Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: The Burnt Hill Archer on December 07, 2007, 04:51:28 am
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Well this one just came off the tillering tree. shagbark hickory 67" ntn. came out at just over 43#@28". 1 1/2" wide at the fades tapered strait to 1/2" tips. this is from a tree i cut back in march. I tried a bow from it earlier in the year but the moisture was too high and took a lot of set. this one however didnt turn out too bad. it had slightly deflexed tips to begin with. other than that it took almost no set at all. my friend josh actually did all the work, i just gave pointers along the way, and so all the credit goes to him. this is the first bow out of 8 tries that actually worked for him so hes pretty excited. last i heard from him he has it stained, finished and polished and is putting the buckskin handle on it tomorrow. ill try to get some pictures of it after its all done. any comments and criticisms are welcome(tiller, design etc.) :)
Phil
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Looks good to me Phil.Nice tiller,good job. :)
Pappy
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Very nice tiller.
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Looks dandy to me also, any chance of an unbraced picture.
Tell Josh he did a good job on her.
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Good job, I'm sure he's very pleased with the results!
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i agree aswell, very nice tiller
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Well tillered. Nice bow
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Phil, that's a nice bow with. Really nice tiller on that one.
Alan
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You're the Tiller Man on this one. Very well done and bookmarked, too, for Dec Self Bow of the Month
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thanks for the complements all :) ill get a whole new set of pictured this weekend and see if i cant get them on here. thanks again guys! ill pass the kind words on to josh. he'll be thrilled you all like it ;D
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Bending smoothly, looks like a shooter. Lets see a front profile too, I like those long skinny pyramids.
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Beautiful tiller...
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Very Nice!....Brian
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Looks dadburned nice to me Phil! Time ta go huntin 8).
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Sweet looking bow,Phil.
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The tiller looks great to me also. Fine looking bow for sure. Justin
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Yepper, I'll just say; repeat all of the comments made before, they're all well deserved.
Sean
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Very good job. Hope the tiller on my first one turns out that good. Looks like he took his time and got it right. He has to be very satisfied with that result.Danny
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Thanks again for all the kind words. i saw josh today and he's got it all done. man its a thing of beauty. he really put alot of heart into this one. as he was roughing the stave out, he told me that after 8 failures, if this one didnt turn out, he was done with selfbows :'( thank God it worked for him!
hes already looking through the stave pile in the corner for the next one ;D i wasnt able to get any pictures today but i promise i will soon ;) oh and josh sends his thanks to "all you fine folk" for all your encouragement.
Phil
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as a famous Finnish bowmaker says for people making their first bows: Don't think about yourself making a bow, but as learning to make one.
Nice tiller btw. the right limb is bending too much near the fades for my taste but anyway. very well done.
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as a famous Finnish bowmaker says for people making their first bows: Don't think about yourself making a bow, but as learning to make one.
Nice tiller btw. the right limb is bending too much near the fades for my taste but anyway. very well done.
yeah, we noticed that it was bending too much too, but he wanted something that would be heavy enough to hunt with it in the late season, so we opted to not try to "chase the limbs" back and forth. he just made that limb the upper limb. the way we figured it they were both bending evenly and its not showing any sign of stress more than the lower limb, so he left it that way. shoots good too, no hand shock and dead silent with thoes deflexed tips. next one he does hes gonna try to reflex the tips a bit with heat to try to get a little bit more pep.
Phil
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Nice work... It should be a real fine shooter!
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Good looking bow.
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Great job!! I'm glad he didn't quite.