Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: DarkSoul on July 22, 2014, 09:20:52 am
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The past years, I've steadily been making more and more bows. By now, they are scattered in several rooms, leaning in every corner. Gathering dust, the newer ones in front of the older ones. My bows deserve better. I've long contemplated what kind of display method I would like, and what material it would have to be. There is a nice topic (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=24341.0) that shows a variety of beautiful wooden bow racks. I've gained inspiration from that topic, although I also knew I wanted something more special than some of the basic racks. The wooden dowels are too plain for me. All these hand crafted bows deserve something better than pre-fabricated dowels and pine boards. I wanted to use natural wood, preferably with live edge. A few months ago I found a local tree trimmer that has a portable band saw for cutting up logs. He also sells some of the logs he has cut into flitches. I visited the shop and found a few beautiful yew slabs. They were rough sawn, loaded with knots, but I could see the potential underneath. So I bought a few of these yew boards and processed them at home. It took a lot of sanding, carving and finishing. I messed up the first layer of clear varnish, so I had to sand it off and re-do it. All in all it took a lot of time and effort. I probably could have made at least one, possible one and a half, bow in the same time. But the result is so worth it! The rack is about 55" tall and has 14 pegs. Each peg is 5" deep, so it could easily hold two flatbows, maybe even three narrow longbows. So I can fit at least 28 bows on this rack.
(http://i61.tinypic.com/sxom10.jpg)
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2jbr6o9.jpg)
(http://i58.tinypic.com/rk6err.jpg)
(http://i60.tinypic.com/34q9oy1.jpg)
(http://i59.tinypic.com/8xpgz9.jpg)
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SWEET!!!!!!!!!!
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Very nice! I might have to make an osage version of that.
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Stunning!! I really like that.
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Very nice man.
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Ill take two!
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Very nice work. :)
Pappy
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That is awesome! Love the idea
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Excellent, and will really shine when filled up with bows.
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That is awesome!
Come on guys! Show us your racks!
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To another guy, this is difficult for me to say, but.... Dude I can't stop staring at your rack!
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Rustic and primitive for sure. Nice job. 8)
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That's one beautiful rack Jorik... 8)
Don
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WHOA!
functional art.
very nice job.
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Amazing. Very very nice. There is a place near me that cuts flitches of various woods (none as nice as yew), so maybe in 20 years when I have made enough bows I'll make one like yours :D
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Very nice - i would not have room in my house for anything like that!
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Thanks for the comments everyone :) I hope this may inspire others to make a nice bow rack as well.
Falcon, that is just too funny :D
Crogacht, I've actually made only about 25 bows so far. So I purposely left some empty spaces in this rack :P But even with 14 bows it would look well filled.
YosemiteBen, funny thing you say that. I'm actually about to move to a new house probably within a year. I won't mount this rack to the wall in my current apartment. But it should easily fit above the sofa or above the desk. It'll suddenly create room in all the corners, since those would now be empty, haha!