Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: medicinewheel on June 20, 2008, 04:27:20 pm
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hi everybody! - here is the finished bow from my thread
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,2648.0.html
she ended up at 58"@29" after sanding; 72" long and not very bendy in the handle.
had two very scary knots right next to eachother that i left kinda stiff and with some wrapping for safety.
the bow is backed with deer rawhide.
the arrowpass is cowbone.
the nocks are from Watusi cow and i ruined only one set before i got the job accomplished.
tomorrow i'll be delivering the bow to an old friend, and this time it's gonna be hard to give her away!
thanks for watching!
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Very nice job!! The tiller looks very good. I've been itching to rawhide back a yew ELB. Maybe soon.
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Very nice, Frank. She's a beauty!!! Pat
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Nice job, love those horn knocks.
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Beautiful bow Medicinewheel. How did you do the grip?
Keith
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I LIKE THAT BOW!!!!
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Very nice bow. Jawge
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Sweet bow Frank, tiller looks great, especailly for having the knots to deal with, and love the tips. It looks like you left a fair amount of the sapwood on. Can you give the ratio and your performance thoughts?
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Frank....I think you are selling yourself Short on this Tiller on this Bow....I think that you nailed it Son.....I wish I could work with Wood like this...and come out with a Bow that looks this well....my Hat is off to you!! I love it....and whoever it is that you are giving it to....should be one Grateful Person......Nice Job
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interesting exposed beamwork in your shop, too
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What they all said! great job on the horn too.
Phil
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That tiller looks about as good as any I have seen. I would be plenty happy for any bow to come out like that. Steve
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interesting exposed beamwork in your shop, too
yes, it's a 200 years old farmhouse i live in here an hour south of cologne/germany; the room used to be my living room! ......
-....and still is ;D ;D ;D
everybody thanks a lot for the remarks: i'm very pleased with the outcome of this piece of wood, mostly since i cut it before i had ever made a bow!
the tiller is most important so special thanks on the comments about it! i'm always kind of slow to accomplish a bow, and in this case i stepped foreward in 1/2"-steps over a loooong period of time.
my advice if you are insecure tillering a certain a piece of wood: go slooooow!
the sapwood is of irregular thickness all over the bow but it was an unviolated yearring! pictured below is the sapwood next to the upper tip!
it is a low density piece of yew pouched in a cologne park, but performance i'd say is good. sure delivers havier arrows!
the handle came out great: it's two stripes of thin leather wrapped parallel sized and sanded several times than i waxed it same as the wood; looks great and feels very handy
again thanks all,
frank!
ps: putting the horn on is certainly the more difficult job then forming nice tips!! thanks for the warnings beforehand!
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ps:
- i forgot to say: the guy i made the bow for is an old friend that i had not seen for ages; now it seems archery brings us back together again!
yes it's a privilege to make bows, as the havaiian pirate stated!
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Frank, all your bows are a treat to see. This is a beautiful job all the way around.
I'd love to see some shots of your house, too.
Dane
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Fantasic bow. Thanks for posting.
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Super bow, Frank - Isn't Yew a Wonderful Wood! Got you bookmarked for June Self Bow of the Month, too!
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this is all i can mannage to pull out of my mind right now.
WOW, HOLY CRAP. GREAT JOB. :o :o ;)
haha. great job dude. ;D
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Hi, It's nice to see some great work from this side of the pond!!!! ;D
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That's quite a beautyful arc Frank, ...I'm really drawn lately by those simple ELBs
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...I'm really drawn lately by those simple ELBs
thanks manny! ...-and i know exactly what you mean!
thanks everybody else, too! means a lot too me!
picture of braced and unbraced bow here; little bit hard to measure, she has taken bit more then 1.5" of set after shooting her in.
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Nice looking bow Frank ! 8)
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Beautiful bow Frank,you do some fine work. :)
Pappy
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very nice job!
how wide is the bow?
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i always wondered on the horn nock, , at the end of the hook theres a hole drilled. What is it for?
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You do beautiful work Frank. Those horn nocks are exquisite.
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Wow that is a great looking bow Frank. Ill bet it is a smooth shooting bow with tiller that sweet. Justin
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i always wondered on the horn nock, , at the end of the hook theres a hole drilled. What is it for?
you can attach a little thread through the hole and the ear of the string that serves as string keeper!
yes justin, the bow does shoot sweet. personnally i'm really sencitive for handshock and i need to shoot heavy arrows with the bow, but benny didn't mention anything about handshock when he first shot it and he is used to a fiberglass recurve, so i'd say that's okay...
again everybody thank you for the compliments!
frank