Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Horn Bows => Topic started by: Redhand on May 04, 2015, 11:17:20 am
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Thanks for the welcome sleek. My name is Marlen Murdock i live in the North Eastern part of Utah. i just finished up this elk horn bow its 38 inches nock to nock it pulls 48 pounds at 19 inches.
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Welcome to PA! This type of bow is hardly ever seen on this site- we're gonna need details on how you made it! Also, it doesn't really even exist without a full-draw picture.
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Is it just elk antler or is it also sinew backed? More details and pics please.
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Surely it's got to be sinew backed?
Pretty cool bow! Full draw picture or not I can see it's a beauty. :)
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I don't have alot of pics of the process. It is two pieces of elk antler lap spliced together with hide glue. I put 3 layers of sinew on it and wrapper the splice with sinew i didn't put any pins through the lap splice. It seems to be holding together pretty well. I will be getting ready to attempt another elk antler bow. ill keep pics of the build. here are a couple of pics braced and full draw on the tillering board.
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If the pics are sideways I apologize I'm still trying to get the hang of thinks.
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Awesome bow, welcome to PA. I'm in the salt lake valley.
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welcome!
interesting bow here. what is the width of the limbs?
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Great looking bow! Some expert work, I'd say.
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simson from the handle to 3/4 way from the nock is 1 1/4 inches then taper down to 7/8 inches at the nocks.
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Very nice, can't recall having seen one of those on here.
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respect! 8)
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Simply astounding. Welcome aboard man! Thanks so much for posting :)
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Good to see you on here Marlen and great work with the elk horn. I'm waiting till I find a perfect antler to make it easier.
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Thanks chuck. Let me know what kind of antler your looking for I might be able to help you out with that. There's a lot of people out here where I live always out looking for sheds.
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Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for posting this.
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Thats awesome experience! :)
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Well Marlen, if you come across a large elk horn with a near strait section over 32", thats what I'm looking for. Looking for something I don't have to boil to straiten much. As antler breaks down when boiled and gets weak.
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Sounds good Chuck. I'll keep a look out for one.
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Here are a few more pics of the bow at full draw. http://s356.photobucket.com/user/marlenmurdock/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/698579B4-F314-49DE-B198-81EB60F5D29F_zpspfi3imoe.png.html
http://s356.photobucket.com/user/marlenmurdock/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/5EE2F49B-7893-477E-BB02-63737D2F99AC_zpsaspglqlu.jpg.html
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Let me try to up load these pics again.
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So cool! I would love to try one of these but there aren't too many elk in England!
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Red stags are first cousins of elk. I'm sure the Queen could spare an antler or two. ;)
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I look at this bow and cant help but wonder, would siyahs be a good fit here? Especially without a wooden core?
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Really cool! I like that a lot.
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finished painting and wrapping the handle with smoked buckskin.
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more pics
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Beautiful. Is it, the whole antler, or is it just the hard outer part? Also how do you tiller an antler?
Wayne
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So cool! I would love to try one of these but there aren't too many elk in England!
Actually, Elk was long thought to be the same species as red deer. They share a common recent ancestor (but more with eastern asian red deer), just like grizzly and brown bear, and a bunch of other species that are shared among the two continents such as reindeer.
So you could get yourself some stag antlers. If you go to northern lapland, you can tons of shed reindeer antlers in early spring. Should make an antler bow as well.
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Wayne this bow is mostly made up of the outer cortex of the antler. I rough out the bow with a rasp and then I use a cabinet scraper on the final tiller.
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Thanks Marlin, that is really nice!
Wayne
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Nice work! Very cool. I would never have seen this if it was not entered in BOM contest. Guess I have to visit the horn bow section if I want to see antler bows ;)
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redhand, are you in Vernal? I am in Utah Valley not too far away. Very nice bow.
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Thanks Jeff. Actually I am in Roosevelt it's about 150 east of you, not too far away.
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Yep, I know the place. There are getting to be more of us. Maybe we should all meet at strawberry resevoir and shoot.
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That sounds like fun. I would be up for that.
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Wayne this bow is mostly made up of the outer cortex of the antler. I rough out the bow with a rasp and then I use a cabinet scraper on the final tiller.
A wood rasp? The antler isn't too hard for it?
Awesome, I wonder how much it can bend compared to other horn
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You can cut fairly easy through antler with a rasp.
You can get a pretty good bend with antler, here is a little bit better picture of the FD.
Although I believe horn is way more elastic than antler. In comparison antler would be more like teeth and horn like fingernails.
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Quite a bow Redhand.Kuddos to ya.
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Excellent work! I had seen a video on Youtube about a guy building one , it's such a laborious process!
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I've seen so few antler bows and this one has more bend than what I have seen. Well done Redhand!
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Thanks Beadman and Knotty.
Thanks Chuck I appreciate the comments.
I must have done something right lol. Its still shoots the arrows. I'm wanting to start another one as soon as I find the appropriate antlers, man its tough to find some good candidates.