Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on August 21, 2013, 07:22:19 pm
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This bow started out as a walking stick blank my son Jake aand I had cut. I deemed it to big for a stick at 2" round. So at the last minute as Im packing the truck to go to the Elm Hall shoot, I decide to split it in half quickly on my bandsaw that sat right next to me. I grabbed a few rasps and a scraper and headed out. Chris (Boardhawk), Paulsemp (Tin knocker), Pappy ( Pappy), and I tore into it from time to time. Greg (Badly Bent) wanted to scrape a hinge into it, we stopped him just in time... ;D. The blank was left along side a lawn chair and tools, so anybody in the mood could grab it and continue on from whatever point it was at. In the end it was a well tillered, hard shooting little bow. I brougt it home and tempered it. I also gussied it up a bit. Its 51" long, 47 @ 25" and made from American elm I cut from the backyard, it holds about 1" of reflex. The fur around the stain transistion is muskrat hide. My only question is.....who is signing it next? We have to get all our names on it boys!
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Few more...the full draw pic is poor at best. I might try for a better one tomorrow. Sorry.
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Here are a few action shots.
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cool bow, i like it
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Nice community bow. Projects like that are awesome.
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that was a heck of an idea, wouldn't work here as I've never met another guy that builds bows in the flesh, i'd get it started, come back work it some more, just end up another bub bow :laugh:
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Good thing my names not on that >:D :laugh:
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Truth be told I only took 3 passes with the scraper on it, that was all it took for me to correct what those boys screwed up on it. Then I left em' with instructions on what to do next and went back to my camp. >:D
I like the way you dressed it up Chris, looks real nice. Next year we gotta do that again and I'll get more involved with
the project.
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Very nice...
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you know it is not fair blaming Greg for that hinge you put in it! If I remember you had to call over pappy to fix your mistake. You know what I have a picture of the exact moment beardhawk called you out on it......
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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that was a heck of an idea, wouldn't work here as I've never met another guy that builds bows in the flesh, i'd get it started, come back work it some more, just end up another bub bow :laugh:
Well fix that bub im only a few hours away.
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Cool! That is a great Idea. Great bow came of it.
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SWEEEET!
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Can't go wrong with that bow and that much experience ganging up on it 8). Who's going to christen that stick with first blood? It would be cool to ship it from person to person who contributed to its making and harvest a deer then ship it on to the next person.
Tracy
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That looks like a great time with great PA friends
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Yep I remember it well, Chris and me coming to the rescue ;) :) :) :) Very nice job
Pearl on finishing it up,very cool little bow. :) Now that is what memories are made of. ;) :) :) Thanks for letting me share in them. :)
Pappy
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It was fun to do for sure. This bow is very special to me and will be on my rack forever. Thanks for memories fella's!
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An awesome project to witness... It'd be cool to get a stave or a few off the clubgrounds, and have a few more "Elm Hall" bows made up that weekend!
Nice work fella's as usual, ya'll are an inspiration!
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Didn't get any stave's but did get some arrow material I am letting dry. Someone told me what it was but can't remember,I think Autumn something :-\ If they work out I will send one to Pearl to get bloody out of that bow. ;) :)
Pappy
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Drew I have an elm sapling from the club grounds, Chris and I tinkered with it last year. It needs some real love yet!
Pappy that was Autumn Olive you snipped down.
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That's great! Enjoyed the post and pictures, very much.
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Clint brought up a good idea. We should do something like this at the Classic. Fill a whole limb up with signatures! That would be cool.
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Good idea! Nice story, that must be a great fun.
Wish I could do something similar in some time ....
Ohh, and a nice bow too, btw.!
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anybody else think that blackhawk looks like he should be on duck dynasty lol
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Wait til it starts growing Jordan!
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;D ;D ;D :laugh: .... 8)
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Wait til it starts growing Jordan!
if my job would allow it i would toally grow a full beard
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hell i'm a Robertson and I cant grow one like Blackhawk, well I could if I could stand all the complainin' >:(
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Wait a minute bub, your a Robertson so that means you have Robertson money.....to think Ive been sending raw material and stuff to NoCal for a guy with fat pockets......that hurts bub, that really hurts....
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hell i'm a Robertson and I cant grow one like Blackhawk, well I could if I could stand all the complainin' >:(
Is that a duck dynasty reference lol
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wrong bunch o' Robertsons Chris
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Looks like someone caught pappy telling fish stories. :o
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We did that at the Classic a few years back for Marice[dustybear] came in from Germany,he won BOM with it and had a story in PA. about his adventure to the USA. :) Everyone signed it ,Very cool.Yes we should do that again,not as if we have anything else to do while we are down there. :) :)
Pappy