Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: AH on February 24, 2014, 09:29:21 pm
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This took me waaay longer than it should have O:)
I got this stave from carson about a year ago. (Thanks, Carson! :laugh:)
It's 78" nock to nock, and about 90 pounds at 29", which makes it...what, 105 at 32? I didn't get to measure it at 32 as my tiller tree blew when measuring it, at the 29" mark...and so the scale broke too. Flew back twenty-odd feet and scared the life out of me. This bow presented me some challenges in a large knot in the bottom limb, as well about an inch of some reflex in the center, which made it just hell to long string tiller. Also the fact that I don't have any fast flight or dyneema...made it hell to string. I could literally feel the dacron stretching as I drew the bow. There was a lot of character in the stave, and really tight, dense yew. This bow also happened to be my first attempt at horn nocks. Finished with tung oil.
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This is about as far as I can pull it without turning something inside out ;D
and that second photo shows how much shorter the dacron string is to compensate for it stretching...i still couldn't get a decent brace height.
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Oh my! Spent a little time rubbing in the finish didja?
Prolly ruined your eyesight, huh? >:D
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You need some FF string. Dacron is just too stretchy for a warbow.
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made with a scrap from roughing out. The mice now have something to fear.
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Oh my! Spent a little time rubbing in the finish didja?
Prolly ruined your eyesight, huh? >:D
Think I kind of went overboard on the coats of tung :P
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I think you did a good job. Very nice! Nice whipping on the arrow too!
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Great bow from a tricky stave.
I like the nocks, you've got 'em nice and slim with a good clean medieval look, don't want 'em too fancy on a warbow.
Del
(I like the exploding tiller story >:D)
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Very impressive amount of set and a real character stave. Good choice making a warbow with it!
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Very nice! Jealous of how little set it took! The tiller looks a bit whip-ended but that tends to give slightly better performance (or so I've heard!)
I reckon you could get that to full draw with relative ease, judging by the fact that you're pulling to your face already. I can't imagine that bow will stack much so work on your posture by leaning into the bow a lot more and sitting into the draw a bit while bringing the elbow higher and you should find you get a lot further.
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Great looking bow - love the nocks, really business-like warbow. Nice one ;)
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I'd love to see this warbow at full draw (minimum 30").
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Nice work, man that's turning me inside out just thinking about it!
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I'd love to see this warbow at full draw (minimum 30").
Working on that right now, I'm at 27 ish inches (I think) but my shoulder feels like a boulder fell on it. :-[
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It seems nice! what string material did you use? Dacron or FF?