Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lehtis on November 20, 2014, 02:11:19 am
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Greetings from Finland!
Hereīs my latest "toy" to share with you, dear PA readers:
The story of this bow started already in April 2013 when I glued a 6 mm thick slice of Bulletwood (Massaranduba) between two similar slices of Hickory and these on top of 15 mm slice of Bulletwood, the belly of the coming bow. I used Titebond III, squeezed the stack by rubberband and forced it to ca. 3" reflex for 24 hours drying. Then this glued stave was "forgotten" over a year and half until this November I found time to finalize it to English Longbow stylish bow for my own use.
The tillering process was pretty easy without surprises. Enough Bulletwood was left on belly side of both limbs to show nice contrast on lighter Hickory. The arrow strike plate and nocks are from domesticated water buffalo horn. Actually, the nocks are recycled from my older bow which resigned itīs contract a couple of years earlier. The bow has now six layers of Danish Oil on it and the string is Dacron, total 16 strands of red and yellow. The handle is made of leather got from a bag found from a flea market, stained to mahogany red with spirit soluble wood stain.
Some necessary data:
Length 72" nock-to-nock
Width 1 1/8") (30 mm) at handle and 1/2" (12 mm) at nocks
Braced @ 5,5" from belly side of the handle
Strength 74 lbs @ 28" (AMO, back of the bow; I draw ca. 29")
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Nice work from Finland! I really like the color contrast of the wood, and those tips.
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One more clarifying picture collection:
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Now that is a beauty, very nice work in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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That is indeed a beautifully crafted bow. Thanks for sharing.
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SWEET! 8)
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That tiller just draws you in....I can stare on stuff like that for hours it seems:-)
Sweet, sweet bow:-)
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Wow very nice looking bow!
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Great work!
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Beautiful!
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Very nice work and very good to see someone on the board from Finland.
Welcome to PA, hope to see more!
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Your fit and finish is impeccable. Great job. I love the transitions of you laminations very nice and tidy :)
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Man oh man, that's ridiculous
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Very classic and classy. Well done. 8)
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BEAUTIFUL! AWESOME! Love it!
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What a beautiful & graceful weapon. Congrats!!
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Very nice bow. Not an ELB though but rather an ALB
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Thanks, guys, for your kind words!
Marc: I agree your comment... that's why I used the word "stylish" because of the width to depth ratio doesn't fully meet ELB specs.
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super clean work, awesome tiller!
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It's working! First it felt a bit stiff but looks like I'll be able to master this new bow. Shot from 20 yards.
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Yes sir that is one fine bow. I Hope your a subscriber cause if you are thats a backed bow of the month candidate for sure. Nice shooting too. I hate it when I flinch and mess up perfect group don't you? Nice to see your work. Danny
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That bow is so nice... and an absolutely perfect tiller. 8)
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I have to agree with Simson, very clean, and I'll add classy, also.
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Nice contrast of colors. Looks like a sweet shooter!
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Got a new toy, Chrony, and got to test it, naturally. I checked the speed of my latest BBO and HBHB bows and for comparison the two real ELBs from Pip Bickerstaffe and Mike Eaton, UK. Fifth one was Falcon Force Diamond Carbon flat bow from Estonia. The same 8 cedar arrows, spined to 65 lbs, weight 34 g (525 gr), were shot by all bows. My draw length is slightly abowe 28".
Results (not too bad for my hand work, I suppose):
My HBHB-ELB, 74", 74 lbs @ 28", Hickory-Bulletwood-Hickory-Bulletwood, Dacron: 49,0 m/s (160,9 fps)
My BBO-ELB, 70,0", 74 lbs @ 28", Bamboo-Bulletwood-Osage Orange, Dacron: 50,0 m/s (164,1 fps)
Pip Bickerstaffe ELB, 77,5", 70 lbs @ 28", Hickory-Purple Heart-Green Heart-Osage Orange, FastFlight: 49,7 m/s (162,9 fps)
Mike Eaton ELB, 74,4", 70 lbs @ 28", Bamboo-Ipe-Lemonwood, Dacron: 47,6 m/s (156,0 fps)
Falco Force Diamond Carbon, 68", 65 lbs @ 28", FastFlight: 53,6 m/s (175,8 fps)
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Purrrrty. :)
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I hardly care for glue ups, but this one looks just fantastic! Outstanding details, too.