Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jaxenro on April 22, 2017, 08:01:42 pm
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Just doing the rough shaping
Satinwood back
Cocobolo core
Yew belly
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Looks beautiful so far. Keep us updated with the tiller. :)
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That will be ELB like tri lam bow? Beautiful color choice.
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I would call it aVictorian era tri-lam with horn knocks and leather grip
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That looks great! How is the satinwood cut? What kind of glue for lams?
Thanks!
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Titebond III
Like all my bows it's a miniature so about 25" knock to knock
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So this is progressing more pics to follow
I finished the tillering and am adding coat after coat of a hand rubbed oil finish. Started on the horn nocks (only my second time and the first weren't all I wanted them to be)
Then I need to make some arrows and a string
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I always like a contrast of colors.
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With miniatures aesthetics are important. It isn't like I am looking for a high draw weight when it it measured in ounces but something that looks "right". Wood is chosen as much for how it looks as how it performs. I have been researching Victorian era ELB's to get the materials and methods correct
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The left limb doesn't look like it's bending as much but when I flip the bow on the tree the left limb (which is now the right) looks like it isn't bending as much. I think it's something odd with the picture it looks fine in person
I am working on antler nocks now
The finish doesn't show that great I am using red root oil and a traditional oil finish combination. Not happy with the leather wrap though
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As the oil finish is drying on this one I glued up three more staves to try some different combinations
Belly - Core - Back
Lemonwood - Ebony - Satinwood
Rosewood - Holly - Cocobolo
Yew - Lemonwood - Holly
the first two I tried a light-dark-light and a dark-light-dark combo for higher contrast the last one from sort of a orange-brown belly to yellow core and white back trying to replicate the look of heartwood to sapwood
been looking at some Pernambuco and Boxwood for lamination's also