Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on November 12, 2017, 01:24:48 pm
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That's "drum" as in freshwater drum, the fish )F( .
This bow is all BL heartwood, which is much snappier in my experience than a bow with sapwood. The stave had some natural deflex that I left in and I used dry heat to put some curves in on the tips. It's fairly short...
56"ttt
60# at 27"
1.5" wide at the handle tapering to 3/8" at the tips
Buffalo horn overlays
Some really nice thick leather on the handle
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Good one! I like the skins, it's a nice look. Is that the skin colour or are we seeing the wood through the skins?
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Cool little locust shorty. Well done. :OK
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Thanks guys.
DC, you are seeing some wood color for sure. Freshwater drum, or "Sheepshead" has some really interesting skin. When the scales are gone and the skin is dry, what's left is a translucent hide with some iridescent shininess that these pics really don't do justice to. This particular fish was big, close to 10 lbs and the skin was really quite thick. Comparable to deer hide. Here's the fish...
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Sharp looking bow.
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Nice looking bow
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very nice congrats on that bow,,
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Nice work on the shorty BL.
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Beautiful bow. I catch lots of big drum when catfishing, usually throw them back, but will be keeping them now! What did you do to the skin to make it keep?
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Nice looking bow, Jeffrey! Maybe you should rig it up for bowfishing, under the circumstances. I gotta try BL one of these days.
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Very nice
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Nice job on the bow. Pretty nice fish, too! They are more or less warm water fish?
Hawkdancer
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nice bow, like it.
Hans
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I like that one, you are becoming the fish skin backing specialist!
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Thank you all for taking the time to check it out. :)
Morgan, Folks on the "Around the Campfire" board told me they taste just like lobster if you cut um into cubes, boil, then dip in butter. I didn't believe it until I tried it. Darn they were right! -C- The small ones are great for eating, and the big ones for backing. :OK
Hawk, never heard that, but maybe the saltwater variety is a warm water fish? I've never fished for um here in the winter, but maybe they stop hittin when the weather gets cold. (S)
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Thank you all for taking the time to check it out. :)
Morgan, Folks on the "Around the Campfire" board told me they taste just like lobster if you cut um into cubes, boil, then dip in butter. I didn't believe it until I tried it. Darn they were right! -C- The small ones are great for eating, and the big ones for backing. :OK
Hawk, never heard that, but maybe the saltwater variety is a warm water fish? I've never fished for um here in the winter, but maybe they stop hittin when the weather gets cold. (S)
Never tried em boiled like that, but I need to! I’ll eat em fried but my family thinks they’re too chewy.
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Another nice one congrats !