Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bjrogg on March 03, 2020, 07:15:09 pm
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It’s that time of year again. Time to cook that sap down into Maple Syrup. A good neighbor has given me several nice HHB trees over the years. I decided to make him a bow last spring. I finally finished it up tonight. Just in time cause the sap is running.
I went with a Maple leaf theme. I really dug my airbrush out for this bow. I wanted to do something a little different. I put seven layers of maple leafs down with a different color wood stain each time and a couple coats of spray poly to seal each layer. I gotta admit there was a lot of times I was really wondering if I could somehow strip it all back off. I like how it turned out though. I gave it a good rub down with 0000 steel wool to knock the shine off and give it a worn used look.
I put a buckskin leather wrap on and cut out six maple leafs from two different colored buckskins. I used “beads” I made from river cane and to space out the maple leafs I threaded on the tag strings from the handle wraps.
Water Buffalo horn tips
HHB
64” ttt
40@27”
I’ll try to profiles tomorrow
Bjrogg
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2 more for now
Bjrogg
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That is a nice looking bow. I bet those maple leaves were time consuming.
Full draw pick still coming? (--)
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That is a nice looking bow. I bet those maple leaves were time consuming.
Full draw pick still coming? (--)
Yes Swampman it took awhile.
Yes the profile pictures will be coming. Hopefully tomorrow
Bjrogg
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Very very nice BJ.
Moving purty close to center. Bet you can shoot that ST8up?
Shawn~
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Very very nice BJ.
Moving purty close to center. Bet you can shoot that ST8up?
Shawn~
Yes Shawn this one is really close to center shot. Last night I shot a bare shaft that would have been to stiff if this had been a wider handle without a arrow pass. It flew perfectly. This one flings a arrow surprisingly well.
Bjrogg
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Here’s the profile pictures
Thanks for looking
Bjrogg
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Man, you’re getting fancy! Great looking bow, and I love the leaves. Gives it a nice camo pattern.
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Looking good BJ. Those maple leaves came out really nice. I bet the recipient will be very pleased to get such a nice bow.
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Real nice! Natural camp pattern. Hopefully, we are several weeks from the sap rising, February was a very cold month on average here. Got too many things going on in too many different directions! Have to make some time for bow work! Nice artwork!
Hawkdancer
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Thanks Jerry. So far March came in like a lamb so your guess is as good as mine what it goes out like. Right now it’s looking like a possibility of a early spring. Of course that’s what it looked like last year at this time to.
Bjrogg
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That's a sweet looking bow you have there BJ !
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Turned out to be a pretty cool camo pattern also
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Thanks Stickbender.
Thanks Paul. I was kinda going for a camouflage pattern with it . I might try something similar in the future but change a few things.
Bjrogg
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There it is! Very nice bend on that one. Nice job.
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Thanks Swampman
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Good looking bow BJ. Nice job on the maple leaves
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Figures I pick this day to get my @#$ back online and the first bow I see is this one. Totally awesome BJ. I've been hard at work out at the taps myself. I love this time of year. -C-
Beautiful bend as always. :)
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Thanks Rob
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Figures I pick this day to get my @#$ back online and the first bow I see is this one. Totally awesome BJ. I've been hard at work out at the taps myself. I love this time of year. -C-
Beautiful bend as always. :)
I was hoping you would see this one Jeff. I was thinking of you to when I tricked this one out.lol. Glad you got to see it. Good Luck with the syrup.
Bjrogg
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Figures I pick this day to get my @#$ back online and the first bow I see is this one. Totally awesome BJ. I've been hard at work out at the taps myself. I love this time of year. -C-
Beautiful bend as always. :)
I was hoping you would see this one Jeff. I was thinking of you to when I tricked this one out.lol. Glad you got to see it. Good Luck with the syrup.
Bjrogg
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Was a beautiful day at Sugar Bush yesterday. I gave my neighbor his bow and everyone had fun shooting it for awhile. (Sorry I didn’t get pictures of that) then Larry gave me a recycling bottle of Maple Syrup and told me when it was empty to return it for a free refill. We took a few pictures and marked a few more Hop Hornbeam trees that I’ll harvest when the sap is flowing in them.
Here’s a few pictures. Hope you enjoy them.
Bjrogg
PS hope your watching Upstate.
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That’s a great looking bow! I like the light handle wrap and the tiller looks great to me. Excellent job!
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Thanks Will. I really like how the handle wrap goes with everything else too. It really makes everything look like it belongs together
Bjrogg
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Wow
The Sugar Shack looks nice in those FB and draw pics.
Great story as well. Hope yer bud likes his arrow spitter!
Shawn~
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Thanks Shawn. He might not look like it in the pictures but I think he was pretty chocked up about it. He’s been watching me right from the start. He Witnessed me break my first selfbow. A ash that had several problems that I learned a lot from. He offered me some of his HHB, even knew it by its real name. He loves his trees and property and I was honored to be allowed to harvest these trees. He often told me I could take more, but I never take more than I can get ready for curing at one time.
He has several helpers that are interested to. One young lady who shot traditional in a league for a few years. She was designated official stringer, unstringer and basically overseer of the bow. She had always used step through but picked up push pull method pretty quickly.
It’s a pretty easy bow to string.
“Sugar Shack” seemed to fit right into her new home at the sugar bush property.
Larry has a cabin he built over 50 years ago. He has added to it over the years. It has a nice tree growing through one section that’s right in the middle of the tiny room. It’s a pretty special place.
Bjrogg
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Cool. What is this tree. Cant see it well on my fone.
HH~
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Cool. What is this tree. Cant see it well on my fone.
HH~
I’m thinking it’s a hemlock if I remember correctly. The cabin pretty much started out as a little fort. It’s had about 3 small additions. It’s completely off the grid. A lot of little treasures and memories in there.
Bjrogg
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Loka like white cedar?
HH~
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Loka like white cedar?
HH~
You know Shawn that’s what I was thinking to. I’ll have to pay more attention next time I’m there. It certainly does look like white cedar. I don’t think I ever looked at it from outside to see what’s out there. I know there are a bunch of Hemlock growing around the cabin, but I really don’t remember exactly what hemlock bark looks like. I seem to remember it being very similar to white cedar.
Bjrogg
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I gotta say this is a good story behind your generous gesture of a very nice bow.It's always good to see people doing what they like to do and getting paid for it.Getting others to come along on the enjoyment too.Most people call that the meaning of happiness.
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Thanks Ed. It’s kinda nice that this piece of HHB found its way back home. Right where it belongs.
I agree with the work at stuff you love and even making some money at it. I’m guessing Larry doesn’t make a lot of money, but he’s rich in other ways. I like to be able to give back especially to someone who doesn’t ask for it and really appreciates it. I remember hearing a very wealthy person interviewed on the radio. I don’t remember his name. I do remember what he said. “ The only money he had that truly made him happy was the money he gave away.” I prefer my wealth to be things other than money and I thank my maker for it often.
I know this bow might not look really primitive with the maple leaf theme, but it’s not supposed to. It’s supposed to be at home and I think it is.
Thanks again everyone for looking
Bjrogg
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Hope it take a goodun near its Stump!
HH~
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The artwork is very pretty but I look at the tiller and it appears you've gone gone the extra mile on this one.. VERY nice!!!
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Nice.
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I know it’s been quite awhile since I first posted this bow, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately.
Bjrogg
It’s the season
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Very cool bow, BJ!
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Thanks wooddammon1. I have a couple favorite ones and this is one of them. Most of my favorites are bows I made to give someone else. Larry has been a good friend and Neighboor and just plain a interesting fella.
I know it’s a old thread, but this time of year always reminds me of it.
Bjrogg
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this is one of the bows that stand out in my memory whenever i think about going out and trying to tap trees! funny how our brains connect totally different things together as if they were the same memory :o ;D
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Great bow BJ and story.
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this is one of the bows that stand out in my memory whenever i think about going out and trying to tap trees! funny how our brains connect totally different things together as if they were the same memory :o ;D
I’m guessing we’ve been doing that for many many moons Russell.
Thanks Arvin. I keep scraping on that Osage you sent me once and awhile. It’s about right for my draw now. Really makes that Cherokee two fletch thump.
Bjrogg
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Cool bow and very nice gesture! The leaves are a nice touch