Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Carson (CMB) on December 30, 2012, 08:22:06 pm
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I just finished another salmon-backed yew longbow. This one is more of an ELB cross-section than the american flatbow yew I posted recently. It took a little more set, about 1.5" resting, but it is the sweetest shooting bow I have ever laid my hands on. I named her Lady because she is sweet, well-mannered, good-looking, and deadly. ;D
Stats
Draw weight: 53# @ 28"
nock to nock: 64"
Fades: 1 1/8" wide
Tips: 1/4"
Sheep horn inlayed tips
Cork handle
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Beautiful looking bow, and your picture quality is right up there. Very nice!
Dave
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Awesome :) nicely done
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That's a beauty Carson, nice work all around. Bet the yew bows are sweet shooting. Your turning out some nice ones lately man. :)
Greg
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Love those tips, man. I'm really liking the style of these last couple yew bows you've made.
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Thanks Weylin, Dave, Greg, and Will.
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Cool handle.
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Sweet lookin bow there Carson!! I love the handle, and those skins.
Tattoo Dave
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Your bows have become refined....smooth shooter there I'm sure
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very nicely done.i like it alot.
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Love the tips.
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woweeee! that's sexy right there
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I "echo" all of the above. Really really nice bow. Those tips are different and I like em alot. The handle is way cool too. Looks real comfortable. Stellar job. Danny
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Beautiful bow, especially the tips.
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Thanks guys. I am glad you like the bow. That cork handle does feel nice in the hand. I am glad you guys like the tips. I felt like I was really pushing it by getting them that thin. Doing the honr as inlay, rather than overlay was challenging. Glad I did it, but I dont think I will be doing that style of tips very often.
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Just doesn't get much better than that. Original work of art.
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I really like the tips. what did you use?
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Thanks Steve. I will bring it the gathering day after tomorrow. Brad, it is bighorn sheep horn.
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Very nice bud!
Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?
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thats a beauty well done.
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Very pretty, that inset nock is cool.
Kneeling shot is one of my faves.... I can tell a full blown ELB is creepin' up on you ;D
Del
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i like it! Looks like you have multiple string grooves if you make your bowstring to short ;) nice piece of wood too!
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AWESOME! Man I really like those inlaid tips. Very very nice. The entire bows is really nice. well done!
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Very nice bud!
Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?
We will see...she is a Lady ;)
Thanks Danny.
Del, you are very keen. I have an elb in the works, but it is mostly a teacher stave for some nice elb staves waiting to season. Inset I think is a better term for those nocks than inlay. I wasn't sure what to call them, but I knew they weren't overlay.
Stefan, that wasn't my intention with that lower nock, but it certainly could work that way. If the lower limb was actually as stiff as it looked in the full draw pics, I would step that string down a notch or two. And that piece of yew is actually not very good by most standards...it has low ring count, and lots of sapwood (~1/2"), but after this bow, I will stop before turning my nose up at thick sapwood or wide rings. :D
Thanks Arrowind.
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What a Woman! She's beautiful.
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Very nice bud!
Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?
We will see...she is a Lady ;)
Then I'll be a gentleman:)
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Very nice bud!
Do I get to shoot this one on Tuesday!?
We will see...she is a Lady ;)
Then I'll be a gentleman:)
LOL. We'll see. ;)
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Bryce, I appreciate you being such a gentleman with her at the New years' gathering. I enjoyed shooting your osage recurve too. Those sapwood nocks and handle are even prettier in person.
Yesterday, I was shooting at an indoor range near the house. It is mainly a compound pro shop, so I asked the owner if I could shoot through his chrono to see how slow my stickbow was. ;) He asked what I expected. I said I would be real happy if it hit 160. Well, I was happy when it clocked in at 161 fps with a 525 grn arrow (10grn/#). Actually really happy considering it is a simple longbow design that has a 1" plus of string follow.
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That bow is awesome. I like the nock inserts
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It was my pleasure ;) she was a pretty one.
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beautyful Lady!
like her very much, exceptioinal work on the nocks!
Simon
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Verry nice bow...beautifull work... :)
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Thanks Clint, Bryce, Simson and Akila.
I just had a PM about how to do salmon skin backing. I thought I would add the reply to this post too, if anyone is interested.
Really not much prep. I like to apply mine fresh rather than dried like rawhide. Take fresh skins scrape the meat side with the back side of a kitchen knife or a dull cabinet scraper. Do the same for the scale side to remove scales. Removing the scales is probably the most time consuming part, but not all that bad. Rinse them off with cold water. Do not run them under hot water, it degrades them quickly. Pat them dry with a towel or such. At this point, I have the bow on hand. Rough up the back of the bow with 60 grit sandpaper or a fine hacksaw blade. Then I wipe the bow back down with denatured alcohol and do the same for the flesh side of the skins. Then, in order to cut the skins to width, I lay them on the back and trim the sides with good scissors leaving about 1/8-1/4" overhang on each side. Remove the trimmed skins from the bow and again wipe each down with denatured alcohol. Wait 10 min or more. Size bow and skins with hide glue (I keep mine rather thin), let the wood and skins soak it up a bit and then apply hide glue to each again and apply the skins to the back of the bow. I smooth down the skins and press out bubbles using my fingers and more thin hide glue to keep things slick. Trim up any excessive overhang along the edges. Put it in a dry place and forget about it for a week or two. After the skins have dried thoroughly, trim the edges up with a sharp cabinet scraper, razor knife or sanding block.
You could certainly dry your skins like rawhide and apply them dry. But I prefer to apply them wet and let dry on the bow, it just takes a bit longer. With the skins I have used I have to splice two pieces together midlimb.