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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simk on November 19, 2019, 03:08:08 pm

Title: Little Black Elder
Post by: simk on November 19, 2019, 03:08:08 pm
Whooha, my eldest one did his first bow (with a little help from my side of course). It's for a school-mate's birthday. We dont see many black elders here so I^ll post this one.... very nice, very light but tough wood. Its about 52" and pulls 23#@20".  ;D cheers
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: simk on November 19, 2019, 03:12:26 pm
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Post by: simk on November 19, 2019, 03:13:17 pm
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Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: IrishJay on November 19, 2019, 05:20:03 pm
Very nice looking. Is that hollow a natural part of the stave? Never worked with elder.
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: aznboi3644 on November 20, 2019, 12:26:20 am
Awesome.   I just finished up a little short bow that had a big pithy center I scraped out.  It made a very unique and interesting looking bow
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Pappy on November 20, 2019, 06:23:29 am
Very nice, love to see them youngsters getting into it. :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: simk on November 20, 2019, 08:20:28 am
thanx guys, i will pass on your compliments to the constructor  ;D
IrishJay: Elder has this voluminous pith - its filled with a white soft foam. these staves therefore cry for hld
Pappy: Dad's always love to see them juniors follow their footsteps  ;D but never put any pressure on them juniors
cheers
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Del the cat on November 20, 2019, 09:03:23 am
Tricky to work Elder, but it looks great if it doesn't explode, gotta love the pith channel and the knobbles :)
Del
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Hawkdancer on November 20, 2019, 11:58:00 am
Nice bow!  That will be a special gift!  Just have to be sure to teach his friend to not overdraw!  Good to see the young ones getting into the craft!
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: backtowood B2W on November 23, 2019, 01:07:08 am
Great!!!
tell Lorenz he did a good job. Looking forward to built one with my son too.
So nice to see them getting into it
grüezi
BTW
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: rps3 on November 23, 2019, 05:22:48 pm
Thats awesome, How old is the new bowyer?
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: SLIMBOB on November 24, 2019, 09:04:50 am
Sweet.  Just...sweet!
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: simk on November 24, 2019, 01:08:05 pm
Yeah Del, Elder is always good for a surprise - but if you treat it well you'll be rewarded  - similar to yew, elder is a diva ;D
Thanx Hawkdancer - as long as the bow is longer then the archer overdrawing is difficult  ;D - so its safe for the next two or so years...
Thanx b2w, he's happy with your qualification - looking forward to Kilians debut  ;D
rps3, thanx, he's 7 1/2 y
Thanx slimbob!
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Arrowind on December 01, 2019, 03:31:03 pm
What a sweet little bow!  Nice job!
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: bjrogg on December 02, 2019, 10:34:43 am
That's sweet. Love that your passing it on and looks like a chip off the block. Nicely done. Very interesting bow.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Hamish on December 04, 2019, 05:43:36 pm
Nice bow.
I've never really thought about it before, but your bow has revealed to me the origins of the hollow limb design, due to the pith.
To me the hollow limb design, if you don't have to deal with a large pith seems like too much unnecessary work, for little gain( a great example of a bowyers skill though).
 In your example the hollow limb results from the characteristics of the stave, and is a practical, necessary result.
Title: Re: Little Black Elder
Post by: Knoll on December 05, 2019, 06:50:47 am
Son's friend must be heck of a friend.
Congrats to the young builder!!