Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: kevinsmith5 on March 05, 2013, 10:39:34 am
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In working on a hickory backed ipe longbow it occurred to me that the sanded but unfinished stave superficially resembled a yew stave. The ipe I'm using is relatively light in color so right now it's more reddish than brown, though I know from experience it's going to get much darker when I put pretty much any finish on. But it has me thinking....I have to make a bunch of ELB's for some SCA combat reenactors and was wondering if anyone had a combo that would look like yew when finished? I thought about Osage heart wood, but cost wise that would be prohibitive. Plus they are limited to 35 lb draws at 28" and I think making one like that of hickory backed Osage might well look like a very long shish-kabob skewer....
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Maybe hickory backed ERC?
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Mulberry with a few sapwood rings left on.
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How about yellow pine with a poplar backing. >:D ;)
Grady
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At that low of a weight I might just use a one piece of hickory or red oak board and dye it to make it a "look a like"...those cheesy reanactors won't know the difference frolicking around in there man tights ;D
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I was a little surprised to hear that all their rules say is "35 lbs"....I mean the first bow I made for one of them was a reflex deflex hickory backed ipe and speed wise it was pretty darn fast for its draw weight. You'd think they'd have more specific rules covering speed as a opposed to draw if they're gonna shoot them AT EACH OTHER....
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How about yellow pine with a poplar backing. >:D ;)
Grady
I think it might need to be a bit more "shootable" than that....
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Maple/Cherry
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hickory or maple backed jatoba? maybe the jatoba is a bit too red... ???
I'm thinking about making a maple backed jatoba war bow.
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How about yellow pine with a poplar backing. >:D ;)
Grady
I think it might need to be a bit more "shootable" than that....
So explosions on the battlefield are frowned upon huh?
Grady
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How about yellow pine with a poplar backing. >:D ;)
Grady
I think it might need to be a bit more "shootable" than that....
So explosions on the battlefield are frowned upon huh?
Grady
I'm assuming so, yes.
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I really like juniper heartwood backed with hickory. Although the difficulty of finding good juniper would probably stop you from making enough for a reenactment.
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Juniper would be hard here on the east coast. So far ERC seems most likely. I think they need a total of six bows for their group....it may be more eventually so I would want to go with a combo I'd be sure of being able to get access to more of. Maybe dying the belly of a hickory backed hickory is the route I'll have to go.
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ERC is Juniper
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Yes it is, but not the juniper i was referring to I should have been more specific. I'm not sure the purple in erc would be a good substitute for yew. I was thinking a more like the one seed I use with dark orangish brown heartwood.
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I guess the ERC might be a little dark, but it is close.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8222/8340415010_0b1f8ceefc_z.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8340415702_9585891def_z.jpg)
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Hickory backed Black locust maybe?
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hickory or maple backed jatoba? maybe the jatoba is a bit too red... ???
I'm thinking about making a maple backed jatoba war bow.
Hickory backed Jatoba; this one came out nice, but a warbow I think is not a good idea with that combo.
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Not sure 35 lbs fit in the "warbow" class....
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Ashe juniper is pretty close, could just use the sap wood if you feel comfortable with it
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hickory or maple backed jatoba? maybe the jatoba is a bit too red... ???
I'm thinking about making a maple backed jatoba war bow.
Hickory backed Jatoba; this one came out nice, but a warbow I think is not a good idea with that combo.
ah, I was looking at fair bow's war bows (which I am aware don't have the greatest reputation) and came across this hickory backed jatoba war bow. I thought that I might try it since Jatoba is just about the bow-suitable tropical hardwood here in the CA Bay area, and I want to make a laminate war bow before I make or break the nice yew I've got.
here's a video of the fair bow jatoba war bow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqTkFI4M8Ig
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Buckthorn's pretty close :P
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Ash backed maple. I've seen it done and they don't look bad.
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My favorite yew look a like is Marc St. Louis' ash backed yew. :P