Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: half eye on September 13, 2012, 04:46:32 pm
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Just sent this bow out today. It's a self bow of elm, 50" ntn, 50# @ 26, and is in the Odawa (Ottawa) pattern of being scalloped on both sides. He don't know it's commin so I aint saying, but hope he like it for some deer huntin.
The scallops are black on one side and red on the other, top fineal is diamond and the lower is "lozenge" shaped. The back of the bow is decorated with a moose spirit, a black bear with war club and in the center is a turtle in the color and pattern of the Little Traverse bay band of Odawa (precontact La Arbore Crotche). On the belly side is (in french) "The great Kawbenaw came out and killed the Yellow Thunder. The bow commemorates the great Odawa Kawbenaw and his defeat of the great Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) war chief Yellow Thunder. hope you and he likes it. Enjoy the pics
rich
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another great look'in bow rich, gonna make somebody real happy, Bub
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That is gorgeous... Someone will love that for sure.
Jon
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All I can say Rich is how does sombody get to be your friend :)
That is a cool shooter !!!
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Wow wee :o
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sweeeet!
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Rich I love that style of bow and you really know how to do em' well, that one looks great. Like the backround info on the
symbols/decorations also. Whoever gets that bow is lucky. Very nice bow, keep posting em' I really like your work
Greg
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Wonderful bow. Love all the details that set it apart.
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Cool artwork, Rich, and love the alternate colors on those scalloped edges. Oh, yeah, and the bend ain't bad either!! :P
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Nice bow! Was it any harder to tiller with the scalloped edges?
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Wow !!!!!!!! Rich that's so cool (and very nice of you) I wish you had the time to write up the details on a scallop type bows? I have been wanting to research those, do the scallops help with tillering?? do they stay the same profile?? do you shape the bow that way and then tiller? but any way good job and a great gesture! JeffW
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Rich, do you do anything besides making bows?? ;)
That's a very interesting bow with an interesting story behind it. I'm sure your buddy will blown away.
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Rich, I have four of your bows and they all are perfectly symmetrical and all shoot sweet
no matter the design. If possible, bottle your genius and send me a gallon. Hell, I' ll pay
for the shipping.
Lane
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Lucky firends you have Rich!
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Nice looking bow but did you steam the deflex into the handle?
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Wow !!!!!!!! Rich that's so cool (and very nice of you) I wish you had the time to write up the details on a scallop type bows? I have been wanting to research those, do the scallops help with tillering?? do they stay the same profile?? do you shape the bow that way and then tiller? but any way good job and a great gesture! JeffW
Rich wrote an article in p. a. on scalloped bows Jeff, Bub
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Beautiful little bow,very nice work as usual. :)
Pappy
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Thanks for the comments fellas
Adam, Jeff ....There is a pretty easy way to tiller even with scallops, if you are really interested get ahold of me or maybe a "scallop-along" eh?
Mike, .....no steam, sir that deflex is genuine "set"....real tricky to get that just right >:D Simple matter of not leaving enough meat in the middle....it was either loose weight overall or let it take the set. ya can see what my choice was. In all seriousness though it does have good string tension and does not have any issues of "getting worse" and is a pleasure to shoot so I just let her be.
Thanks pappy, appreciated.
rich
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Another beauty Rich. great job with the artwork.
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Looks nice...like the colors.
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Rich I have never been a fan of the bendy handle bows till I shot one of yours...saawwweeeet is all I can say....man they are hard hitting and surprisingly dead in the hand...awesome...Kirk...aka...gut
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That's cool any way you look at it!
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Yes sir that is a beauty, the scallops are growing on me, and you definitely do them justice. Love the authenticity and fine tiller.
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Beautiful bow. Gonna make somebody damn happy!
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That's a fine looking bow! I love the scallops and the symbolism. I recently read the account of that battle and I must say that is a fine commemorative. Well done Rich! Josh