Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: leonwood on December 01, 2018, 12:22:52 pm
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Let’s start by telling this bow is a special one for me. I always put a lot of effort in my bows but this one even more! Why: a few months ago I was having some friendly mail conversations with Simon. Now anyone who saw my bows and Simon’s will immediately notice where my inspiration comes from;-) so all of a sudden out of nowhere he mails me there is a package on the way! A week or so later the package arrives and in it where two pairs of osage billets and one of Simon’s signature takedown sleeves! You can’t image the joy I felt for such a generous gesture! So I immediately decided to build an even more Simon inspired bow;-)
Started out with chasing a few rings on the best pair of billets and drawknifing the profiles. I had to glue on some extra wood at the handle/takedown part. Even though Simon even sent an extra piece of osage for handles I decided to use some ipe, walnut and maple for that. The plan was a reflex/deflex static so I had to attach the sleeves in an angle to get the deflex part. Planed the top flat at an angle and did most of the fitting with my drawknife and rasp and finished the exact fit with a sharp chisel. (I only use hand tools for my bows)
Got the sleeves to a perfect fit and started tillering. Tillered it to brace and boiled the recurves in. After that I heat treated the limbs and added a little more reflex to the last part of the limbs. Besides a big scary split at one tip (which went away after narrowing them) the tiller went pretty good.
I then started to narrow and thin the handle. I do this with a rasp and I always start with those facets which I usually round when I am almost done. Somehow they looked good halfway down the process so I decided to keep the facets on this bow.
Shot it about 100 times to make sure the tiller stayed the same and added horn tip overlays and arrow pass. Of course I had to fume the bow so I put it in the fume pipe for about 5 days and for some extra looks I darkened the tips with a bit of water based dye.
I glued a light brown piece of leather over the metal handle and wrapped a darker and thicker strip over that, leaving a small gap so the light brown would still be visible.
This bow has quite an extreme rd profile and in combination with the heavy takedown sleeves is a dream to shoot. No handshock whatsoever and really fast.
So again Simon when you read this: thank you so much, you are the best!
Specs
Wood: osage
Length: 62” ntn
Draw weight: #50@28”
Max width: 1.5 inch
Tipsoverlays: buffalo horn
Handle: metal takedown sleeves
Handle woods: maple, black walnut, ipe
Handle wrap: 2 different colors cow leather
String: 8 strand fastflight
Profiles
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1924/44805719775_d5e7517ed2_z.jpg)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/44805719845_97b0865344_z.jpg)
Braced
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4822/31848062698_3c643078e1_z.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4827/44994923394_ffedcb3cc0_z.jpg)
Details
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4818/46083288532_9b96aceb16_z.jpg)
Sleeves
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4882/32260347788_fb15f68fd6_b.jpg)
Full draw
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4833/43902290730_8146eb8830_z.jpg)
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Beautiful bow
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Good looking bow, beautiful finish.
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You did it up proud! Very nice! Especially the pressure it must have put on you. If Simon sent me something like that I would freeze up and be afraid to touch it.
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Very nice work, you can see the influence of Simon easy😉
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these bits of wood are absurdly beautiful mate.
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I'm thinking you put a smile on Simson face Leonwood. Beautiful bow as always. I'm sure this one is a special one for you though. Simson has inspired many. Not many of us can pull it off though.
Bjrogg
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Now that is one special bow.
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Very well built bow, you have a great eye for detail
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Beautiful Leon. :)
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That just looks like a smooth shooting bow. Well done! :OK
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Very nice bow Leon
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I am always facet-nated with your fades! Love them.
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Beautiful bow... looks like it wants to shoot an arrow
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Wow! Thats a nice bow.
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Work of functional art, Great Craftsmanship. John
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Yup... what they all said... it's gorgeous :)
Del
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That is one of the nicest bows I've seen. Your detail work is beautiful. Great job.
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Thanks for the compliments guys! I really appreciate it if you take the time to comment! Of course I gave Simon the first peek when I finished it a few weeks ago ;D
And it is my favourite shooter at the moment because it is just so smooth! Have done a couple of these deflexed self bows the last few months and I must say the all are extremely good shooters.
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Very nice all around. Those fades are great looking. Mike
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Gorgeous bow .im curious about your grip wrap.could you explain the process it appears to be wound but how do you get the deep looking lines.?
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One more shiny beauty out of leon's house - never stop doin' bows on top level - thanx for the effort!
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That is a sweet looking bow and the take-down feature is awesome,once I finally get past my current health issues I might actually get a chance to start making my first bow.
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Thanks for all the compliments, really appreciate it!
Gorgeous bow .im curious about your grip wrap.could you explain the process it appears to be wound but how do you get the deep looking lines.?
The darker piece is just a strip of a little thicker leather, wrapped (and glued) to the handle. I left a little gap while wrapping and this gives the dark lines appearance. This also makes the handle feel really grippy in the hand.
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Yep, another work of art! You are putting it all together man, tiller, fit and finish, pictures, all top notch.
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thanks leon ill have to try that.
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beautiful, congrats
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Wow! Beautiful!!
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Sweet Leon.A good presentation of form,function and beauty.
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Thanks again for the compliments guys... it’s funny because this is only my second osage bow but I know now why everybody loves it so much! This wood is amazing and a dream to work with as a bowyer!
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Man that is a really incredible bow. Well done you and what a fantastic gesture from Simon! 8)
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Wow. Bow of the month? Arvin
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Really really beautiful, as always. What went in to the finish and getting it to shine like that?
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Stunning. My favorite one of yours yet!
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simply stunning!
I tried to make a T/D myself, I will not show her after seen this.
The sleeves are fitting so nice you cannot see anything!
very nice pictures also - like the raindrops
cheers B2TW
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Really really beautiful, as always. What went in to the finish and getting it to shine like that?
Thanks! I used just a cheap fast drying spray on varnish. I do the last piece of ring chasing and final tillering with a card scraper, that leaves a pretty good finish. I do some final hand sanding with 240 grid but that only takes me 5 to 10 minutes or so
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Ha wow then I'm doing something wrong with my cheap spray on varnishes! I never manage to get a reflective surface without a good amount of elbow grease, no matter how nice a surface the wood is before I spray it.
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Ha wow then I'm doing something wrong with my cheap spray on varnishes! I never manage to get a reflective surface without a good amount of elbow grease, no matter how nice a surface the wood is before I spray it.
What I forgot to mention is that this bow is fumed. I notice when fuming a bow it somehow gets a smoother finish. I had this with fumed osage, mulberry, black locust and white oak. I do not have an explanation for this but it really comes out smoother somehow
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Man that is a beauty, in all aspects. Very nice work. :)
Pappy
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Man that is a beauty, in all aspects. Very nice work. :)
Pappy
Thanks a lot!
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Well-earned bom! Proficiat!!
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Congratulations on the BOM Leonwood. I gotta admit I was routing for Dbar and his Feather backed entry. If you've ever seen one and seen his work it's top shelf amazing. I knew this bow was going to be some stiff competition though. Well done sir and I know this bow means a lot to you.
Bjrogg
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Thanks to anyone voting for my bow! It was a really good one with great entries so like Bjrogg said it really means a lot to me!
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Well deserved bow of the month.