Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: HickoryBill on March 12, 2011, 12:10:36 am
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What is the strangest/ weirdest backing you guys have ever used or seen on a bow. I once used turkey breast feathers. It was just for cosmetics though. It was good camouflage. I wish I had a pic of it. As far as I know it is still in use.... as a thunder chicken slayer. ;D ;D
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I'm trying Luan right now. Don't know if it's ever been used, But I'll now how it turns out some time this week.
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I used the fabric wrapper from a new couch on a red oak board bow. I lost interest and never finished it. It is ugly as can be though.
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I've used thick coats of Tightbond III for backing kids bows (just the glue by itself). Looks cool. Works good. Gets funny looks. ;D
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I saw a hickory static recurve backed with black formica counter top material. That was an ugly bow. I didn't even want it in my shop for fear of it passin off some bad juju.
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I have seen a guy use onion skins, and a paper bag. Then another fella use packaging tape.
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I have a fancy to try politician's tongues. Or mabybe their palms, but I figured they would be to greasey ;D.
Del
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I have a fancy to try politician's tongues. Or mabybe their palms, but I figured they would be to greasey ;D.
Del
;D ;D ;D
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Del- hahahahahaha!
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I have a fancy to try politician's tongues. Or mabybe their palms, but I figured they would be to greasey ;D.
Del
Or forked? >:D
Bevan R
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Fibreglass tape, the clear stuff with white lines from the glass, is a quick backing for the lazy bowyer,
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I guess the Strangest backing I have ever used was Sinew...with homemade Hide Glue...and I mixed hide scraps...sinew...and a bunch of my own hide in there too....I have feet and hands that don't shed skin...so I have to use 80 grit emery cloth to sand them down weekly...well I saved it for a while...and added it to my Hide Scraps....worked just fine..... ;D... :P...... :o
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"I guess the Strangest backing I have ever used was Sinew...with homemade Hide Glue...and I mixed hide scraps...sinew...and a bunch of my own hide in there too....I have feet and hands that don't shed skin...so I have to use 80 grit emery cloth to sand them down weekly...well I saved it for a while...and added it to my Hide Scraps....worked just fine..... "
They don't make a smiley face to express what face I just made after reading that, lol lol (secret hide glue recipe: 1 part hide, 1 part sinew, and 1 part el destructo, :) )
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Cheap turkey blind netting glued on with tb3.
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I have a fancy to try politician's tongues. Or mabybe their palms, but I figured they would be to greasey ;D.
Del
Not enough acetone or denatured alcohol in the world to get the grease off them kinda hides. ;D
To quote ELD's tag....Come on 1/20/2013!!!!! >:(!!!!
Ron
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Del, netiher sound very reliable to me.
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To quote ELD's tag....Come on 1/20/2013!!!!! >:(!!!!
Ron
Damn Ron...I didn't know anyone else even figured that one out.... ;D
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Strangest, maybe not, but best backed bow I ever saw was made by the bowyer that taught me, Barry Meyer. He sinew backed an osage bow (oh, how daring), but then backed the bow with a single skin from a gaboon viper. 'Boons are one of the top 5 deadliest snakes in the world and not easy to come by. He happened to have a contact at Reptile Gardens that saved the nasty critter for him.
Their latin name kinda fits....Bitis gabonica.
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JW, You really seem to have a thing for tha Gaboon Viper. They really aren't that hard to come by. In the legal states you can pick up a baby for $75-125. Spend a year feeding it up and there ya go ;) Now the Rhino Viper....A lot like the gabby but way nicer looking! ;D
The coolest skin I have ever had I traded to James Parker and I haven't seen it yet, and I've asked him multiple times about it and never a reply ::) I should have kept it...
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What's it gonna cost me for the vials of anti-venom? That's IF there is any commercially available. Oh, and what does it cost to get Life-Flighted out of Rapid City to Denver these days? Yeah, sure, send me two of them nasties!!!
I been looking at my 4 1/2 ft bullsnake lately....but she's done hundreds of classroom presentations and I ain't sure I'd survive the munchkin attack if they found out I did June-bug that way.
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Years ago I took some shark catilage and built a steel press to compress it as it dried. Every few days I would tighten the bolts compresssing it more and more. Somewhere in ther middle of the project I gave up smoking pot and never finished it so can't say how it would have worked. Steve
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I used the leg of my wifes jeans last week ;D I hope she dont look for that pair.. ::)
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What's it gonna cost me for the vials of anti-venom? That's IF there is any commercially available. Oh, and what does it cost to get Life-Flighted out of Rapid City to Denver these days? Yeah, sure, send me two of them nasties!!!
I been looking at my 4 1/2 ft bullsnake lately....but she's done hundreds of classroom presentations and I ain't sure I'd survive the munchkin attack if they found out I did June-bug that way.
Easy answer, don't get bit >:D Or, as long as you don't tell the state of AZ you buy it and I'll raise it for you ;D
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Years ago I took some shark catilage and built a steel press to compress it as it dried. Every few days I would tighten the bolts compresssing it more and more. Somewhere in ther middle of the project I gave up smoking pot and never finished it so can't say how it would have worked. Steve
Steve that's freaking hilarious!!! ;D ;D ;D
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@Badger: Finally got off the floor from the laughing fit and my eyes still haven't cleared. ROFL
I guess the strangest thing for me were the taxidermy rattlesnake heads of the "Evil Bow" I posted a while back. The cobra skinned one was unusual too but not as extreme.
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Steve, see where that got ya! :D ::)
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I have a neat little yellow eye-lash viper but at the rate he eats/grows I'll be dead before he'd be of usable length. I have a friend who has offered be a monster sized Gaboon Viper, a couple cobras and some misc pacific rattlers but so far I haven't taken him up on it.
And I agree 110% on the Rhino Vipers...one of the few must have for me, one day!
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Steve...I'd say its time to roll one up and finish up ur projects...no one likes quitters lol
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To quote ELD's tag....Come on 1/20/2013!!!!! >:(!!!!
Ron
Damn Ron...I didn't know anyone else even figured that one out.... ;D
Figured it out!?! The first time I saw it I thought we might be related. ;D ;D ;D
Ron
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I have a fancy to try politician's tongues. Or mabybe their palms, but I figured they would be to greasey ;D.
Del
Not enough acetone or denatured alcohol in the world to get the grease off them kinda hides. ;D
To quote ELD's tag....Come on 1/20/2013!!!!! >:(!!!!
Ron
couldnt agree more, cant wait for that date to appear on the calendar ;D
noel
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Years ago I took some shark catilage and built a steel press to compress it as it dried. Every few days I would tighten the bolts compresssing it more and more. Somewhere in ther middle of the project I gave up smoking pot and never finished it so can't say how it would have worked. Steve
That was a hell of a highdia. Its a shame potheads aren't the most depedable folks. haha If only they could remember to vote it would be legal. >:D O:) ;D
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Hey....Now you better watch it .....I resemble Dat Remark......... :P
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Figured it out!?! The first time I saw it I thought we might be related. ;D ;D ;D
Ron
Hey..............Bro! ;D......... :P............ ::)
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Maybe we should pick a deadline, have everyone pitch their name into a pool and then we all simultaneously post our wierd backed bows!
I'm imagining the turtle bow backed with a layer of concrete.
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Steve? You smoked pot? ::) ;)
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frog scrotum...I read about that on here at some point.... >:D
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frog scrotum...I read about that on here at some point.... >:D
I've heard of licking Cane Toads but rollin' up a bud in frog scrotum must really take it to the next level O:)
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frog scrotum...I read about that on here at some point.... >:D
I've heard of licking Cane Toads but rollin' up a bud in frog scrotum must really take it to the next level O:)
AHAHAHA NO No Lee, Frog Scrotum backed bows.... ;D
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I saw a post on here where a guy wondered if he could use fingernails instead of horn ;D
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Thanks for my laugh for the night Jesse!!! ;D That was some good reading.... :o
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I quit all that about 21 years ago. My first go aqround at making bows was pretty hap hazard. I have a whole bunch of weird stuff I tried, one of the weirdest things I did was build a snail farm to harvest the snail snot and use it as a skin lubricant. My wife thought I was nuts. 25 years later their are snail farmis in business doing the same thing. I had to e email the article to my ex wife just to rub her nose in it LOL.
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I know how you feel Badger, I've wanted to rub my ex's nose in snail snot for years.
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I'm gonna make friends with a Rabbi and back one with foreskins. :D
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I'm gonna make friends with a Rabbi and back one with foreskins. :D
that hurts just thinking about it :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
noel
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I'm gonna make friends with a Rabbi and back one with foreskins. :D
You'd have to keep a harem of hotties around if you want full performance out of that bow....
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Wow, this thread sure took a bizarre turn. Funny stuff though :) From frog scrotums to snail snot to foreskins. Can't wait to see what's next!
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please, not pictures of that last idea, or ill be sick :D
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Used drywall tape on a redoak board bow shortly after joining here - I was kindly pointed to Jawge's site ;D
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I once used snapping turtle scales off his shell. I also used scales off a tarpon I once caught. Looked cool just real shinny. I also used carp scales. The strangest on different for me was a black mamba skin over leg sinew form a cape buffalo that I got in on a trade on a bow.
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I'm gonna make friends with a Rabbi and back one with foreskins. :D
You'd have to keep a harem of hotties around if you want full performance out of that bow....
If it starts to loose tension you could always rube it with viagra it should stiffen up and shoot well. >:D
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I'm gonna make friends with a Rabbi and back one with foreskins. :D
So would that be natural reflex or static recurve Mullet? >:D
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...or give it to El D to sand for you. I think his arm increased 4" in diameter at the Classic last year after sanding and sanding and sanding and sanding and sanding and sanding his bow.
I don't think I ever used a strange backing on a bow but I don't remember! ::)
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Wow guys this is starting to get weird!!! ;D ;D
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I once used snapping turtle scales off his shell. I also used scales off a tarpon I once caught. Looked cool just real shinny. I also used carp scales. The strangest on different for me was a black mamba skin over leg sinew form a cape buffalo that I got in on a trade on a bow.
Talk about a dangerous Bow!
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Whoa Postman, why would you ever give up a cannoli?
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You guys are hilarious. i thought i was the only smart*** and I now realize that it must come as a side effect of the bow bug. I have no strange backing to report ...yet. I think the neatest was a sturgeon skin someone posted. Danny
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Finely ground various kinds of flint gathered immediately after the Tennessee Classic! Sprinkled onto a thick wet layer of tru-oil, then after that coat dried...probably a dozen or more coats over the top. Dogwood bow won BOM with! ;) Took a deer with it the next fall, and then semi-retired it.
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Greg: When you say finely ground do you mean like sand? Or finer?