of the heartwood and besides the sapwood.
The stave has a propeller twist and a problematic side profile. The lower limb runs on the outside (back) of the grip, the upper limb to the inside (belly), because of the stump. The result is an unusual braced side profile, like a negative tiller. The arc of the lower limb is higher than the upper limb. Crazy!

No leather handle, no overlays - just a stick and a string.

string alignment is corrected with dry heat
The back is stained to show the nice surface.
70 ntn, max. width is 2,25"

very light heattreatment
the bow came out with 74# @ 28, shoots very nice and fast. (I haven't believed a flatbow so long is so fast).
The hollow stump is filled with a whisky reservoir (in case of snakebites and so on ... )

Simson

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Title: Re: big elm flatbow
Post by: soy on October 29, 2012, 05:15:44 am: Now that is cool 8) !
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Post by: Pappy on October 29, 2012, 06:53:30 am: Very nice Job,Love it. :)
Pappy
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Post by: Josh B on October 29, 2012, 09:11:28 am: That's pretty cool! Nice tiller and I really like the snakebite medicine holder. Josh
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Post by: lesken2011 on October 29, 2012, 09:30:10 am: Cool! That is a real work of art! 8)
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Post by: Badly Bent on October 29, 2012, 10:54:01 am: That baby is pure art Simson. I'm just grinning ear to ear looking at that beauty imagining the dumbfounded look some hardcore
wheelie bow guy might give you if he ran into you in the woods with that bow in hand. ;D You could then offer him a snort of the
whiskey to bring him back to his senses. ???
Spectacular bow, I just love it.
Greg
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Post by: rps3 on October 29, 2012, 12:09:19 pm: I would be proud of that bow, nice job.
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Post by: k-hat on October 29, 2012, 12:45:18 pm: Man i just love it!! That one is just too awesome, esp with the "stump". Great job on a very difficult piece. Hope you get better soon!
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Post by: Zion on October 29, 2012, 01:31:34 pm: I remember seeing this bow! Love it. Esp the booze container >:D
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Post by: Trapper Rob on October 29, 2012, 01:38:24 pm: Sweet bow hope you get to feeling better soon.
Rob
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Post by: sharpend60 on October 29, 2012, 02:19:18 pm: Dang Simson,

I think I like every bow ya have posted.
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Post by: tanner on October 29, 2012, 03:31:06 pm: Amazing bow sir! I like the medicine holder as well. I think you should make it your victory shot for when you get a deer (or whatever you may hunt). I fish Musky with my father in law and when someone catches one the tradition is to take a shot of Dr. McGillicuddy's peppermint schnaps and take a bite of chocolate. Anyway - I would recommend it. :)
Title: Re: big elm flatbow
Post by: simson on October 30, 2012, 06:40:30 am: Thank you guys for your response.
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on December 01, 2012, 12:38:45 am: I missed this one the initial go around. Just linked to it through BOM thread, and I have to say, this bow has a good shot at BOM. Honestly, your bows are some of the best I have seen on PA. It is very evident you take a lot of pride in your craftsmanship. Seeing your bows always inspires me to slow down and take the extra effort in the finer details of my own bow efforts.
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Post by: Blacktail on December 01, 2012, 03:17:54 am: i just have one thing to say...WOW..i didn't know elm was so pretty...john
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Post by: steve b. on December 01, 2012, 05:11:23 am: Yea, what they all said......!
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Post by: Bowman on December 01, 2012, 05:13:37 am: ;D Fantastic character. Cool :D
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Post by: Keenan on December 01, 2012, 05:49:05 am: That is an incredible character bow! Love everything about it! Great contrast with the stain and natural wood color. Great tiller and they way you reduced weight and hollowed out the knot is simply amazing. Well done in everyway!
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Post by: dragonman on December 01, 2012, 08:13:15 am: awesome character bow, but you managed a near perfect tiller.....strong bow!!!, I'll bet it fast
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Post by: BowEd on December 01, 2012, 09:46:05 am: Beautiful attention to detail on your CHARACTER bow,and great forethought to see what was there.The hollowed out knots made me blink.Very nice job.
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Post by: Del the cat on December 01, 2012, 09:51:22 am: Oh yes....
Del
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Post by: coaster500 on December 01, 2012, 12:58:27 pm: Great bow!!!!

You really had to see that one before it was finished, I mean dang!!! to see the bow in that one, amazing!!!!
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Post by: raghorns on December 01, 2012, 06:04:41 pm: I'm amazed, this one will go in my favorites.

Lyle
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Post by: PeteC on December 01, 2012, 09:33:14 pm: That is really a neat bow. The heartwood in the limbs is great.I start with a little in the limbs,but it always ends up only showing in the handle. Great job. God Bless
Title: Re: big elm flatbow
Post by: simson on December 02, 2012, 11:58:43 am: Quote from: PeteC on December 01, 2012, 09:33:14 pm
That is really a neat bow. The heartwood in the limbs is great.I start with a little in the limbs,but it always ends up only showing in the handle. Great job. God Bless

work down to a growth ring near by the heart wood, so you can save it over the whole length.

Thank you all for the nice compliments

simson
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Post by: WoodMunkey157 on December 02, 2012, 12:07:14 pm: such character! way to bring a bow outve that!
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Post by: singingwoodnz on December 03, 2012, 05:51:28 am: Hey, I love it! just a very interesting looking bow, Bare bones full of a great story! Cheers Dan (NZ)
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Post by: Parnell on December 03, 2012, 09:07:09 am: Oh my! That is a beauty for sure! Great job on that bow!
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Post by: Sidewinder on December 03, 2012, 12:06:12 pm: These bows on here just keep getting better and better. One of the more unique bows I've seen in a while. I have heard that elm is a really good bow wood and now I am a believer. Truely a work of art my friend, nice job. Danny