Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: paulsemp on July 17, 2018, 05:09:24 pm
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Clint gave me a piece of wood with some family history at Marshall this year. Can't remember the exact story I'll let Clint fill that in. was a pretty gnarly piece of Osage that fought me the whole way. I must have heated this thing 25 times. at first it started off as a bendy handle not much to handle to work with. Decided I wanted a stiff handled so I decide to build it up. Then I popped a splinter on the back so I decided to glue a hickory back on. The handle is built up with Hickory and Cherry. Zebra wood tips. Horn rest.59 in NTN. solid 55 lb at 26 in. haven't decided if it's a little too heavy for me yet, I'm going to give it a little bit of time and see if I can put my big boy pants on before taking it down a few pounds. Thanks for looking
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Good job, sometimes the ones that fight you the hardest can be the most gratifying. If they turn out :)
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I don't know if it's stubbornness or perserverance but no matter you ended up with a very nice looking bow to boot.Nice work.That cherry should finish up nice.
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That's a beauty....she's a looker
DBar
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Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money. :BB
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Awesome work Paul. The tiller looks spot on w/ a very respectable weight. Looking at it, you'd never know the wood gave you such a run for your money. :BB
Yup looks like you planned it that way. Nice bow Paul
Bjrogg
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Nice work, Paul.
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Nice, Paul! Love that bend.
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That came out sweet Pauly, just proves what I've always thought. One of the best bowyers around period
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Paul, you've built the kind of bow im dreaming of. Both, brace and fd look absolutley perfect!!!! Wow.
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Sweet looking bow a creative master peace )P(
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I can see why you might want to leave it as is...looks perfect. What glue did you use for the backing?
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Very nice Paul, looks like you nailed the tiller on that one. :)
Pappy
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Awesome work Paul. Way to stick with it, the end result looks well worth it.
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That bow has been working you over for 2 months, glad to see you get through it and make it look as good as it does. The stave came from a VERY dead tree Clint's grandpa had a tree stand in many decades ago.
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That bow has been working you over for 2 months, glad to see you get through it and make it look as good as it does. The stave came from a VERY dead tree Clint's grandpa had a tree stand in many decades ago.
Nice story to go with it. That one needs to hunt.
Bjrogg
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Great job wrangling a bow from that stave Paul. I knew you would be able to do it.
Pearly is right about the history of that wood. It was from a tree that my grandpa love to hunt out of decades ago. The tree slowly fell over. The remnants of his wooden stand are long gone. Only the steel spikes and stained wood remain.
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Really nice bend Paul on that rd style...
Don
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Wow I love that profile. Awesome little bow no matter how it got there! I bet it's smooth to draw.
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Thats awesome Paul, way to stick with it. If anyone can wrangle a bow out of a questionable piece of wood it's you. I totally second what Bubby said.
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Great bow and great story. Good that you did not give up and made a beauty in the end!