Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: IdahoMatt on November 25, 2013, 10:47:21 pm
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Finally got around to taking pics of this bow. It is my fist D bow, and my first time using mountain maple. It is a very nice wood to work. It smells nice and gave way readily to hand tools. Final specs are 58" ntn and pulls 47#@27". The tips are cow horn, first time working horn too. I like everything about horn but the smell. Kinda makes he hungry for steak. Only kidding. It started out with just under four inches of dried in reflex and hold just under an inch at rest. I was going to temper the belly but wanted to see if this wood could handle it. And it did. Any critique is more than welcome.
Matt Kulchak
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Only one critique...More Pics!!!
Japbow.
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More still
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I'm having a hell of a time with sizing sorry
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Really nice simple bow! I love mountain maple.
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Thanks Zion I'm really starting to like it too
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I have more pics but I guess they are too big. Must be just over 200 >:(. I have tried all I know
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Excellent bow Matt, nice lean lines, great tiller and those tip overlays are perfect. Also like how smoothly you rounded all the edges, gives it a real clean look. My kinda bow there.
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Man thanks Greg. I'll try to get some more pics up soon
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Nice to see others using white wood
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I am too. It's a nice break from locust. And it grows locally
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Sweet bow, Matt. Simple and sweet. 8)
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VERY NICE! Love it!
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Wow, that is one heck of a bow, simple but very inspiring.
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Sweet! That's an exceptional bow. I just like looking at it. How wide is it at the handle?
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Beautiful job on that bow!!
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Thanks Pat you told me I should temper it in a tiller check post. I had a hard time not.
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Thanks arrowind
Thanks accipiter
Thanks badger
Very much
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Wow, that came out really nice. You don't look like you are anywhere near Sandpoint but I happen to be hiking around the ski resort there and the MM was everywhere.
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Thanks Steve, no I'm nowhere near Sandpoint I'm about ten hours south. But it's here too in the desert.
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That's about as perfect of a D bow tiller as I've seen. Beautiful.
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Wow thanks dave
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I really like the contrast between dark and the white maple. I've seen some awesome bows on this forum, but am always drawn to a simple bow. In this case, simple = outstanding! Love the look, great job. Dave Mc
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Thanks to you Dave Mc
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WOW WEE what a bow!!! Are you gonna enter it in the bom?
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Sweet bow. Always been a sucker for horn over white wood.
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Sweet bow Matt, great fd
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Wow! That's a great looking bow. Excellent tiller and finish work.
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Now that's a beauty,love the tips and tiller looks dead on.Very nice job. :)
Pappy
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Great clean lines, a joy just to look at. 8)
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Simply nice matt ;)
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Thanks Soy and yes I will, but it will be up against some pretty intimidating bows. I.e. Pearly, Chris,and Bryce to name a few :-\
Thanks Bowmo
Thanks Bubby
Thanks Jo5h
Thanks Pappy
Thanks dwardo
Thanks Chris
It really means a lot coming from my peers.
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Beauty bow. I've yet to build a D-bow, but its on the list.
Question: is 'mountain maple' the same as Douglas Maple? The climate and scenery of Idaho looks a lot like southern BC, and we have nice Douglas maple here. Good stuff.
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I believe it is the same. Latin name is Acer Glabrum
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Here are the ones I had to resize
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beautiful work. love the simple d-bow, nothing prettier
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Wow Matt, that turned out great! That is inspiration for the piece I have. Your tiller is superb!
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What a beauty! Clean seductive lines. Perfectly smooth curve. Gorgeous contrast between the tip overlays and the bone white limbs. Just an impressive look all the way around!
OneBow
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thats a beauty.
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I really like the way you shaped the tips. Super clean looking.
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WOW!!! The is nothing as simply beautiful as a well made DE bow. Fine work on the tips. Well done!
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Thanks Eric
Thanks Parnell, the only thing I would do next time is temper the belly. Just a thought for yours.
Thanks Onebowonder
Thanks Jordan
Thanks paoliguy
Thanks Denham Archer
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Man you did a great job on that one! I cut my teeth on mountain maple. We had lots of the stuff when I lived in NW Montana. My first 20 bows or so were all from mountain maple. I love it as a bow wood! No one ever talked about it 20 years back, I'm glad people have discovered it! Campex,there are 5 different sub-species of mountain maple Douglas maple is one of the five.
Dale
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Thanks Dale both for the compliment and for the knowledge :).
What kind of designs did you use.
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that is nicely done, thanx for the extra pics
chuck
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Any time Chuck.
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Came back to look at this bow again for about the fifth time and now I just have to comment on the photography.
Graceful bow posed against twisted and deeply textured tree roots and stumps with that pretty sky and colorful mountains in the background, magazine cover stuff here. Just think its a great way to show a really fine bow Matt, nice work all around man.
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Man, Greg that is just about the nicest compliment I can think of anyone giving. Thank you so much.
These mountains are some of the most beautiful around. I thought it fitting because the first time my white and I took our nine month old boy Henry on a back pack tour of them, I snagged this piece of mountain maple. They hold a dear place in my heart, and harbor some of the biggest mule deer in the state.
Thanks again for all the nice comments
Matt Kulchak
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Gorgeous bow sir! You may have already answered this question but what tools do you use to shape the horn nocks?
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Really beautifu man. Nice curves.
Gorgeous bow sir! You may have already answered this question but what tools do you use to shape the horn nocks?
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I get them flat on a belt sander and glue em up with epoxy. Then use a diamond cut file. Go slowly but the horn is quite forgiving. Then I use my normal rat tail file to cut the string groove. I tried something new with the line out of the string groove and will do so now. I cut down first once the horn was shaped so I could string it up. Then strung it up and drew where the string was laying and simply cut on the line for a perfect match. Worked like a charm
Matt
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Dang that thing is really sweet ! I really like the tips !
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Thanks Seminolewind
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Very clean lines and I love the tiller. Nice bow. Danny
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Those tips are awesome!
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Thanks Danny
Thanks Steve it was the first time that I used horn, but it won't be the last :)
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That tiller is a thing of beauty! Excellent bow in all regards! Josh
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Thanks Josh. That means a lot coming from someone as experienced as you :)
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Great looking bow. I love those D bows. I hope to try and make one soon. Nice work. ;)
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Thanks Ryan. They are pretty fun.
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That is exactly what I would like to learn. Great job.
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Fantastic.
Very beatiful bow
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Hey Matt, Very nice bow! I love the horn tips, good stuff to work with. Another similar material is cow and pig hoof, I really like it even better and you can find it in different patterns and colors. It smells bad too though.
I was born and raised in N Idaho but I bet I'm closer to you now in the very N part of Utah.
Great bow!
Mark
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Nice work Matt. 2nd round of pics great.
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Thanks Alaska, I had the same thought before I embarked on this one. People on here were very helpful and made it possible. With the pms and responses to the tiller check post.
Thanks MDS65. I will have to try and find some hoof. Do you think deer or elk would work? Where in Utah are you living.
Thank you Slim. I know never ending. :)
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Thats top shelf for sure matt