Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: sleek on January 22, 2013, 07:07:07 am
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I reckon I just am developing a rash for punishment, so I came up with this idea. I would love to see some folks ( me included ) put up some staves on here to swap. Why? Well I have seen some staves in the What have you been avoiding? thread I created that just made me drool..... I reckoned others were drooling too. Logic being, if we all have staves we have been avoiding, and others want them, maybe others have staves we want also?
So I propose this, We all post staves that have a chance ( none of the, of course that wouldnt make a bow, its all rot staves ) but we are too iffy to touch. Then we all trade one stave for another. You dont have to trade with the person you are getting a stave from, but you only get one stave and you must have one to give to somebody.
To make it fun, I would like to have at least 10 folks on this, and try to have a bow built of your trade stave in say, 4 months? That way we can work on the bows passively without stress. And to add to the fun, maybe ( participants can vote on this one ) the bows we make we swap with the person we traded from. Try to be sure there is a bow in there somewhere, or you may not get a bow! Of course, there is a reason we have avoided the staves we are trading, and the staves may break. Anyways, its an idea for fun. If you have a stave, post it on here, only after ten folks have posted will we start the trade.
If lots of folks show interest real quick, I will wait until a day or two passes after the last stave has been put on the thread for trade. When I say go, start your stave grab, first come first serve. I will say go shortly after midnight ( 1230 am is when I get off work to say go ) on the choosen day. Just tomake it fair, I will wait until at least 3 people have grabbed their stave before I pick. That way I aint got a head start ;) So what say yall?
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I like this idea... I'll see what I have....Brian
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Should the staves be posted here so that we can get general consensus that there is a bow in the stave? I'm not real experienced so I have a stave that I'm not going to touch but it's just sitting in the rafters. Should I post picture of it to see if anyone wants it?
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Just a note to say make sure your stave is fully cured! With a four month time frame, the staves cant be green!
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Great point keenan! Tim, yes the staves should all be posted here. Please provide a detailed description of the stave. Also, as you aren't a very skilled bowyer yet, please be confident that if you choose a stave from somebody, you can get a bow from it. The main goal of this is to have fun makin bows from hard staves, not to receive a bow from one, that's just a side benefit. Of course, if you have stave you just wanna give away, that's fine too. If anybody has a sugestion on how to make this more fun, or a problem with how it is now, lemme know! I want this to be fun.
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i have a stave here if anyone wants to have a go its elderberry. it was cut over a month ago and reduced and sealed with wood glue on the back. and has been stored in a warm house im pretty sure its dry, elder seems to dry out rapid. it is 55" long and 2" wide i reduced it to about half inch thick it is really twisted. i am not confident enough to do this bow yet or take someone elses stave but if anyone fancys a go with it they are welcome. only problem is im in the uk so shipping could be abit dear.
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Danny, that exactly the type of thing I had in mind for this. Thanks for posting, and I hope others join in. I will post my stave soon...
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Ok, it seems as though this trade will be interfering with the anual bow trade Blackhawk is hosting. Combine that with a seeming lack of interest, I think that this will have to wait.