Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: High-Desert on July 01, 2017, 12:05:48 am
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This was my first attempt making a asymmetrical tillered bow, the second is the one I am currently working on for the trade. I made hickory bow for a friend of mine earlier this year and he found a pair of sturgeon skins and gave them to me. So I used them on this yew bow. The yew is from a tree I cut in 2010, it had some damaged sapwood, so I removed it. As much as I really like yew sapwood, I really enjoy heartwood only bows. This stave had some twist which was a struggle to get out, and manage to get the recurves lined up straight. I couldn't believe how tough sturgeon skin is; it takes tin snips to cut it while dry. I had a bit of a struggle getting then on. I first rawhide back the bow for most of the length with TB3, then I went to apply the surgeon skins after it was tillered with hide glue....I must have did something wrong because they blew off the bow with the sound of a bow breaking, remaining only attached at the grip. Like an idiot, I thought glueing them down with TB3 would be a good idea, hoping that hide glue and TB3 just might bond to one another, full well knowing they would. That ended with another bow breaking boom, minus the broken bow. I removed the sturgeon skins, soaked them and cleaned them well with dawn, removed the rawhide from the bow, and glued the skins down with TB3. Success!
It's 60" nTn along the curve, 55 lbs @ 26". The tips are african black wood. Any criticism of the tiller would be greatly appreciated.
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Great looking bow, love the skins.
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Beautiful!
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Wow! Gorgeous
G.
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Tiller looks great and those skins....wow they are nice. Great job Eric. Cheers- Brendan
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Wow that's beautiful.
BTW... that's why Sturgeons live in the water, 'cos their skin is too stiff if they don't ;) ::)
Del
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Outstanding - beautiful combination :OK ! Bob.
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Dats Sweet!!!
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Duuude! what a great lookin bow... nice work
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Great looking bow, skived grips are so classy. The finish work is so good it looks "plastic". Fantastic work.
I think you could have gotten the fades to move a bit more, but other than that it looks really good from Michigan.
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Nice bow. Way to stick with it when your glue didn't. Bet that made your heart skip a beat. I agree with Pearl "looks good from Michigan". I really do like those Sturgeon Skins. Gotta get me some of them sometime.
Bjrogg
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A person kinda forgets about the troubles after a nice looking bow like that or in other words it was worth it.Nice bow and finish work.
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Very sharp looking bow. 8)
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Stunning! I love everything about it. :)
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It really looks awesome
Good job
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That looks great! Nice work!
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Excellent bow HD, skins look great along with the rest of the finish work.
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Beautiful work, the sturgeon skins look great and that awesome yew is well, yew!
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I like it a lot!
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Thanks everyone, I appreciate the compliments and suggestions.. I agree Pearl Drums, I could get those fades working a bit more.
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Oh so very nice! Love those sturgeon skins
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Hard to imagine that beautiful bow had such a rough journey getting there.
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Beautiful bow. Really like the sturgeon's skins.
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That makes me want to head down to the columbia to catch some sturgeon. I still have halibut and ling on my target list too. That finish is outstanding.
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Beautiful bow, finish work is exceptional. :)
Pappy
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That bow is stunning! And those skins!!! Good job on aligning the recurves with the twisted limbs, been struggling with that a few times as well ::)
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Very nice indeed. AS PD said, a bit more movement at the fades
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Wow man! that is very fine work!!
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Great work, love it
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Such a classy looking bow and the special attention applied on the finishing...great job.
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Looks great! Well done. Jawge
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Criticising that would be like criticising the Mona Lisa for having a wonky smile!! Absolutely beautiful workmanship
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yes sir, that`s a really beauty
Hans