Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Jmilbrandt on March 12, 2013, 06:38:03 am
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I made this bow for one of my brothers friends. He just wanted a simple basic easy to shoot long bow so I went pretty straight forward on this one. It's 66" ntn 1 1/4" wide at the fades down to 1/4 tips. Overlays are ebony and the handle is black walnut, gambels oak and more jatoba. 45# @ 28". This was the first time I've used jatoba and I was impressed it took almost no set even being as narrow as it was. Im not quite happy with the tiller though I tried to give the tips a very slight reflex when I glued it up. The reflex worked better on the top then the bottom for some reason. If you look hard you can still see a little in the top limb.
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Full Draw.
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Good looking bow,he should like that. :)
Pappy
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Cool looks like a nice all day target shooting stick :)
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Nice looking bow Justin
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great looking bow, nice tiller and handle
seeing you in shorts me envious. Here in Germany has the winter come back.
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Very nice stick. in the full draw picture, that trail on the far hill looks like a big ass broad head on the arrow:)
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Sweet lookin bow, Justin. Nice full draw, for sure!
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Looks lovely! I still haven't got round to trying jatoba.
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Wow beautiful and that ebony looks like glass. ebony is literally hard as a rock
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Very nice!
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Thanks for all the comments guys!
Simson, Haha, Yeah I used to live in Montana winter is exactly why I moved here. ;)
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Is that a fret patch in the upper fade?
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I'm not sure I see what you're talking about pearl drums. But there are no patches in it. The pictures are kind of bad the sun was way too bright since it was around noon.
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It looks like a lighter rectangular section of wood right off the upper fade, probably just a shadow.
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I think I see what you're looking at now, I think it's the gambles oak in the handle. It's the bottom piece in the handle. ;)
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where did you obtain your materials? i really would like to do a glue up like this.
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The Jatoba I bought from a local hardwood supplier, they had maybe five 12' boards left. I think it cost me 45-50 dollars for one and I will get 16 bows from it. The bamboo I purchased from a fellow bowyer. The gambles oak was the cut off from a previous bow and the same with the black walnut.
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Well executed bow. Great work.
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The bow looks great and that's a cool full draw pic!
Kevin