Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Pat B on May 25, 2010, 07:48:36 pm
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Patrick Brennan(lil Pat) asked me if I would make a bow for his girlfriend, Hannah. Hannah hasn't shot a bow much but it was determined that 20#@20" would be a good place to start. I tillered this bow out to beyond 26" so she could grow into it.
The bow is a hickory recurve I made at least 10 years ago(notice cut out arrow shelf). The curves started pulling out as I originally tillered it way back then and it developed a hinge just below one recurve. Into the corner of shame for this one! >:(
Ten Years After(an I giving my age)...to deal with the hinge and the curves pulling out I opted to add a walnut tip underlay. I didn't want to mess with the tips anymore so I traced them on to the black walnut as they were, cut out the walnut and flattened the glue surfaces and glued them up. After reshaping I thought they came out pretty good, not evenly curved but a good glue up for me. ;D I didn't want to add more weight to the tips so I drew tip overlays with a black Sharpie pen ;D and the leopard skin pattern back is tissue paper...back to my old tricks. The handle wrap is some black braided nylon embroidery thread.
This little bow shoots like a dream. No hand shock and for it's relative low weight she really spits an arrow.
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Awesome Bow, Pat!
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Hey Pat,
Ther's what is was and then there's what it is.....that young lady ought to be liken that bow. Very nice
Rich
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nice save , good job using what u had
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Thanks guys. I'll meet Hannah for the first time this weekend at the Hickory, NC shoot and present the bow to her or give it to Patrick to give to her. Either way I'm sure she'll love it.
This is a good reason to never throw a broken or badly bent bow away. You never know when it's real time may come around. ;D
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Nice bow Pat!
Russ
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Oh my! That is a gorgeous bow! Nice rescue. Jawge
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Nice bow! Those underlays are great looking!
Frode
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Cool leopard print! Best make up a set of matching arrows too....you know how much young gals like their "accessories"... ;)
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Nice looking bow Pat. Very interesting camo.
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Sure looks sharp :)I didn't know ya could put wood underlays.Phillip
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Cool leopard print! Best make up a set of matching arrows too....you know how much young gals like their "accessories"... ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Well said and NICE BOW SAVE!
Ron
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I had lots of fun finishing this bow and feel so good that it is going to a friend(to be) to begin her archery journey. Alan Brown has already made the arrows for Hannah and I tillered the bow to their recommendations....but I'm sure, Jaye, they will suit the young lady! ;)
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Very nice Save Pat...and I really like the rebirth of an Old Bow...and the Tissue Paper thang again..... ;)
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Mike, check out the TG trade bow. New pics today! ;)
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Very nice save Pat, That a beauty of a bow,she will love that I am sure. Yall have fun this weekend,I got to make that one some day. :)
Pappy
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Sweet little bow, Pat. Tissue paper, yeah, sure. Hopefully you washed your old drawers before you cut 'em up and glued them on there. ;D
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Pat that bow looks great. nice job on the tip glue up.
wade
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"Hopefully you washed your old drawers before you cut 'em up and glued them on there" @hillbilly - THAT was funny, and a somewhat disturbing mental image. >:D O:)
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Very nice work! Looking forward to the full draw.
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Don, I'll get a pic of the recipient at full draw this weekend at the Hickory NC shoot.
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Nice bow Pat. I have some of that leopard print and zebra stripe paper in the closet just waiting for the right bow.
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It's cool stuff, outlaw. I guess you could print out different patterns on your computer and use that to back bows.
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If she doesn't like the leopard skin, you might be able to find some discounted valentines day tissue paper with hearts on it!
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Nice save Pat.Looks like she'll be gettin' a shooter. God Bless
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Excellent job, Pat. I love rescuing old projects like this, but this one is magnificent. What a special gift for Hannah. Great art work on the back. Love the underlays. Super imagination. Well done.
Dan
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Looks vey neat!, I'm sure she will be really happy with it!!
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Dang Pat that is a real fine looking bow,guess you learned a thing or two in the intervening years. :)
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Pat
That is a great save of a "lost" bow. I really like the underlays, they look sharp. I'm sure she will be real happy with her new bow.
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Hannah was surprised and very pleased with her new bow 8) ...except she is left handed and the bow is right handed. ::) I guess I didn't listed well enough when I should have. The hard part about it was getting Hannah to give it back to me to take home to fix the problem. Actually, had I known(listened ::) ) she is a lefty I probably wouldn't have reprieved this bow for the project so I guess it's true that things generally happen for a reason. ;)
The fix should be easy enough. I will reshape the handle after rasping down the cut in shelf and add a leather rest(shelf) on the other side. It's a nice rainy day today so I'll have a chance to get the repair started.
Thanks for all the nice comments. I have reprieved other bows like this on a few occasions before and see it as a good idea, especially for the newer bowyers out there. You get to examine old problems and come up with a remedy down the road that will give you clearer thinking and a remedy for a problem situation from an earlier attempt. I even save broken bows and study them at a later date. This will let you what went wrong in the first place and with a clearer mind fine a solution to the problem that caused the break. I still have the first osage bow I ever made that broke when it was way over drawn by a novice. I still look at the break on occasion and realize that it broke right where is was supposed to when overdrawn. If you accept your failures as failures then they are failures. If you look at them as learning experiences and achieve knowledge from them then they are not failures but learning experiences that will keep you in a positive direction in when making future bows.
I didn't have a chance to get a full draw pic this weekend but as soon as the handle is reworked and the finishing touches are done, I'll get a good pic of Hannah and her new bow and a good full draw pic with Hannah to go along with it.
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I finally got Hannah's bow to her after removing the arrow shelf and adding one to the other side so she could shoot it left handed. Here is Hannah with her new bow at full(almost) draw...
Alan and Patrick in the background.
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Hi PAT That is a very impressive bow. I love the curves and the brush overlays. And I want to copy the leopard print for some kid bows I am making. Keep up the good work. Denny
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Almost missed this one: really nice bow Pat! I'm sure she likes it!
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really nice pat,,she needs a bow in case patrick gets out of line.. is that my aunt allen in the pic lol lol >:D O:) glad you guys got to visit,,it sure was fun..james
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Yep! that's Auntie Alan. ;D We had a blast too, James. Thanks for the goodies! ;)
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Wow! Beautiful bow! I love those underlays. Is it the mostly the same to do those as an overlay but on the belly instead of the back? Hows does it affect tiller? Thanks!
-Grayson
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Grayson, the underlays go on just like overlays. A bit more trouble being longer and having to follow the curve. No real effect on tiller because it is in a non working portion of the limb. The extra weight was a concern but the black walnut I used is relatively light weight.
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Ahh. I see. They're really beautiful! Bookmarked for reference. :)