Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bjrogg on April 17, 2018, 05:19:41 pm

Title: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 17, 2018, 05:19:41 pm

This is a side split off a stave I got from Frank at Marshall. He had what was left after everyone picked them over and was tired of hauling them back and fourth to meets. He said they were all at least 25 years old. He gave them to me for a steak dinner on my grill and a Cold barley pop. They looked pretty challenging but I got a nice adult bow from this stave and this one from the side split. The stave had several inches of a ring chased and I just continued chasing that ring. It's much darker where it was exposed for all the years. I've still got several more challenging staves and it amazing working with this old wood.
I call this one old -n- young because of the old Osage stave and that it is made for a young child. It's 11 lbs at 15" but you can take it back considerably more. I think these bows are great fun to shoot for both old and young and they sure make this old fart feel young again. Just old Osage and ebony tip overlays. FF string 3 coats of tru oil and looks like I'm gonna have to make some more arrows.
Hope you like it thanks for looking
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 17, 2018, 05:22:30 pm

Some more
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: JW_Halverson on April 17, 2018, 05:28:26 pm

Ha! Well, if that is all you got, I guess it will have to be enough!  Good thing you wrung all the good outa that lil bit of wood, she outa dance a good long time with ya. Nice work, feller!

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: rps3 on April 17, 2018, 05:46:40 pm

Nice little bow. What lucky youngster is going to be shooting it?

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: BowEd on April 17, 2018, 05:48:40 pm

Sweet looking bend on that little shooter BJ.Nice work!

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Stixnstones on April 17, 2018, 06:15:35 pm

Awesome! Great lil stik

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 17, 2018, 06:46:26 pm

Thanks JW
rps3 I still not sure. I have been wanting to make one for our 4-H group. We have a very young group with zero Archery experience and I'd love to do something about that.
Thanks Ed. I still am amazed at this Osage and really like working with it. It's just so different than HHB
Thanks Stixnstones.
Thanks for looking everyone
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 17, 2018, 06:52:24 pm

That's special! Great tiller. Jawge

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: upstatenybowyer on April 17, 2018, 07:38:46 pm

All the kids in the neighborhood are gonna want one of those! I really love those tips.  8)

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 17, 2018, 07:45:24 pm

Thanks Jawge
Thanks Jeff, yah those tips are pretty small was hard to hold those ebony overlays while I was working on them. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to keep string on but they seem to work fine.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Carl Galvin on April 17, 2018, 09:19:40 pm

Wow, nice little bow.

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 17, 2018, 10:22:11 pm

Nice little bow!  Looks like it has some character!  The kids will enjoy that!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Knoll on April 17, 2018, 11:41:28 pm

Love it, man.     :OK

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Del the cat on April 18, 2018, 02:45:37 am

Nice :)  :BB
Del

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Will B on April 18, 2018, 06:05:30 am

Thats a cool bow!  Nice job!

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: ksnow on April 18, 2018, 06:16:28 am

Great job BJ. You sure know how to use all of the wood. Good on you for helping the kids. Gotta start 'em young. Before they find girls and cars.

Kyle

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Pappy on April 18, 2018, 07:09:38 am

Nice work BJ.
 Pappy

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 18, 2018, 07:27:12 am

Thanks Carl
Thanks Jerry it had more character than I'm use to working with. The worst was a huge horizontal limb about 6 rings down. It was a real roller coaster but just amazing how a person can manipulate this Osage. Especially when it's this thin.
Thanks Mike, Dell and Will
Kyle I kinda think the girls outnumber the boys in our 4-H group but it's close. Funny when I was their age girls had coties. Now they work and play together pretty good. Must have found a vaccine for that.
Thanks Pappy
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Parnell on April 18, 2018, 07:31:25 am

That's a great looking little bow!  The tiller is very nice, also.  Nice one.

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 18, 2018, 07:54:48 am

Thanks Steve
This is picture of where the side split came from. The wood had to come off anyway.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: BowEd on April 18, 2018, 08:26:56 am

BJ....I know it might be a bit early to know for sure but do you think those osage you planted are making it?

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 18, 2018, 08:35:33 am

Ed I haven't looked at them since early winter, but I have every reason to think they did. PNewton gave me several Osage apples that I have in water and will mush up making a solution to plant in a seed trench. He lives fairly close to me and said that how he planted his about fifteen years ago and now they are big enough he's getting fruit. I'll let you know no leaves on any trees here yet.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Aaron H on April 18, 2018, 09:02:31 am

Nice work bj

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: mullet on April 18, 2018, 09:45:42 am

Nice, little bow, Brian. You nailed the Tiller. That bow could be a fun rabbit thumper.

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: wooddamon1 on April 18, 2018, 12:00:41 pm

Sweet, looks cool.

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 18, 2018, 03:31:16 pm

Neat little bow, BJ. You got it well over 15" in that pic, Id say its safe for a kid :)

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 18, 2018, 04:52:41 pm

Thanks Aaron
Thanks Eddie I'm thinking the same thing about the wabbits
Thanks wooddamon1
Thanks Chris I'd say it's closer to 20" in the picture and I held it there long enough to take three pictures. It still has nice cast at 15" which seems closer to the young ones draw length. Still going to need some adult supervision though.
Thanks everyone for looking
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Badger on April 18, 2018, 09:11:56 pm

  Both are good looking bows

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Redhand on April 18, 2018, 09:48:40 pm

Great job on those bows!

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: Springbuck on April 18, 2018, 10:24:20 pm

  nice work!

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on April 19, 2018, 05:19:27 am

Thanks Badger. I finished sanding the other bow last night and put a coat of tru oil on it. I've been hoping the weather would get nicer to get some bows photographed, but that hasn't happened yet.

Thanks Redhand. I really wasn't sure I'd get anything out of this stave. After looking really hard I thought I might see two. This Osage is amazing stuff. I think the second one I'm going to call "Walking Stick" cause Frank told me there might not be a bow in there but it'll make a nice walking stick.

Thanks springbuck
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Old -n- young
Post by: bjrogg on June 13, 2018, 05:27:53 am

Going to bump this one for Matt.
Bjrogg