Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: sailordad on October 07, 2009, 06:18:35 pm
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3 as in 3 bows
these are three bows that i have finished recently.they are the only ones for 2009
been to bust knapping all year,trying to get that figured out.seems i cant not knapp when i get to the work shop.
i usually go in there with the inTent of scraping wood,but in january io decidied to try knapping and now every time i go out there i just gotta knapp.
sometimes i start with a bpw,but always ended up smacking a rock into gravel.
well long story short,it took me since december on the self bow,the other two i have been working on since august.
the selfbow is the prop twisted hick i posted a pic of awhile back.its finished now,sealed with five coats of hand rubbed beeswax ontop of one coat that
was heated and melted into the wood.the other two are hick board bows with camo cotton fabric on the back.one has a paduak handle the oother a zebra wood handle
these two are for a guy that i sold a board bow to earlier in the year,hea wanted another for his wife and one for her dad.
he wanted them long like his,pretty much wanted two more like the one i sold him,just diff draw length/weights.so
sad thing is he wants me to cover the handles with leather,but i will keep the wrap short so i can still see the beautiful wood.
the one with zebra wood is pulling about 30-32# @ 25",the paduak handled one is pulling 48ish# @ 28".
itls a little heavier than he wanted but it just didnt want to drop any more weight after three scraping sessions so i said enough.i thought if it started to loose weight now,it would be a lot real fast and didnt want to come in under what he wanted.
i put about 75 arrows thru each today,like how they both shoot.the paduak handled bow is fast and hits hard.
my bow,the self bow is pulling about 48# @ 28",shoots real nice. at 10 yds(all the room i have to shoot in) i can put 6 out of 8 arrow in the vitals on my block 4x4.
well heres a couple of pics,i will get draw photos later
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1614/1000796y.jpg)
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8731/1000798nh.jpg)
(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1476/1000802.jpg)
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/589/1000805p.jpg)
i also have close ups of the handles on the board bows, too pretty to cover.but hes paying me,so ill do as he wants.
thanks for looking
well
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All 3 look nice. I kmow what you mean about knapping getting in the way of bow building.
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I'd say those "3" look pretty darn good. My farorite one of course would be the one on the top. Can't wait to see them bent. Nice work!
Greg
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More pictures. :D :D :D That is the pot calling the kettle black isn't it. ;D
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ya i like the selfbow the most too
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Look real nice Tim, yeah what Justin said :D
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nice bows!!! where's the full draws? Seriously though good job man! :) -josh
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They all look nice to me. You've been a busy man.
Chasing Crow
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What are you going to do with the $ from the bows? Buy wood or rocks or both?
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What kind of wood are the bows with the zebrawood and paduak handels? Did you make them out of boards or staves? Great looking bows.
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Nice looking bows! Jawge
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Three bows, well that is more than I have made. Good work and nice bows. kenneth
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3 geat bows, Ive wanted to start knapping but havnt figured out where to start.
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I did not read the post carefully enough. I see that the other two bows are hickory boards.
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well i know ya ll have been waiting patiently for the draw pics.
so i had the wife take some
only problem is that i forgot to put the memory card back into the camera,now the pics are on the cameras internal memory and i dont
know how to transfer them from there,but i will have her take more tomorrow and i WILL put the memory card back in first.
i am only going to post the draw pics of the board bows,because i am not real propud of the tiller on the self bow
thought i had it better than it is,thts what i get for rushing myself just to get it finished.it will work for hunting this year.then i will start a new one AGAIN.
i dont know if i was drinking some of the grape when i tillered it or what but i dont like the tiller.maybe i will redo it,itll make it lighter but what the hell
the neighbor kid needs a new bow too ;D
well check back tomorrow night and i will have the pics of the board bows up.
thanks again
as far as what i am going to do with the money,i dont get alot for these bows.usaully a little more than cost of materials.
i havent sold a selfbow yet,but if and when then i will chage better orice for them.but these are just board bows that i can make shootible in about
an hours time,its all the finish details that take me forever.i actually spend more time doing the finish work on these than the actuall making a bow out of a board takes.
however i do plan on some rock,but most of it goes into savings as we are planning a trip to virginia to see our sons over thanksgiving.
which reminds me,does anyone know of an area in the little creek/norfolk area that i would be able to find some cane and or rock while i am there?
thanks again
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Those are good looking bows! The selfbow may look a little stiff just out of the fades on the brace photo, but okay other then that. Hard to tell with just a brace pic. Sometimes the tiller is difficult to judge with selfbows, especially character self bows.
I know what you mean about the finish work taking longer, same with me. :)
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Really nice bows!
Excuse me, I have a question here: is paduak the same as bloodwood? If not, can you or anyone post pictures that show the difference??
Sorry for the sidetrack... ;D ;D ;D
Thanks.
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from my understanding paduak and blood wood are two differant types of wood.
i have seen blood wood that was almost pink it was so light and i have seen it as dark as this paduak
but i do have a piece of blood wood thai think mat\y be a tad bit darker red than this
when the wife gets home and retakes my full draw photos i will also get a pic of the two woods together for ya medicine wheel
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Well done Tim now back to the knapping pit eh ;) :)
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Nice bows Sailor...was hoping to see the other pics u mentioned!!!
CHEERS!!!
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Great looking bows. Be sure to give me a "heads-up" so I don't miss the full draws and clearly identify each bow so OldBow doens't get confused.
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well thanks for being patient with me
finally the full draw pics are in,here ya go everyone
this is the hick board with paduak handle,about 48# @ 28"
(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/104/1000817.jpg)
and this is the hick board with the zebra wood handle,about 32ish @ 25"
(http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3588/1000818t.jpg)
thanks
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what, now that i posted full draw nobody wants to look :'(
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Very nice bows and very inspiring. Thanks for the great pictures.
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They look real nice. They inspire me to go make a bow.
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what, now that i posted full draw nobody wants to look :'(
Patience, give me time to see it. ;D
They look great. Nice of you to build the neighbor kids some bows.
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Very nice brother... great tiller on those hunting sticks.. Hawk
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Nice - good luck with 'em - I'm diggin' that paduak handle!