Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simk on March 20, 2022, 03:27:58 pm
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Hello
I still have some of this totally straight white ash. It's got thick rings and plenty latewood. Only thing to dislike was some setback; also its super tough - you won't get anywhere with your drawknife. Plan once again was to make the perfect bow - lol - of course I once again didn't succed ;D I still like it. Ash really loves the heat treatment. Bow holds 2 1/2" reflex after shooting, returnig to 3 1/2" after resting. Stain is iron chloride and physical weight of the finished bow is 505 gramms.
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thanx for watching
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Beautiful job on that, I bet it would make a good flight bow.
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That’s a nice ash bow Simk. Like everything about it
Bjrogg
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Wow. What’s gorgeous piece of ash! Lol. Seriously nice bow. Nice cures. Nice tiller. Love it all!
Curious though. This iron chloride stain… would it be the same stuff I make to etch my blade perhaps??? Ferric chloride?
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Sweet looking bow bud.
Our ash here has been devastated by that ash bore.I still keep a bunch of really straight grained backings around of it though.
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That is a well executed recurve :)
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Well… that‘s how you have to do it!
Congrats, that is really a very nice Recurve.
It‘s almost a perfect bow ;D
Greetz
Cord
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Excellent bow in every way. Like BowEd stated the ash bore has destroyed most of the ash in my area. Years ago ash was plentiful...not anymore.
Your bows are always very well made and this one is no exception.
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thank you for the kind words :D
Badger: I will maybe chrono it when I find the motivation. It especially will be intersting to see how my new string material does; bought myself some D97 and made a 10 strand string - this a rope man ;D Curious how much speed gets lost in comparison to my usual 8 strands of BCY452x
Superdav: Nut sure if I used the correct term for the stain. lets just call it vinegar-steelwool-stain, you know what I mean ;)
cheers
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Beautiful bow with a superb tiller, as per usual for your work.
How wide are the limbs where the static tips start to curve off straight?
Mark
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Let's see in this way.
If you could achieve perfection every time you'll end with a bunch of bows perfectly equal
The little imperfections make it unique. That's better than perfect in my eye :OK
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Curious though. This iron chloride stain… would it be the same stuff I make to etch my blade perhaps??? Ferric chloride?
Iron acetate
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That's a beauty! I've been wanting to build a bow with a very similar design, but I'm told that a recurve with narrow tips like that is going to give you stability problems. Do you find that to be true, and if so how to you get around it??
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Fine lookin bow all around, nice work
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Looking good. I echo what BowEd said about our ash being devastated. I still have about 8-10 bows worth of ash stave's around and will spread them out so they last a few years.
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Gorgeous recurve in every way!
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thank you all :D
BowEd: take use of these backings then some time - they work great - I did somewhere 10-20 bows with these backings while none fail, a few far from being perfect. I feel they are some a lot softer and stretchier than boo, make a smooth draw and do not overpower a belly. Would like to know how far they can be really pushed...will have to sacrifice a bow maybe for this test.
Glisglis: I know perfection can't be achieved; but thinking about is is a good motivation. making a bow for me always is like a daydream about the perfect bow; when I wake up there's a bow...usually better than the last one but...not perfect :)
rps3: our ash is actually devasteted by a specific fungus, not yet sure if they are all gonna die - but maybe should fill up my reserves - they are cutting the sick trees everywhere right now...their outer rings are all thin and poor before the sound wood starts... :) and after all the elms went with their borer I'm just glad we still have a good amount of yew around here. yesterday was yew spotting... next days will cut some - hard exciting workout - they like them shady gullys and they are like easter eggs...how are the rings?...how thick the sap...?...you never know before :)
ps Mark: limbs are exactly 1" where the red wrapping is...
ps whistling badger: I don't think slim recurves could bring you in trouble but slim working limbs towrads the outers; they of course tend to twist easier. 1" at the base of the tips like this one has usually should't be a problem on a hunting weight bow. it really gets tricky with 3/4". basically its only a matter of tip alignement...slim limbs/long recurves/higher drawweight makes it more tricky and usually needs more tweaking.
cheers
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Nice bow Simk, thats something different with the stain job. Handle colors also contrast very good to that and I like the details with the leatherwork! I totally agree with Heat treating ash she really likes it.
Ive tuned a 10 year old bow from one of my best friends whos very experienced in competitions, Matthias Gering, he was once german campion with this bow. It had once 60lbs now ~50# and set like a fishing rod catching a catfish. I filled compression cracks and gave it a reflex HT with linseed oil - 60lbs still after 500 arrows and of course much lighter. ash likes it. But just like you did here I like to HT ash while building. I do it when Im on brace heigh
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Curious though. This iron chloride stain… would it be the same stuff I make to etch my blade perhaps??? Ferric chloride?
Iron acetate
Thanks Allyn. Is it simple to make? Just vinegar and steel wool?
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Beautiful recurve! Really nice bend on that one. Great job!