Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on November 14, 2016, 10:26:48 am
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I have been working on the bow for the guy who is to appear in the Alone show and have it pretty well done, he wants to apply the finish on the bow himself. The bow is a Maple backed Yew recurve D bow. I started out with a 5/8" thick by 1.5" wide, 63" long Yew slat, some excellent wood that Ryan (Wizardgoat) sent me. I steam bent the recurves in then glued a 1/8" thick Maple backing reflexing the bow to give it 4.5" reflex off the form. Now Richard has a loooong draw of 31" which is pushing it a bit for a 63" bow. I tillered the bow out to just under 60# @ 31". Here's a couple pictures
(http://i.imgur.com/MQ6M7Iu.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/h1Zff1Y.jpg)
I took the bow out this morning and shot it few times. He is not going to be disappointed with the performance, it is blazingly fast
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Woo, great work as usual :)
Gotta love a Yew belly.
Del
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What is Alone?
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Easy carrying, light weight bow. Nice tiller, Marc.
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Great bend Mark, though if it was mine i would have went a little longer as it is a survival situation and would rather have a few more inches for longevity. But I'm sure that's what he wanted
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Nicely done. Did you chrono it?
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Very nice Marc, you always give me something to shoot for :D. What kind of wood is the arrow? ;) ;)
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I like it! Josh
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Great looking bow Marc. I'm happy you could find a use for that wood
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Maybe this season someone will try to put one to use. I know that in the beginning net fishing and trapping are the right strategies but I see these folks get into the later stage where they have a routine worked out and their getting bored and getting tired of fish etc, that's when these folks need to take their bow and go hunting, I've seen them bring them in their gear but never use them even when they reach the appropriate stage. Well enough of that rant, lol, very nice bow there Marc!
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That is a beautiful bend as always Marc, your bends really are perfect. I really kinda like that Alone show. They have some interesting people on there. I sure hope we get to see Richard get something with it. Really nice bow.
Bjrogg
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Gray bow Marc. Hope to get to see it on the show
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whew, I bet it does have some nice cast,, with that profile and power stroke,, if you have a chance to shoot it through the chrono,, please post,, thanks B
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It looks good
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Thanks guys.
After tillering and shooting it she still maintains 3 1/2" of reflex right after taking the string off. The handle works a bit which certainly helps with the long draw.
Chronographing the bow is not important.
The arrow is camo wood ::)
One can always find a use for good Yew and that is top grade wood :)
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Beautiful bend as usual, Marc. The recipient is one lucky guy.
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It's always a pleasure to see your work. :)
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It's a beauty, Marc. Congratulations. Jawge
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Good looking bow Marc.Nice work.I like the show Alone too.
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Nice one! Was recently thinking about yew backed with maple. First two seasons of Alone were filmed a couple hours away from me on Northern Vancouver Island. Looked like a fun camping trip to me lol😝
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that's cool, I like that show a lot, and the bow looks great! I'm guessing this bow is destined for a participant in season 3 right? They are supposed to be in Patagonia or something like that, might be some hunting there.
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Yes if I was younger I would just enjoy such an adventure, I kind of like being alone anyway :).
I don't think he will be in the upcoming season.
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Beautiful work, that should serve him well on his adventure. :)
Pappy
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Nice.
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that's cool... I'll have to watch the show just to see your bow. ;D
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Awesome bow long draw very cool !
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Good looking bow, Marc, hope he finds something to stick with it. Do you think he'll shoot carbons?
That's one of the shows I'd like to do, myself.
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Thanks guys
He wants to use shoot arrows so I'm sending him a couple dozen Meadowsweet shoots
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That bow is crazy nice Mark!
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ive wondered how this works for t.v. shows. how do they get around hunting laws for tv purposes? if you guy nails a buck out of season what happens?
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that's cool, I like that show a lot, and the bow looks great! I'm guessing this bow is destined for a participant in season 3 right? They are supposed to be in Patagonia or something like that, might be some hunting there.
Season 3 is done being filmed. Depending on when he delivered the bow.
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I think Marc said he wouldn't be on season 3. I think season 3 begins this Thursday or something like that. It should be set up to record at my house. Once again beautiful bend on that bow Marc.
Bjrogg
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Thanks guys. I have no idea how they get around the regulations, must have some kind of agreement with the government
It's for sure he is not in this season