Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: leonwood on December 03, 2019, 09:05:24 am
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This was a pretty clean and straight stave which for that very reason stayed in my pile for a few years. A few months ago I decided to try a few bows from my better staves and since I only tried "normal' recurves with black locust I felt it was time for a reflex/deflex model.
After roughing the bow out I clamped it on a 2x4 with a block underneath the handle and started heating the handle area with a heatgun. Took me about 15 minutes to deflex it enough and left it overnight to cool down. Reflexed tips where boiled and set with dry heat the next day.Chased a ring on it and tillered it to brace.
Added some extra reflex in the outers during heat treating and tillered it to 45@28.This black locust keeps the heated reflex pretty good!
I don't really like the pale color of fresh black locust so I stained the bow with my "osage scrap stain" and finished it with cheap acrylic spray.
Specs:
Wood: Black LocustLength: 64" ntn
Draw weight: 45@28
String: 8 strand fastflight
Stain: Osage scraps soaked in ammonia
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You make such good bows! I really like this one! everything about it is just so good!
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Thats a beauty.
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Very nice bow! I like your. Worl
Hawkdancer
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Nice work, looks really good :OK
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Looks amazing man. Well done! 😎
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Very nice work! Love the bend on that. Beauty for sure!
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thats a nice one,, like everything about it,, )P(
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Very nice locust recurve. ;) Well done!
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Wow Leon, that's a beauty! I can't wait to get my hands on some BL.......
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That bow is beautiful. I really like the bend and how you refine the tips. Another excellent bow.
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Always love what you do with just a piece of wood and a string Leonwood. Simply beautiful
Bjrogg
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Wow.
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Another beauty Leon. Something for the rest of us to aspire to. :BB
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All around top notch bow. Impressed you deflexed that handle with a little dry heat.
Mike
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Thanks for the compliments!
Impressed you deflexed that handle with a little dry heat.
I do this with osage and black locust only. Tried it with yew and some white woods without succes so with those I cut a wedge out of the handle to reduce the bending thickness
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Nice to see your back at it! Beautiful bow!
-Taylor
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Classy. Your bows are recognizable as your bows. Like this one a bunch.
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Very impressive!
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I clicked on this and saw the first pic.... "Ooo WOW!" Nice bow dude! Love the re-curves. Love the color. Full draw looks great too! What a sweet bow!
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Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?
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Thanks guys!
Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?
At the widest point about 1.5" tapering to 3/8 at the very tip
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Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin
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Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin
Thanks! One of my goals is to attend the flight shoot at Wendover some time, will take me a while to save up enough money though so don't expect me there any time soon
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What a beauty. Elegant work. I don't think I've seen a grip like that before. You come up with that?
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What a beauty. Elegant work. I don't think I've seen a grip like that before. You come up with that?
Thanks! And nothing special about the grip, it's just a slight bulbous grip with a little groove for the hand cut out so it fit's better in the hand. No too much so it will still be allowed in our "historic bow" class for 3d competitions. Wrap is part of the sleeve from an old jacket ;D
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What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ? Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?
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Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects. :)
Pappy
Thank you!
What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ? Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?
It is just that. I put the osage I scape off during tillering in a bucket with vinegar and ammonia. It will work with any high tannin woods like oak and black locust as well.
It still amazes me how good this stain works though!
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Made a BL bow with somehow same dimensions lately. I´m proud about it, but seeing your bow I am stunned whats possible when a master is doing it!!!