Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Rich Saffold on January 06, 2010, 03:05:54 pm
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Here is my latest bow 70"ntn 63#@29" I got some real nice straight wood from Tim Ott, and Thanks again!. I always wanted to try a bow like this, and I'm sure its not the first one like this, but for me it is and I never seen one which made it more interesting. I hope like the IBI I posted that a few others here give this style a shot.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/132.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/134.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/131.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/135.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/139.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Sourswithhawk/Bows/fd2.jpg)
I'll put more pics and edit these soon after I put a grip on it.
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NICE!!!! :) -josh
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Looks simple, clean and deadly Rich :)
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Very nice bow Rich, Glad to see that your still venturing into uncharted territories. ;)
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Very nice, Rich. Such a skinny little thing! I like everything about it.
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Sweet bow Rich, nice profile. You cant tell from the pictures that it is backed.
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Rich, another fine bow, awesome profile, I bet it flat zipps em arrows.
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Thanks guys!,
Like the other bow its really more of a laminated bow since now that I really look at the glue line it is around 50% in the handle section and about 70% backing at the tips.
Dano, yer right ;) its a fun bow to shoot and handles lighter than usual arrows without any thump too..
Pat, I had to chuckle since I just rode back from the Campus Pool and your post kinda describes the lifeguard today. but she had more of an "Ipe tan".
Keenan. Brock Johnson mentioned he had made a bow like this. Maybe he will chime in..It's hard to think of truly unique combinations which would perform at a high level, and hopefully by the end of the day I'll have a string on one thats Ipe backing osage. Tim gave me some fine wood and I really am enjoying it.
I can't harvest osage here..at least legally..we do have 3 trees in town that look pretty straight too...
Thanks Josh and Dana M..If Tim has more of this wood, I bet it won't last long.. ;D
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HEY RICH JUST GOT TO MY ROOM I WAS IN N CAROLINA IM IN MARSHALL NOW GOT IN AT 2 AM NOW CUTTIN OSAGE STAYIN WITH BUDDIES AS ROADS ARE SNOWED IN I RELLEY LIKE THAT BOW LOOKS GOOD KENEEN I MADE ONE LIKE THAT A YEAR AGO WITH IPE AND A 1/8 OSAGE BACK CAME IN AT 43 LBS RELLEY ZIPPED A ARROW WAS AT 186 ON CRONO I PLAN TO MAKE ANOTHER HIGHER POUNDAGE TO HUNT WITH SOON BROCK
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Good looking bow Rich
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I'de hafta agree-that's sweet:)
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That looks great Rich. Never thought of that. how did you find osage worthy of using as a backing?
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Jesse, I've always wanted to use Osage as a backing, and like any good self bow wood its strong in both tension and compression which allows this style of bow to work.This bow is like a straight self longbow split down the middle and re-glued in a r/d limb profile. Of course being clean , straight-grained is necessary, and getting these edge-grained slats from Timo made it possible.
"Backed" may not be proper terminology, but I have a hard time with "laminate" in this case..Sounds to compromising or "modern" ;)
Thanks Marc, I've seen your longbows and I hope you try one of these. Cost, ease of construction, and performance may be obvious, but the real reason it's different enough to Keep it interesting.
Thanks Zen, This bow taught me a bundle and I plan on many more..
Rich
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Wow Rich that is some good food for thought, I bet the ipe combo would be good.
Bcbull, thanks for the input. nice to hear what is possible. 183 at 43 lbs is impressive.
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how is it tillered so that at full draw it looks as if the handle area looks like it is only bending?
I like this different style
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Keenan, Thanks, I was hoping to create a little excitement/interest because this place has a lot of talented bowyers who can make very good use out of two straight yet skinny pieces of wood like I did with these last two bows..It's almost too easy..
"Almost" since this particular bow is from two edge grained slats so it took a few minutes to figure out which one is the back and the belly and then which way did they go..so I just winged it and lucked out ;D.
Aznboi3644 It's actually a bit of an Illusion and the handle section barely flexes at full draw. if you look at the brace photo and full draw there isn't much difference, but the whole bow is bending except for the last few inches. This is one of the reasons I like this style since every bit of it is working, and I'm trying to get the most out of the bow without stressing the wood beyond its capabilities.. The other reason is I think these skinny curvaceous bows are rather sexy...
and nearly center-shot :D
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Great looking bow Rich,simple and sweet.Looks like a shooter to me.Can't remember seeing and Osage backed Osage before.Cool. :)
Pappy
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Really nice bow, I love the tiller. Gives this rookie something to aim for!
Nat.
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Whew - The French would be wary of this one! Quite the weapon. Bookmarked for Jan Laminate BOM, too.
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Thanks Pappy, I'm glad you like it, and figured you would know if someone was building these.
Nathan Thanks this bow after getting into the form was rather easy to finish.
Oldbow Thanks, I'm working on an article for PA on these bows and have it about half done. I just wanted to mention this, and have to see how a couple more of my experiments/prototypes come out before I'm done. I'll try and get some better pics in the coming days.
Rich