Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on March 18, 2018, 02:09:08 pm
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I like plum a lot, and I had some sinew that my local deer-processer friend gave me so I decided to make a bow out of a short gnarled stave I had laying around. Here's what I came up with. I've shot it quite a bit and it hasn't lost a bit of it's zip. Feel free to let me know what you think. :)
51" ttt
48# at 25"
tanned rat snake over the sinew
cane on the handle
antler on the tips
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Ok I will let you know what I think , I think its awesome 😃
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Nice job! Like the skinny tips. Syrup season over?
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Thats cool!
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Thanks fellas.
Not yet Don, we probably got another couple weeks before the trees start to bud.
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That is really nice. Good bend on that one!
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Yes indeed.Nice lay out of profile.Sweet bend on a bendy handle bow.Held up well for ya.
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I think I like it a lot that's what I think. That is one sweet looking bow Jeff. I bet it shoots great to. Very nice profiles.
Bjrogg
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Great looking short bendy handle! I’ve been seeing several sinew backed bows lately, after seeing this one, I’m thinking I may have to shred some sinew and start another one myself.
Kyle
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Sweet bow upstate, like the skins on that one. Great job!
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Wow cool bow.. Really like those skins on that bow we call those bull snakes down here in Kanetuckee.
DBar
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Your thoughts are never taken for granted guys. :)
Sinew really is amazing stuff. There's just one thin coarse of it under those skins and as soon as I slide the string down the wood just pops right back to where it was. Winter is a great time to use it cause we heat with wood and it gets nice and dry in our living room. Great for curing. (S)
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Upstate,
Man, you turn out a lot of bows! Thing is they are all great. This one though has to be one of my favorites, the wood , the skins, all great. A bow to be envious of.
Steve
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Cool bow. Nice work
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That's just plum purdy. I really like that profile. Got plenty of rat snakes round here, good idea.
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Wow! I love it man.
JW you get any skins like that I sure would love to have one ;)
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Very nice work.
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Nice one!
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Man! That a dandy fine bow:)
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Very nice indeed. Looks like you used some heat on the belly
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Now that is a cool little bow. Love the colors and the braced profile. Looks fast!
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Very nice Jeff, i would like to work some plum some day.
P.S. I have been looking over that Narley osage stave and I think I have a plan of attack.
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Thanks again everyone. It's really fun to shoot these zippy little bows. (SH)
Marc, I did indeed use heat on the belly. I basically tillered until I had an even bend somewhere around 45# at 25", then heated in the reflex and added sinew. After a month or so I retillered to adjust the weight and even out the bend and that was about it. :)
Glad you like her Bob. I can't wait to see what you come up with on that osage stave. I know there's a sweet shooter in it or I wouldn't have sent it to ya. ;)
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That bow is too cool...looks like it's in it's natural environment sitting in that tree. You have some talent.
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Another success bow. Well done upstate. Arvin
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wow thats a nice one,, perfect draw for me too (SH)
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Thanks Ben, Arvin, and Brad. )P(
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Very nice build. Great bend,and beautiful finish work
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Good looking bow.
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Nice bow!
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51" -- Yikes! Every bow you show us screams artistry. The combinations of materials that go into the finished product come together perfectly every time! Wow!!!
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Great looking bow! Nice profile and I really like the skins.
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Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects, love the finish work, outstanding. :)
Pappy
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I really appreciate all of your comments guys. Most of what I can do I've learned from you. :)
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That thing looks pretty cool! Great work
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Love it. Love those bendy shorties. BOM contender there.
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The belly almost looks like a healing would, being all read and shiny. I doubt the wounds inflicted by that bow will ever heal!
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Fantastic, dude! That is a pretty, pretty bow, and looks like a quick shooter.
"Sinew really is amazing stuff. There's just one thin coarse of it under those skins and as soon as I slide the string down the wood just pops right back to where it was."
I agree entirely, esp. on such a short little bow, but I have to put a plug in for the wood. I had treated plum like any whitewood, or chokecherry in the past and had success, but only got to use a few larger pieces. But, recently (while reading some of Badger's posts) I re-considered it. I think plum is amazing! It's just SO freaking elastic. It hates to break, and it hates to take much set.
I like it so much, I am cutting just about anything useable, for any style of bow I can get my hands on. I'm taking little 1" diameter suckers off fruit trees, lumpy / knobby stuff, knotty stuff, stuff with spiral grain, anything. I'm willing to split and splice about any 3' X 3" diameter piece, no matter how it snakes and curves. IT'S FANTASTIC. I can't wrap my head around why it doesn't have a long and stories history as bow wood.
And your bow is gorgeous.
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Gorgeous bow Jeff!
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Thanks so much fellas.
I know what you mean Perkinator. Plum has a really magical quality about it.
I completely agree Springbuck. It's in a class all by itself. The problem is, like you mentioned, it's so tough to find a piece straight and long enough to make a bow out of. It's also not a very common tree, at least around here. I wish you the best of luck in finding a suitable piece(s). Billets may be the most plausible pieces to search for. Glad you like the bow. :)