Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jcougar on May 17, 2007, 10:06:48 pm
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Here's my latest creaton. It's hard maple(either black or sugar), 65" ntn, 1 11/16" at the fades tapering to 1/2" nocks. I heat treated about 4" of reflex into. Immediately after unstinging, it sits at about 3/4" of reflex. After a few hours it settles at about 1 1/2" of reflex. Draw weight is 55# @ 28". Needless to say, this one was inspired by the magnificent vine maple bows that Gordon has been building!
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nice looking bow there. like the fact that you kept it simple. cool looking handle as well.
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Thanks.
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That is a beautiful bow with a beautiful tiller. Jawge
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Awesome bow, I love it. I especially love Hard Maple, carried a maple stick all last deer season. Honestly one of the best woods I have ever used.
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nice bow. I llike the handle wrap. gooooooood tiller job as well.
Ron
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Nice Job on that one! I think maple is under rated as bow wood. It definitely makes a nice bow if you get it Dry enough...
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Nice looking bow there. You sure have been turning out a lot of sharp bows lately. Justin
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Beautiful bow!! maple is a great bow wood. Steve
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Dude!!!!!!!!
Yer on Fire lately!!!!!!
Another fine bow,that you can be proud of.
Congrats.
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That turns out great! Very fine work and a fine tiller :)
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Sweet looking bow,love the grip. :)
Pappy
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Really a great looking bow holding a good amount of reflex too! Tiller looks superb! ;D
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That's just about a perfect looking flatbow, don't see how it could get much better. Fine work.
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Very nice smooth looking bow .
Sean
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Wow! Thanks! This was my first hard maple bow, and its not going to be my last. I think I have thre or four mores staves from the same tree. I used maple because I thought it would be better for my humid climate than hickory.
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Admirable work, there, jc. Bookmarked, too, for May Self Bow of the Month
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Great looking bow. I'll never look at a maple tree the same way again.
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Very nice bow, J. I have not yet tried hard maple but I have heard good things about it for self bows. It also makes good backing strips for wood that is weaker in compression. Pat
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Smashingly successful. Made me get out the Norway maple stave I've been drying and layout a line on it.
Dave
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Excellent bow, I like that you got it to work with a fairly skinny limb profile. Bows just look better when they aren't so wide in the limbs.
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excellent. maple is definetly underused. it makes a great bow.
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Absolutely gorgeous! Nice outline, good weight, perfect tiller, and nice handle wrap. That is an all around good looking bow!
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Oh wow. I just got back from my trip, opened up my browser and saw this gem. She's a beauty!
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Everybody already said what I was thinkin so i will just say way to go man.
DanaM
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Thanks again, everyone. Did I mention that it is wicked fast? I'll be starting another one real soon. Maybe a little longer and narrower!
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Dave(Snedecker), I have a piece of Norway Maple that Hillbilly gave me. Let me know how it works. Pat
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Pat isn't Norway maple soft maple? I'm sure it would make a bow but maybe a little wider etc
That is if its soft maple.
Dana
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Norway is one of the hard maples, I think it has very similar properties to sugar maple. I remember a nice norway maple bow that Don (Oldbow) made a few years back.
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Beautiful bow.
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I like that handle too. I'm having trouble with my "wrapped" leather handle coming loose. Is the leather just held on by the wrapping, or is it glued as well?
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It's glued with Duco, then wrapped. The wrapping is just a decoration.