Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simk on August 14, 2018, 08:03:45 am
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Hi Folks
May I present you another little bow?
Rowan
61,5" ntn
385 g
feels like 45# @ 28"
finished with 4 coats of pure elderberry juice - oil - shellac
Thanks to all of you guys for posting all these inspiring bows and thanks also for all the good advice - i'm learning a lot with you. E.g. bought a cool steaming device and did a nice caul for hooks (-; one broke and was patched with a piece of yew...
Cheers
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FD ;D
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Very well done.. tiller looks great
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Like that you used the berries to color with ,your bows are turning out nicely.
what was the diameter of the wood when cut?
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Looks good. Do you have any idea whether the color will fade?
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I like that bend simk. Nice color too.
Bjrogg
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Very nice! The tiller looks great. I bet it throws an arrow with that profile.
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That's awesome! I really like the elderberry juice dye.
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That are great looking profiles on that stick (my hats off!), the elderberry stain is a bit heavy colored - but I'm sure the sun will do a good job. But nice idea to do with a natural material.
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hi Simk, very nice profiles. Elderberry is a good bow Wood!
well done
Hans
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Berry nice! ;D
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Hi Folks
Thanx for those berry nice compliments - they mean a lot to me!
It was last year, when I read somewhere, that the color of elderberry should be rather lightfast. At the same time my wife cooked this delicious elderberry jelly - On the quiet I sneaked to the kitchen, grabbed a pint and deep freezed it...until now :BB We will see how it develops...
omh2, my rowan staves usually have 3 - 5" in diameter - I think they are difficult to split and therefore use the bandsaw. Divide them in two if they are 4 or more or then rough out the smaller ones. good sealing is also required for not cracking.
DC: I've no idea, just read something. Surplus my wife said that she had no chance to wash out clothes with elderberry stain 8)
Simson: I actually aimed for a darker color, almost black, especially the back, not so girlysh ;D [off course, wood structure would probably be better visible with a lighter colouring]
Hans: I will try to cut some the upcoming winter - still straight and long is hard to find.
Cheers
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Very nice! I personally love the color and hope it doesn't fade much on you over time!!
And, of course, the shape of the bow is great as well.
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Sweet job with the tiller on that one. :OK
I stained a bow with beet juice once and the color was similar. Yours is better though. ;)
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Great looking tiller! Like the color. Mike
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Very nice looking bow, well done
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Sweet bow with great tiller! Please let us know how the color develops in the next year because I like the berry idea
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Outstanding tiller! Nicely done. Jawge
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Thanx again for your nice words. Yes Leonwood, I will do an update next year about the development of the colouring...
Cheers from Switzerland!
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I am liking that bow. Inventive and love the color.
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your mother was a hamster, and your father smellt of. . . oh, wait--very nice bow.
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I really like this bow. Tiller looks great and I think coloring it with the Elderberry juice is thinking outside the box. Good job.
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Great looking bow! I wonder what color mulberries would give, there's a tree across the street that is bearing fruit!
Hawkdancer
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Nice looking bow
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very nice bow. Love the coloring idea
+1 on leon comment. would love to know how the color evolve with time
+1sidewinder Tiller looks great and I think coloring it with the Elderberry juice is thinking outside the box.
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Ok, it's elderberry season again and some people wanted to know how that stain develops...it goes slightly to brown and looks like good rioja-wine now. cheers
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Nice.
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Nice bend!
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Thanks for the update. Nice to see some actual proof on what happens over to time with a stain like that, not just hear-say. Looks good still. I wonder what would make it uneven.....applied heavier in places delays browning? Or something in the wood it self? Thanks for sharing the long term transformation.
Mike
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I like that, it does get better with age!