Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: loefflerchuck on November 11, 2012, 09:19:30 pm
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2nd completed bighorn bow. This one is almost 35" tip to tip and has a draw of 52-56# @ 21". 4.5" non bending handle. I used a shorter lap splice this time, about 1" with no rivets, so used 4.5" horn strips on the belly and back that have 2 horn rivets. Also glued and sinew wrapped. Been shooting it almost 2 months and the tiller has stopped changing. It is true when using horn with sinew that is about the same thickness as the horn, you need to give it some time to season. At least 3 months before stringing, better to go 6. You can shoot one a couple weeks or less, but you will constantly be tweaking the tiller for months. I have never had any problem shooting a wood bow after 2 weeks with 2-4 layers of sinew, but horn is not the same. Thats why Turks waited a year or so. 6 layers of elk sinew on this one, 7 in the middle. Used horns from 1 desert bighorn and 1 rocky mt. The horns came from the same side, so when the twist started to come back from memory they offset each other and the string still lines up center. These horns were only 23". If you can find longer horns you can cut a more strait strip and not have to worry as much about the twist.
Saw someone posted a horn sinew build along and thought this might help.
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Sweet!! Awesome bow!! ... and the other stuff too! ;D
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I'll bet that things pretty darn fast
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Amazing bow, well done on that difficult project!
Seeing that short of a bow drawn to 21" just blows me away, you got skill :).
Greg
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awesome bow. Fantastic. :-)
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Inspirational stuff chuck :)
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Chuck you make the coolest bows.
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Alright, I think your inspiring to pick my project back up...
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Very cool! Love the beaded bow case and quiver as well. Did you do that?
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That's what I call a shortie!!
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vary nice ide really like to see that bow shot. can u make a small video of how he bow shoots?
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that's a sweet little bow! how many layers of sinew did you put on it?
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that is some mighty fine work chuck...i would love to learn how to do that with horn or bone.....great job and keep it close..thanks for sharing...john
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Thanks, 6 layers of sinew with 7 in the middle. The quiver is a copy of an old Ute quiver in the Peabody museum, all sinew sewn on brain tan bison. I'll shoot it through my chrono at full draw. So far I have found a well made sinew backed short bow or osage self bow shoots about as fast. Think the weight of the horn sinew mix slows it a bit.
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Amazing job.Tribute to the patience it takes to accomplish.Hard to believe there's 54 or so pounds from that little bow.Unbelievable bend.I would say you know them sheep horns by now.Love to sit down sometime and talk with you about it.
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Awesome, How dose it shoot? I have always wanted to try one of those, and have heard mixed reactions of how people like shooting horn bows. What are your thoughts on the performance?
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That's incredible, Chuck. nice work!
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Very cool bow,A little short for me but love looking at them. ;) :)
Pappy
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Very impressive bend on that baby.
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Wow, I was hoping to see that bow :) Very-very cool! It's uplifting to see how much character it is possible to have in such a flexible and reflexed bow. The colour of the horn is kind of inspiring to try to get hold of some like it. Very neat little bow - thanks for sharing!
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Great work, thanks for posting.
Del
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Keenan, of course these are best suited for very close range. Short and powerful does not yeald a accurate bow at more than 15 yards. I shot it through a chrono a few dozen times today and was happy with the speeds, much faster than the last. I used the wild rose plains style arrows in the picture on the rack. They have iron points and drag on the feathers but the average arrow speeds were still 162-166 fps. Got one at 176 and 182 but am sure I probably pushed my hand forward on release. These were all at 21". At 19-20 it dropped to 127fps or so. That tells me 21" is as far as I want to go.
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Thank you that is the input I was looking for. Great little bow. I bet it would be fun off a horse