Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jeffp51 on March 27, 2018, 10:48:43 pm
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After Fred Arnold passed away, I emailed his son, David and sent condolences. I told David how much I appreciated his father's help as I was getting started--Fred is one of the people that made this place feel like a community that I could belong to. David responded by offering me one of his father's staves. I was happy to accept, and a while later he sent me a beautiful piece of osage. This bow is my way of remembering Fred and what he did for me and this group. I hope you enjoy looking at it.
Some stats:
-Length: 64" knock-to-knock
-Width: 1.5" parallel to midlimb, then tapering down to 3/8"
-Draw: 55# @ 29 inches
-Tip overlays: laminated layers of buffalo horn, deer antler, and cow horn
-Static recurve that started with 2" of setback. After shooting it in, the bow has taken just over an inch of set--all mid-limb.
-Finish is 7 coats of tung oil buffed out with a pumice slurry.
-string is made of 10 strands of powerpro fishing line. silencers are rabbit fur.
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some more. . . I can't seem to get some of these pictures to rotate properly. Not sure why. I have never had that problem before.
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a few more. . .
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and finally the payoff pics with Full draw
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beautiful bow
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one more try
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Thats a beautiful bow. And good photos, landscape looks amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
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That's a incredible looking bow Jeff all around beauty !
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I would say you made that stave proud Jeff. Beautiful bow all around. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful bow and a nice tribute to Fred.
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Very nice work, beautiful in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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That is a very nice bow and gesture to boot.Congratulations!!
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Beautiful bow, you were an excellent student. Now you just got to pass all that knowledge along.
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It looks like you nailed it, Jeff. I'm sure Fred would be proud of this bow.
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Outstanding. Obviously, you learned a lot. That's one beautiful bow.
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Wow! That is a beautiful bow and a wonderful tribute. May Fred's memory be eternal. Jawge
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Outstanding work on that bow!
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Thats a beauty
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Beautiful bow and beautiful story of remembering someone special to you.
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Very nice Jeff! You did an excellent job on that one sir.
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A great tribute to a mentor! That is a very fine bow!
Hawkdancer
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Nice bow, Jeff. Enjoy the bow.
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Those are very special bows. You can pick them up and fling a few arrows with your lost friends. I have a special bow like that to. Always feels good to shoot that one.
That really is a beautiful bow Jeff and nice thought and gesture. I love the tip overlays and the rest of the bow as well.
Bjrogg
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What a great way to honor a teacher, building them such a wonderful bow. Way to go man! You did awesome
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That's a pretty special bow, I hope it give you long service.
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Beautiful bow. What a great tribute!
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Not a thing wrong with that one!
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You did good, Jeff, beautiful bow.
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It's a thing of beauty. Fred obviously meant a lot to you and your work reflects that. :)
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Thank you all for the kind words. I never met Fred in person, or even talked with him on the phone--like most of the people here. I did learn from him, but very little about bow building. This is a great place, and one where I didn't expect to fit in or be accepted. You can probably tell that my building style takes a little from a whole bunch of people posting here--I try to learn from everyone. So, thanks for the help.
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Beautiful bow! from the tip overlays to the fades. Mike
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Very nice bow Jeff, a special one for sure
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Wow, that's a beauty for sure!
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Thanks again--for everyone commenting on the photography, my 11-year-old son took the full draw pictures.
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Awesome job on the bow. Great tribute and story behind the build.
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Sure is a nice one. The string tips are pretty slick. Good job.