Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on January 08, 2017, 03:02:53 pm
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Stickbender, couldn't help the title ;D
This one is also for a friend's son, only this kid is small for his age. Anyway, it's...
35# at 26"
51" ntn
cherry bark backing
padauk overlays and strike shield inlay (first attempt at an inlay)
Not sure how I feel about the tiller, feel free to let me know what you think. It does shoot pretty fast for a small and short bow.
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and some more
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Very nice!
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I like the cherry back! Both limbs look like they have a nice even arc but the lower has more bend than the upper probably indicating that the upper limb is stronger. I'd like to see a full draw with the bow drawn upside down though.
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Wow! Looks like a lot of bend out of that one. It looks like the low collapsed wrist grip also affects the bend of the limbs. Looks like a common tiller of Korean bows, where the lower limb bends more. I think this makes the arrow go up more, making it easier to hit the 145m targets? (though the arrow might fly nose down. I think Gao Ying also said, a collapsed or low wrist makes the arrow go further up...). And this is how I like my bows, with a lot of bend and draw length out of a short bow :p though long ones are also fun.
synthetic... just to demonstrate that bend
(https://i.imgur.com/YNX5GA4.jpg)
sinew and horn bow
(https://i.imgur.com/koceQsG.jpg)
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Thanks for the comments gentleman. The bottom definitely is bending a little more. This is because I left the area thicker around a side knot high up on the upper limb. I cleaned out the knot, plugged w/ osage and wrapped in sinew.
Loon, thanks for the insight into Korean shooting and bowyery. Never knew that!
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Great little bow. I was curious what was your brace height?
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Nice title. ;) that's a lot of bend!
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Damn son,,,,you even work? :)
Your one busy bowyer
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Great little bow. I was curious what was your brace height?
Brace height is a fist and a thumb on this one.
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I like the tiller on this one
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Nice shorty. It don't take much Osage to make a bow. I have on in works, it's 50 inches ntn. It sit 43#@24" right now. I'm trying to reach 25" draw and still have a decent weight. These short bows are a little tricky to tiller. You have a good bend on that one. Great job!
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Thanks Red. I agree that the shorter bows can be tough to tiller. Way less room for mistakes. Good luck w/ yours!
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Yes lower limb is bending too much. You could have taken a fair bit of stress off them by making the handle bend more.
Loon - those bows are out of tiller! Excessive bend in one limb is simply showing that it is under more strain eg. - not in balance. Those lower limbs will take more set and the bow will become unbalanced. Regardless of grip type the mechanics of holding/pulling the string higher than center means that the lower limb must be stronger (slightly) than the upper. It's like putting a fat kid on one end and a skinny kid on the other end of a see-saw. ;)
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Does that mean the OP's bow would have a better tiller if flipped upside down, then?