Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lehtis on January 21, 2020, 08:15:26 am
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Last winter I glued some laminated staves in my old workshop for future use. Three of them I made to bows immediately to some archery fellows. A couple of weeks ago while shooting in Finnish National Championships a glassfiber longbow shooter expressed his wish to get more traditional bow to try. I promised to help him in this. A minut later he updated his wish to takedown (carriage bow) to ease (air) travels. Last weekend ended to this result for him: A Bamboo-Cumaru-Lemonwood Carriage ELB. Stained with mahogany wood wax before several layers of TruOil. Nocks and arrow strike plate from water buffalo horn and black leather on handle. Dacron string to meet IFAA rules.
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Love these bows. I know they shoot well. Keep them coming!
HH~
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They really shoot ggod and speedy as well.
HH~
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That's a beauty! Great job
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Very nice indeed.
Bjrogg
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Beautiful.
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Great looking bow! those take down sleeves are a lot of work.
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Very nice bow, nice combo, just one question: where can you get take down sleeves in Europe?
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I think I bought them from The Longbow Shop or Flybow (can be found by Google). Not very cheap. I have tried to find metal tubes with proper diameters from some plumber and metal work shops to make my own but w/o success...
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I am going to assume you build the bow, then cut it where you want, then fit the sleeve. Correct?
HH~
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Most people add them to pre-cut billets. The glass /carbon type is likely used more often for a bow which is then cut in two.
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Nice work :)
Del
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Very nice.
Not to be picky but with the stiff handle this would not fall under the ELB description
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Hedgehunter: Iīve done these bows in both ways; a couple from bows already in use and a couple from billets.
Marc: Agreed. TD with metal sleeves propably doesnīt meet modern ELB definition but this configuration (carriage bows) has been in use in England before 1900 and therefore meets IFAA criteria for Historic Bow Class. Perhaps we should call these ELB Stylish bows... and my bows in many cases donīt meet ELBīs width-to-depth-ratio (too flat)... but the spirit is there... Also the purists propably donīt want to see grassfiber (bamboo) as ELB backing either.
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Like it!
Have two t/d sleeves and I try to see as much t/d before I give it another try.
Would love to see a pic where the arrow passes!
Guess the new owner will be very happy!
Thanks for sharing!
B2W
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Looks like hes happy and the bow shoots well.
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Nicely done! Arvin
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Well done, Big Congrats on BOM. John
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Terve Lehtis :)!
I got inspiration from this bow and will try to make something similar. What do You think about bamboo/cumaru/juniper combination? I have no lemonwood. Where did You get lemonwood from?
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Hei, maitus!
I bought lemonwood from Exotic Hardwoods, United Kingdom (England).
I have no personal experience about juniper yet. One stave from Finnish forest waiting for conversion to selfbow some day. I think juniper could work OK if you dont chase too high poundage.
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Ok, thank You! I will try :).