Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 01, 2008, 06:25:00 pm

Title: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 01, 2008, 06:25:00 pm

Back in september someone had mentioned somthing about black walnut on another site, and i said     oh your lucky, i wish i had a piece.      well a couple days later i had a PM and it was a fellow who said he had a BW on a piece of property and the property was due to be sold soon, so he asked if i wanted it he would cut it for me, well he had never made a bow or for that matter cut and split a log for staves before, so i gave him instructions and asked what he wanted in return. well we "himhawed" around a bit and finally he seemd like a nice guy so, he was to cut the tree, we would split the shipping and i would build him a bow from one of the staves and keep the rest for myself. well the staves came and they all had a 90degree twist and riddled with knots, so i told him it may not work but i would do my best. so roughed some out to speed up the prgress, well time came when i could work on one. well 3 staves into it they all had broken before i could even brace them. no amount of heat or steam could bend it all straight and still keep them together. so i gave him the bad news. well he wasnt too happy but handled it well, we talked for some time and shared stories. so one day i decided to make him a bow from elm and just send it too him without him knowing, well he must have had a vibe that i was doing just that so he mentioned that he could never except a bow from me since i got nothin from the deal either....the jig was up. i had to tell him my intention, which he grately appriciated the gesture but couldnt- not give me somthing. but he was a good guy and i wanted him to be happy. he couldnt afford to pay me for one and nor would i let him. so he had graciously offered to allow me to turkey hunt with him in spring if his work allowed it. so we became good freinds over email. 
      so in the end I made him a bow and a set of 4 arrows and he invited me turkey hunting. not as a trade, but as a friendly adventure. Dax McCaleb is a good man. i was happy I could make him a bow. so here it is after a long winded story.
   slippery elm, 67"  58# @ 27inches.  the tips were made from The Walnut he sent me originally.
in the full draw picture i draw 26" so picture it drawn back another 1" ;). the tiller is decent. its got a little twist here and there. it started with one limb deflexed quite a bit which i corrected with open flame, and some deflex in the handle area. it took a little string follow but overall, held up well.   thanks for lookin- Ryan

[attachment deleted by admin]

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 01, 2008, 06:25:45 pm

more

[attachment deleted by admin]

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: John K on February 01, 2008, 06:53:07 pm

Looks real nice !! and nice story too !!

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: DanaM on February 01, 2008, 06:59:00 pm

You meet the nicest people around here don't  :)
really nice bow Ryan and I can't help but think Dax is gonna be might pleased also.
Great story and good luck huntin them ol Toms.

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: George Tsoukalas on February 01, 2008, 07:50:03 pm

Wow. That's a nice bow. Great tiller. Jawge

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Justin Snyder on February 01, 2008, 08:11:03 pm

Great looking bow, I'm sure he will be pleased. I hope you guys get to do some turkey hunting with that bow. Justin

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: a finnish native on February 01, 2008, 09:10:30 pm

good lookin' simple bow you got there! nice job.

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: El Destructo on February 02, 2008, 12:39:00 am

Looks really nice Ryan..........you wanna be my Friend too!!!!!!!!!!! >:D

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: huntersteve on February 02, 2008, 06:02:53 am

great story and a good looking bow....good luck with the turkey's....Steve

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: medicinewheel on February 02, 2008, 04:57:52 pm

nice bow, nice arrows, nice story!

frank

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Gordon on February 03, 2008, 03:09:06 am

I love the way those primitive arrows and the bow look together - looks like they were made for each other. What a nice story, I'm sure Dax is proud to have a friend like you.

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Rich Saffold on February 03, 2008, 03:23:31 am

Great story, and fine bow, cool pics.. ;D

Rich-

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Hillbilly on February 03, 2008, 11:48:02 am

Good looking bow!

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Wulamoc on February 03, 2008, 02:05:02 pm

Looking good!

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: OldBow on February 04, 2008, 01:54:17 pm

Great story - great bow! Bookmarked, of course for Feb Self Bow of the Month

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 04, 2008, 04:29:12 pm

thanks guys, its in the mail now, so he shoul dget in a couple days, i hope he enjoys it.  i wont see it now til april ;)

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Dax on February 04, 2008, 10:03:32 pm

Just registered in to say that I truly appreciate this bow Ryan has made for me.  Perhaps we'll get a couple of Easterns with this bow and the one he brings for himself.  In any case, I know we'll have a good time.  Once again, I truly appreciate the gesture, as well as the bow and can't wait to lay my hands on it.  Thanks to all for your kind words, Ryan has done a really good job with this bow. 

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: david w. on February 04, 2008, 10:04:50 pm

Good stry and great bow :) good luck this spring

Title: Re: elm bow pics for a friend i never met.
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on February 04, 2008, 11:25:07 pm

thanks alot Dax, it was my pleasure to make it for you

now i just have to figure out which bow i am goin to bring...so many options, perhaps i should bring the persimmon bow that i made for turkey hunting


and thank you david w. u goin fo r turkeys this spring too?