Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Bayou Ben on October 15, 2019, 01:56:25 pm
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Here's my trade bow all finished up. This one was a challenge to say the least with the curvy grain and it not wanting to take to heat. In total I believe I had to pull out the caul and heat gun 5 times. The last heat treat seemed to be the ticket as it held pretty well.
My sister is an avid kayak fisherwoman and was kind enough to provide the redfish for the skins. I prepared it according to the various fish fleshing threads.
I hope my victim likes it.
59" ntn, 50 lbs at my victims draw length.
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Love it!!
Big fan of all the wiggles and the look of the reddish skins. I enjoyed watching the build along through the bow trade thread.
Kyle
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Excellent bow, Ben and the tiller looks spot on as does the redfish skin backing. Spot on! ;D
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Ben,
Excellent craftsmanship...The bend and balance is dead nutz! Love all the character and those skins are gorgeous...Really nice build my friend...
Don
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Real eye catcher their. Nice work.
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Beautiful! Love those fish skins. What do you think of live oak as a bow wood? Don't see that one too often.
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Wow Ben that came out super nice. Love the skins, the knarly twists and especially the tiller. Awesome job!
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OH my but I'm a sucker for that kinda bow. Beautiful bend Ben. The skins look great and dang I just really dig the wiggles.
I really should catch up on the bow trade but I haven't had time for more than a quick peek at the site.
Bjrogg
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Seriously nice bow. Well done. My shipping address is …
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she's an absolute stunner! I really like the way those skins came out, I have a few fish skins dried and ready to go so I think I'll put them on my next one. did you pain/stain/dye the wood black under the skins? stunner tiller and profile too, great string angles for a shorter bow.
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Super nice Ben, top notch. The lucky victim of that best not set it down anywhere, those skins would make that bow disappear in the woods :)
Mike
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Those skins made an already stunning bow even better. Great craftsmanship on that live oak Ben.
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Now there is something you don't just see everyday. That is beautiful.
That's something that exemplifies the region of the country. It's too bad that the oak isn't top notch bow wood because that grain sure is pretty.
Well done, for sure.
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That's a beauty.Great job. God Bless
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That's a bunch for the compliments guys.
Halfbow: It took a while for me to get used to it, but once live oak is dried out and given a good heat treat it performed really well. The bow felt snappy and didn't take much set. It's hard to explain but it seems to want to hold onto moisture and its a very stubborn wood. It's in the white oak family but is much denser than any other oak, at .8-1.0 specific gravity.
Rakau: No stain or paint under the skins. I wanted it to blend in as much as possible with the rest of the bow.
Special thanks to Don Burchett as he helped me along with this build. He sure does have an eye for these bendy's.
Here's the side profile that I forgot to include above.
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very nice, love the redfish skins. Similar to, but prettier than common carp for sure.
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Very cool, just as others have said, I too love the curves and the skins.
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Thats exactly what i said it would be Ben ,top shelf for sure ,what i like most is the grain of the wood and the smooth transition of the tip overlays along with the black end wraps.old Half eye is looking down at that and smilling.
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Nice. I don't think I have seen many live oak bows on here. Very well done.
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Ben,
Congrats on your daughter! Your smile in that last pic say's it all...You should be proud buddy...Life is good
Don
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Thanks for the compliments.
Steve, that is a great thought and it brought a smile to my face to read your post. I appreciate it.
Don, you are right. Life is good. If I can get one of these precious little girls to take up archery it will be even better ;D
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Yeah!!!!
Loving the live oak!
(I'm from the Gulf Coast and those are some of my favorite trees! They have so much character! Hard to find a straight stave, but you made do with a challenging one!)
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Killer tiller!,skins are wicked!
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Love this bow!
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That's a beauty Ben. Reminds me of one of BJ's bows. Well done!
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Great bow, Ben! I spend a lot of time in FL, and I wondered about both of those things - live oak as bow wood, and redfish skins for backing. Looks like the answer is yes to both!