Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badly Bent on June 16, 2013, 10:04:36 am
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Heres some pics of one I recently finished from a split of mulberry given to me by Mr. Paul Semp of this forum and backed with some birch bark I got off a downed tree in Mich. last summer. Came in at around 45# @ 26" but then had a problem. While holding at full
draw while my wife snapped a photo I heard a cracking noise. Small hairline crack developed about 6" above the handle on the back.
I've since done a rawhide and sinew wrap there and retillered down to around 40# or less now. I don't think I'll hold a bow at full
draw for more than a second or two again after that. :D
The bows around 60" , 1 5/8" at fades and sort of pyramid taper to 9/16" wide at tips, sinew wraps at couple areas. This one is not a great shooter by any means but will make an OK target bow for an occasional archer, one of my daughters likely.
Thanks for looking :)
Greg
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Couple more pics;
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Shame about the break. That's the worst part of the picture takin', I just won't hold one at full draw for more than a second or so and the picture seldom snaps at the right moment. Sweet lookin' bow regardless!
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Nice bow,shame about the damage :(
I almost always love the coloring of your bows :)
/Mikael
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in the fifth pic, you can see what looks like a grain run off right before it goes under your wrap area. that is a nice looking bow and good pics.
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That birch bark makes a nice wrap! Sweet bow. Too bad about the crack. We all hate that sound!!
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Sweet little bow Greg!
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Looks great to me!nice one!
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Thanks Slim, yeah I'm done holding at full draw for the pic , from now on my bow post may not show a true fully drawn bow again. :-\
Thanks dbb
Thanks ohma2, that fifth pic you refered to is the belly side, not sure it was agrain run off problem, poor tiller was the culprit I believe.
Thanks Kenny, Yeah the crack sound is sickening, even my wife said oh no when she heard it. She now recognizes the sound as bad.
Thanks Cody
Thanks bushboy
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another firewood bow! boy I'm glad I didn't burn that mulberry. looks sweet bring it next time we shoot I like to see it
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Really nice bow.
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Nice, little shooter. I like the simple, clean lines and the birch bark. I've been trying to decide to birch bark or cherry bark one I'm finishing up.
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Yeah Paul that mulberry is nice, glad you didn't burn it. ;D
Thanks Zion
Thanks Mullet, I got some cherry bark to try also when the right bow comes along. This was my first attempt at a bark backing.
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That's a nice looker Greg. That backing looks cool as well. 40# is still fun to shoot!
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Dont know where the "badly bent" come from cause that pretty lookin thing definately aint got one. Fact is, that your little bows all got nice bends to 'em.
rich
PS: That grip wrap is way cool.
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Thanks Jon, I like the way the backing looks too. I'll be doing another one sometime in the future with this bark.
Thanks for the compliment Rich, appreciate it, That handle was some scrap leather that I had been looking for the right bow to use it on
for some time now.
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that look's nice Greg, really like the birch bark, glad you told me to save mine, Bub
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Great looking bow Greg and beautiful finish work as usual :)
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Nice one Greg. I like that handle wrap idea. Pretty cool.
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what did you use for that color? it looks real nice, hope one of my mulberry's can get to this level sometime.
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Great job saving that one. Looks like a sweet bow to me.
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Dang it! That mulberry is some pretty wood. Nice job saving that one. I have wrapped several bows that made that awful sound :( I think that since you took it down five pounds, you could shoot that bow as much as you like and never have another problem - and forty pound bows are nothing to sneeze at. I am strongly considering using a forty pounder this year for my main hunting bow. My lighter weight bows seem to be a little quieter and it is much easier to draw a lightweight when your muscles are cold from sitting still a long time. That is a beautiful bow and deserves to be hunted with. Always enjoy seeing your work Greg.
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Looks nice Greg :)
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Beautiful bow in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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Good looking bow! I like it! I've never worked with mulberry before
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awesome looking bow! Love the grip and the birch bark backing...question on that, about how thick is the birch bark?
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Awesome bow Greg, what process did you follow in applying the birch bark? I am about ready to back my trade bow with Cherry bark and have done some research on the process but I am always willing to get more advice and learn as much as I can.
Grady
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That sure came out purty! Nice work Sir! Josh
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Nice work on that one Greg!
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Nice one, sweet lines as always.
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Nice lines to your bow there.The birch bark is a nice touch too.Shooting those forty pounders can help improve a persons' form.I should'nt talk though my form can suck at times.
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Greg, that is an all around beauty. I like everything about it, especially that bend. Too bad about the crack, but sounds like you whipped er back into shape.
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A big thanks again to all you guys for the responses. :)
@blackcoyote & Grady; I soaked the bark for a couple days in water, glued it on with titebond III and wrapped with an ace bandage. I did
put a thin size coat of the glue on both surfaces the day before glue on. I pealed some of the inner bark off to try and get the outer bark
thin before glueing on and after glue was dry I hit it all with some medium steel wool which took off some layers of the top bark that were loose down to a sound bark surface. What remained is probably no thicker that grocery bag paper. Probably better ways to do it, don't know. This was my first attempt at it and it turned out OK
I have some left over and I'll do another in the future, also have some nice cherry bark from Carson at echo that I'm wanting to put on a bow real bad. :)
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Thanks for the info, I will try that with my cherry bark. I got mine from Carson too really nice bark.
Grady