Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Almostpighunter on February 11, 2013, 12:56:03 am
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Well if the title doesn't tell the story....
Osage orange selfbow with a slight static reflex in the last 1/4 of the limbs and plenty of character to keep the build interesting. Crooked, twisted limbs that made it necessary to offset the string grooves and a half dozen knots fully decayed through that enabled those awesome holes that I have always loved seeing in finished bows.
60" T2T (58" n2n) pulling 55#@29". Shooting off the hand. The grip is the back skin of some kind of monitor lizard, I think maybe a water monitor, that croaked (no pun intended) at the local herp store where the owner was nice enough to hold on to the carcass for me. As the skin wasn't wide enough to go around the entire handle, I topped it with some scrap leather and I cut out a "window" to reveal the lizard skin pattern.
Shoots hard, fast and straight. I'm going to put it through the chronie test later this week and will update.
Enjoy.
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Don't know why my computer loads these sideways, but here are the full draw and some others.
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Nice work. Impressive little character bow. The handle work is unique, I like that.
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That's awesome. I love the colors on the belly of it. Great job.
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nice bow aph,, take them to paint and rotate them, my new puter turns them the right way when I load them, but the old one I had to do it , Bub
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thats a beauty love the character in that one, and the colour of that osage is real nice.
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Lovely character bow.
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Looooking gooood. :) Markus.
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Sweet,that's a beauty. :)
Pappy
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Nice work on that challenging piece. It amazes me what we're are able to do with what some might have called firewood.
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Sweet bow and very nice work.
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I'd say your title is right on, but she's a looker now!! :)
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That's a beauty and I really like your handle work. Curious about the string knocks though, did you violate the back ring? Any concern with that?
Beautiful piece of wood.
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Awesome bow! Love the character bumps and holes as well as the very unique grip wrap. Top notch all the way. Congratulations
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That is a beautiful bow. Truly love the "natural" design. WOW! ;D
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wow mike! another good bow, is that the one that you showed in your video where you drilled out the knots? great bow mike!
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Nice work on what looks to be a tough stave......... love it when a plan "stays" together :)
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Finally figured out how to flip the pics so they are hanging straight, thanks Bub.
Carson
Osage Outlaw
Bubby
Dannyf
dwardo
Markus
Pappy
Mwirwicki
SlimeBob
lesken2011
Parnell
Keenan
Lyagooshka
Squirrelslayer
and Coaster500
Thanks so much all!
Parnell: I keep the reflexed ends through the curve as narrow as possible, but relatively thick as compared to the working limbs. This makes the reflexed ends "static" so, as there is no bend, the risk of one growth ring lifting off another is generally eliminated. If there is ANY bend in the area once the nocks are cut like that, it will likely fail, so you have to be sure to leave enough wood thickness to keep it static. Keeping the ends narrow will minimize the tip weight so no too much performance is lost along the way.
Squirrel: Yup! I will post a video soon showing her off and flinging arrows at a helpless block target soon :)
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Beautiful character bow, really nice.
Don
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Squirrel: Yup! I will post a video soon showing her off and flinging arrows at a helpless block target soon :)
cant wait! just curious, why no buildalong i was looking forward to one scince im making a bow with the same amount if not more knots but im sure you can fill me in on any questions i have. once again cool bow! SS
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nice bow Mike.gotta love that character.
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Very sweet bow! i think you really did this one justice! nice work!
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I've gotta quit coming to these forums and getting so jealous over awesome bows like this. lol
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oh mike i forgot to ask what finnish did you use on that bow? was it the usual deft? SS
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Man I like that bow ;D Nice job APH
Greg
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Squirrelslayer: I have another stave with even more knots ready to go that is much straighter and has no discernible twist. I think a build along with that stave would be a lot of fun as well as informative for those who would watch, so I shall do it, thanks for the idea ;)
Yeah I stuck with the Deft but switched to "glossy" instead of "satin"
To:
Burchett.donald
seabass
ionicmuffin
Sled Huskin
and Badly Bent
Thanks so much for the kind words!
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Squirrelslayer: I have another stave with even more knots ready to go that is much straighter and has no discernible twist. I think a build along with that stave would be a lot of fun as well as informative for those who would watch, so I shall do it, thanks for the idea ;)
thanks mike looking forward to it ;D
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Cool Bow1
I love OSAGE!!!
Kevin
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I love it man!!
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That's a real beauty APH. Love the skin on the grip.......Hey since it's Osage, you could call it the "Lizard King" ;)
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Very cool bow,very finely crafted!
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Pretty bow! :)
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Clint that is a beauty for sure. Love the character
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What an amazing bow 8)
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It's a beauty. Lot of effort and thinking inc. in this one. Finish must be screaming on sun light 8)..