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Title: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 04:20:42 am

78# @ 27". 66" ntn

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/012-1.jpg)

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(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/017-1.jpg)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 04:22:56 am

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/011-1.jpg)

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(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/016.jpg)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 04:26:25 am

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/023.jpg)

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(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Heavy%20ELB/019.jpg)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 04:30:23 am

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/003-25-1.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/001-27.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/002-28.jpg)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Shaun on March 28, 2009, 08:46:05 am

Many, so good to see you posting your inspirational work again. That ELB is a classic especially the full arc tiller and the roundness of the limbs. War bow Marc is going to have poetic words for that one. Me, I like the wild fowl and Tarantula blunt pic. Keep em coming bro.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: 0209 on March 28, 2009, 08:51:52 am

Where do you get that guava at?  Looks great and now I sort of want to try the wood out for myself.  lol.  Anyways, congrats on a great bow.
-Ian Mittelberg

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Olschool on March 28, 2009, 12:17:24 pm

Very nice! Sure put the hurt on that yardbird  ;D
I would like to try some og that wood someday

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: OldBow on March 28, 2009, 01:03:10 pm

Hopefully, some fly tier tyer tirer SHEESH will get the hackles off this bird.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Knocker on March 28, 2009, 01:33:57 pm

I'd have to get the pen out and write "Cock Killer" on that one!   >:D  And maybe fletch up a couple of special Rooster killing blunts. 

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 06:29:03 pm

thanks guys,

good to hear from you Shaun,..yep gotta love the Tarantula,...check out this little variation I came up with letely

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/001-3.jpg)


0209,

Guava is everywhere here,..10.000 bowyers making bows commercialy would not run out of wood in a lifetime here  ;D



Feathers are stashed away for some special projects I have in mind  ;)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Kegan on March 28, 2009, 07:18:25 pm

Beautiful- and strong- bow Manny :)! Do you find you have any trouble with arrow tuning with your wide-handled ELBs?

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: david w. on March 28, 2009, 08:01:06 pm

Really cool bow. :)

I could tie some killer flies out of those feathers

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: cracker on March 28, 2009, 08:59:40 pm

Impressive piece of work.Gotta try that that wood some day.Ron

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: medicinewheel on March 29, 2009, 08:00:45 am

Been busy lately, huh??  8) 8) 8)
Again: very nice bow!

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 29, 2009, 02:47:34 pm

thanks guys,

Kegan,

a bit more to play with wide handles,..but more than that I really don't like the feel of them I much prefer the narro deep handle it just feel sso much better, from now on on my ELB's I will make a deep leather handle, I'm playing a bit now to find the right tecnique

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Pat B on March 29, 2009, 03:01:31 pm

Another nice bow, Manny. Are the wraps purely aesthetic or was there a reason for them. Either way, it looks cool and helps to break up the lines of the bow for an effective camo.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Ghost Dog on March 29, 2009, 03:46:46 pm

Manny, how do you like shooting a bow that is a lot longer than what you have shot in the past?

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Kegan on March 29, 2009, 04:14:17 pm

Thanks Manny.

 I had the same thing with my last couple ELBs- were sort of uncomfortable... the last one I finished up is an ELB in tiller and shooting, but is held and looks like an ALB since it has a deep leather build up on it.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 29, 2009, 07:11:52 pm

Pat, ...purely camo, I got the idea from those old northen European bows

Bob, actually I would say that the bows I shot the most are in the 68" range, being shooting quite a few 64" lately, but really the longer bows are my bows  :)

You can check those videos I have in the shooting forum,...practicing with a heavy 68" bow from all kind of different positions and quite close to the ground too

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Rich Saffold on March 30, 2009, 12:13:02 am

I love that bow even though I have seen it before since it looks like a poisonous snake..Who ever gets hit by that tarantula is screwed! 8)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Bushman452 on April 02, 2009, 04:38:37 pm

Quote from: NOMADIC PIRATE on March 28, 2009, 04:30:23 am

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/003-25-1.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/001-27.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/NorthShoreLB/Harvests/002-28.jpg)

Is that a feral chicken: looks tasty.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 03, 2009, 01:16:26 pm

Yes it is Bushman  ;D .... we have lots of them crafty buggers around here, I have a farm just behind my target practice area, and I like to practice my stalking on them when I get a chance  ;D

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Bushman452 on April 03, 2009, 03:35:38 pm

Quote from: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 03, 2009, 01:16:26 pm

Yes it is Bushman  ;D .... we have lots of them crafty buggers around here, I have a farm just behind my target practice area, and I like to practice my stalking on them when I get a chance  ;D

Cool.

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Kegan on April 03, 2009, 04:37:23 pm

Quote from: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 03, 2009, 01:16:26 pm

Yes it is Bushman  ;D .... we have lots of them crafty buggers around here, I have a farm just behind my target practice area, and I like to practice my stalking on them when I get a chance  ;D

HOw many of those stalks end with a puff of feathers Manny :)?

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 03, 2009, 08:52:30 pm

Just this morning I stalked a rooster with 2 hens, he finally gave me a shot as it was looking away (not a chance to get a shot of unless they are looking totally away from you) .......I aimed for the neck, the arrow looked real good, and actually grazed the neck of the rooster, taking some feathers, but that was it  ;D

lot's of fun anyway trying stalking weary birds, it's a success just getting within 20 yards,...now that doesn't happen very often at all  ::)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Kegan on April 04, 2009, 11:52:42 am

I never would have guessed there was so much hunting challenge in roosters and chickens. Goes to show. Makes that kill all the more impressive too :)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 05, 2009, 02:42:16 pm

Kegan, anytime animals turn to feral status they will became weary and birds are just the same, this guys if they see you move thru a window inside the house take off at full bore  ;D

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Gordon on April 05, 2009, 10:10:10 pm

I'm with Rich - that bow looks like a poisonous snake. And I can see it is as deadly as one!

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Knocker on April 07, 2009, 01:46:48 am

That Guava is incredibly beautiful as well as effective.  Are there other good woods in the Islands for bow making?  Did the natives historically use bows?  I know there were originally no pigs or goats, so if they did, probably for fish, birds, and war?  Sea mammals?  The Northwest coast natives where I live are more known for their whaling harpoons, but they used bows ashore. I've wondered too if they wouldn't have used short canoe bows.  Seems like they would be very effective for Sea lions, Otter, etc...

Keith

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 07, 2009, 06:16:07 am

Keith, I gotta gree with you, Guava is definatly a beautiful wood  ;D

the native had no bows at all of any kind

There's definatly more bowwood here, I've used Eucalyptus, when I get time I wanna try playing with a couple woods that look very promising like SEA GRAPE and KOKUI NUT,...I'm sure there's a lot more good bowwood around too

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Pappy on April 07, 2009, 08:12:21 am

Another cool bow and some good shooting. You are really turning them out.Nice work. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 07, 2009, 09:42:47 pm

thanks Pappy

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: Knocker on April 08, 2009, 12:19:34 am

What is the blonde wood that all the tourist stuff is carved out of?  Do you know the one I mean?  Has grain that looks a little like mahogany?

Keith

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 08, 2009, 02:12:09 pm

No idea Keith, sorry  :)

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: PeteC on April 08, 2009, 05:41:39 pm

Beautiful bow Manny.You do an awesome job with some tough staves.God Bless

Title: Re: 78# GUAVA English longbow
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on April 08, 2009, 09:57:36 pm

Thanks Pete