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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Bowman on November 04, 2012, 05:15:26 pm

Title: Sudbury bow
Post by: Bowman on November 04, 2012, 05:15:26 pm
This is my Wampanoag Sudbury bow. 67" ntn. 52#-28 Made of Hickory. Finished with brown leather dye. Not a perfect tiller, but a nice shooter. :-)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/IMG_6616.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/IMG_6613.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/662.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/661.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/660.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/648.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/659.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/651.jpg)
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/bj-ronn/649.jpg)

:-)
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: pincushin on November 04, 2012, 05:58:58 pm
WOW.. great looking bow great job
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Post by: gstoneberg on November 04, 2012, 06:02:50 pm
Very nice.  Nuthin wrong with that tiller.

George
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Post by: Ifrit617 on November 04, 2012, 06:11:25 pm
Man I love that bow! Pure deadly simplicity. I think the tiller is gorgeous. very nice job!

Jon
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Post by: H Rhodes on November 04, 2012, 06:14:20 pm
Heck yeah!  That's a fine looking piece of historical reproduction.   I like your finish work too :).
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Post by: lesken2011 on November 04, 2012, 06:24:09 pm
That one turned out real nice. I love that style bow! I have to put it on my list of styles to build soon! Good job! 8)
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: Bowman on November 04, 2012, 06:35:39 pm
Thanks. I love this bow. 67" is perfect for me. I think I'm going to visit the Peabody museum. :-)
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Post by: JackCrafty on November 04, 2012, 07:20:01 pm
Really nice bow!  Love the color too! 8)
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Post by: BowEd on November 04, 2012, 07:25:45 pm
Nothing wrong with that bow.Your dye took real nice to hickory too.Nice job.Nice to see a sudbury.
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Post by: Badly Bent on November 04, 2012, 09:25:14 pm
Nice job on that bow and I think the tiller is right where it should be for that bow. Finish looks great also, good work all around Bowman,
Greg
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Post by: steve b. on November 04, 2012, 10:20:45 pm
Really nice.
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Post by: Matt Heppe on November 04, 2012, 11:55:34 pm
Great looking bow! Love the color.
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Post by: lostarrow on November 04, 2012, 11:57:54 pm
Great job on the fit and finish!
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: Bowman on November 05, 2012, 03:23:20 am
Thanks to all of you. This bow is one of the finest replicas you can build.  :D  My opinion. Brown leather dye is perfect for hickory, and give the bow a real eastern woodland finish.
 :)
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Post by: Hrothgar on November 05, 2012, 09:02:43 am
Very nice bow, nice choice on dye color too.
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Post by: Christian Soldier on November 05, 2012, 09:37:58 am
Great looking bow! I tried a brown leather dye on a bow about a month ago but it would come off on my hands and my hands would be bright orange every time I used it.  :( 
How did you seal in the stain?
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Post by: Parnell on November 05, 2012, 10:54:54 am
I'm a big fan - simple and elegant.  I think if someone googles "wooden bow" your full draw image should appear.
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Post by: Tom Leemans on November 05, 2012, 11:52:19 am
Excellent tiller!
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Post by: Bowman on November 05, 2012, 03:30:27 pm
Great looking bow! I tried a brown leather dye on a bow about a month ago but it would come off on my hands and my hands would be bright orange every time I used it.  :( 
How did you seal in the stain?

I use a leather dye called "NARVSVERTE"  Made in Denmark.  (www.roc.dk) I use a piece of cloth and rub the stain into the wood. It's dry very fast. I use oil when it's completely dry. 5-6-7 coats of "furniture oil" We call it "finishing oil"

:-)
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: nclonghunter on November 05, 2012, 03:45:27 pm
Tillers all wrong, stain is not right, just box it and send it to me and I'll see if I can repair it... >:D
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Post by: Bowman on November 05, 2012, 05:29:30 pm
 :o ;D ;)
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Post by: JW_Halverson on November 05, 2012, 11:39:40 pm
As much as I love that bow, I spent almost twice as long looking at the background.  Eventually I checked your profile and was happy so see you hail from my ancestor's neighborhood!  It's the old blood in me recognizing "hjem".

She's a thing of beauty, that bow.  Simple lines, graceful tiller, nothing complicated to get in the way.  Nice work, cousin.
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: Jim Davis on November 06, 2012, 12:55:20 am
Bowman, you have a good eye for tiller. Better than the folks who are properly pleased with your work to the point of not seeing what you saw--the top limb bends a little bit less in the middle than the bottom limb.

Close enough. In my opinion, sometimes it's better to call a bow ready to use than to keep pursuing perfect tiller and ending up with a lighter bow than was wanted.

That is beautiful work. I plan to make a Sudbury myself someday. I have a Wamponoag  ancestor, so I need to do this.
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Post by: randman on November 06, 2012, 01:12:52 am
Very nice! Love the color. I don't see nothin wrong with that tiller. I think it only looks flat in the middle of the top limb because of the way the pic was taken, you're lookin at the belly and the opposite edge which doesn't show on the bottom limb (maybe there's a tiny bit of twist in the top limb?) and gives it the illusion of flatness there. If you look at only the highlight on the closest edge of the top limb, it's a great bend. The braced profile reminds if some of the vintage flat bows (Stemmler, York) from the '30s.
Beautiful Wampanoag!
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: Bowman on November 06, 2012, 02:42:49 am
Thanks a lot. Thank you for all the cred. I think this bow is a peronal sucsess. I have made three other sudburys, but this one is going to be mine. Thank you JW-Halvorsen. You have a norwegian name. Where in Norway did your ancestors come from? :-)
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 06, 2012, 10:02:37 am
Actually, that is an excellent tiller for that style bow. The bow bends where there is extra wood...the middle. Nicely done. Jawge
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Post by: Bowman on November 06, 2012, 10:10:48 am
Thank you.  :D  I used the drawing by Steve Allely. The dimensions are as the original and it is made of a hickory board. Replica? The original are probably made of a sapling? I'm not sure. :)
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: briarjumper12 on November 06, 2012, 01:20:19 pm
Fantastic! I also love that dark brown. The knocks are awesome too.  You did real good.
Title: Re: Sudbury bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 06, 2012, 02:55:23 pm
My guess would be no on the sapling. The Sudbury doesn't have much crown. I don't think anyway. I almost got a chance to see that at the Peabody but it is by appointment only. Jawge