Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Loope on December 25, 2013, 07:38:17 pm
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Made my 1st bow at this year's TN Classic. Made my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th for Christmas presents. They are a beginner's effort, but were still a hit. This bow-making stuff is addictive... All three are hickory board bows: 56#@28, 42#@27, and 34#@25. My attempt at red oak blew up.
Merry Christmas everybody!
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Love that green stained one! Keep it up man!
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You did a nice job on those bows, they appear to be bending nicely.
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Good work there Loope!! Keep it up. It is very addictive for sure. Red oak makes a great bow, but boards can be a little finicky. Anyway, merry 1rst christmas to ya.
Tattoo Dave
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Loope, I don't know where you live but somebody's been barefoot in December...Nice looking bows for starting out I'd say...Looks like you been at it for a long time. Love the colors...
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I thought, "these pictures will only take a minute, and I am only going onto the deck." Barefoot in a light frost in East TN will make you hurry up the photos.
Here are some more pics and stats. The reddish brown is 56#@28, 66" ntn, 2" wide, purpleheart overlay, and offset handle. The natural hickory is 42#@27", 63" ntn, 2" wide, cocobolo overlay, and straight handle. The green (wife's favorite color) is 34#@25, 59" ntn, 1.5" wide, bocote overlay, and offset handle.
I made the reddish brown bow first. Next came the green bow with a double nock for a stringer. The last bow was the natural hickory. I think you can see my progression, at least in better looking nocks. Unfortunately, I don't have any full draw pics.
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Fine looking bows, love that nock detail.
Maybe round off those sharp edges/corners a tad more ?
Del
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Nice work. Gotta love hickory..
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Great work I really like the tips in the last one.
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Nice bows,i specially like the green one.
Well done!