Congratulations to Josh (Gun Doc) for winning May BOM Self bow with his unbacked erc character bow!!!
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,39045.0.html
Here is what Josh had to say about his build: For some reason or another, I seem to struggle with character staves a lot more than I used to. This one is 69" ntn drawing 45#@28" I'm hoping its fairly close so I don't have to lose any more draw weight. I'm working on some horn nocks for this bow that are whitetail brow tines. I haven't done this much and my first efforts were pretty sorry to say the least. I used Del's how to and it helped a lot. Thanks Del! If any of you elb masters have any suggestions on how to make these better it would be greatly appreciated. As you can see, I haven't filed in the string grooves yet so I can better make adjustments if need be. This one had me a bit nervous. I don't think there's much room for error with this stave so I was definitely needing some other tiller eyes to help me along. I appreciate it. I guess the horn nocks are somewhat acceptable since nobody said hey dummy you screwed them up? If no one pipes up by tomorrow night, I guess I will go ahead and finish em out like I know what I'm doing. Good eye Clint! I almost ran her dry before I noticed the fuel gauge was bottomed out! it wouldn't be the first time I did it either. I gained on it some this weekend while sitting at Memphis. I had to really restrain myself from renting a car and heading to twinoaks for the weekend. Anyway, its not done yet but it's as good as it'll get until I can get home and finish it properly. 69" ntn. 43#@28". Like I said, its not finished, but it is shootable.
Comments from forum members:
Congrats Josh,awesome bow for sure. Very challenging piece of wood and pulled of nicely . Pappy
Thats a great bow for sure, got unique character with a real smooth bend. Well deserved bud. Badly Bent
there is no way thats real?! some kind of photoshop trick! very nice bow bud! must have been a nerve wracking tillering process.. Bryce (Pinecone)
That is truly amazing! The talent on this site..... I would have never seen a bow in that crazy piece of wood, let alone been able to tiller one out of it. Great work. Always enjoy seeing your bows. hrhodes
wow what a good piece of work that is. just beautifull. Ohma2
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