Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: sulphur on December 20, 2009, 10:46:01 am
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My sunday school teacher wanted a primitive bow for his son. After he shot my osage longbow he want one for his son. He brought me a 7' long straight as an arrow log from a tree on his land. this was back on Oct 1 so i had 3 months to strip em down and dry the wood enough for a bow. The rough out staves spend 2 weeks with the bark & sapwood removed inside my house, then 4 weeks in my hot box on 100 degrees. I was amazed they dried out so well with just a few vertical cracks in the belly, which disappeared while tillering. I haven't had any straight osage in so long, it was an absolute pleasure to work on such good osage! anyway of course i made the father & son combo, so here they are "Hawkeye & Hot Rod". hawkeye is 63" 52# @ 27" with a large knot in the top limb which gave it its name. Hot Rod only had a few knot and used so little wood to make weight, with 3" of reflex heated in. Its light mass made for a fast bow and a pleasure to shoot. these will be given at christmas with surprise for both father and son, as the father has picked up the one he knows about already and i will give the one for him to his wife before christmas day. I also sent a bunch of my old PA magazines with him since they are new to primitive archery. anyway here are a few pics.
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/DSCF2653.jpg)
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(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/DSCF2654.jpg)
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Awesome! What a great gesture!! O:)
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Sweet Looking Bows there....and I am sure that there will be some sweet smiles come Christmas Morning too........ ;)
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The bows look great and what a nice xmas gift :)
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Both bows look great; just wiswh the pics where a bit bigger...
Yes, nice gesture, too!
What's the overlay??
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Those are beautiful bows and a very kind gesture. Very nice. Jawge
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That is so cool and both bows really look nice.
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some of my pics didn't post. here are the tips on the other one and handle view.
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/DSCF2659.jpg)
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/DSCF2660.jpg)
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tips are cocobolo on hawkeye and bloodwood on hot rod. sorry about the size i always resize to medium.
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Got anyone around to crank it back for the full draw. Its always fun to enter into BOM
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What is "plane" about this bow? Answer: nuthin'. Let's see that tiller which I'm sure is outstanding. Jawge
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nice job they will be happy for many moons.
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guys i say "plain ol" partly because i have seen so many great bows of elm, bamboo, horn bows etc (its a long list), and partly because plain old osage with will make a super bow anytime. anyway here is the full draw pic on Hawkeye, i didn't get one on hot rod. the top limb could be better, but not bad for the 3 knots in it.
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww279/sulphur7/DSCF2664.jpg)
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Nicely done
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Yup. Just as I suspected. Tiller is awesome. :) Jawge
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That tiller is about as good as it gets. Excellent work!
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thanks guys i truly apreciate the comments. making these bows was pretty problem free, i felt like the wood did all the work.
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nice bows there, sulphur!!!! Very nice gesture making one to surprise the dad as well! Nice tiller too! -josh :)
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Very nice Sulphur!! Tillers are spot on.
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Very nice work and man what a gift. :)
Pappy
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That's a couple of great bows for gifts. Good job,I know they'll like em. ;D God Bless
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NICE Workmanship and gesture
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Have to love that Osage, especially when it looks that nice. Awesome Sulphur!
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awesome job sulphur I wish osage grew here in ireland have to make do with plain old ash,but lovely job on both bows .merry christmas :)