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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Fox on February 23, 2021, 04:53:48 pm

Title: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 23, 2021, 04:53:48 pm
I thought id't be fun if everyone posted there best or just there favorite bow and maybe a tiny bit about it like bow length, draw weight, and length. Or any other things your proud about it or cool materials you used ! :)


my best bow I mad was for a friend. its hickory, 59" long bends threw the handle which is wrapped with sweet cherry bark, and built up arrow rest and handle with leather, and has osage tip overlays. I also lightly burned hickory leaves in, by the handle and tips. It draws 35@26" ( youve seen this bow before, I made it last summer)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087851322_b08456b760_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jj6kau)102717 (https://flic.kr/p/2jj6kau) by Livvydog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141458655@N02/), on Flickr
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Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: bradsmith2010 on February 23, 2021, 05:49:56 pm
very nice congrats on that one,, :) I take a pic of mine, its old an beat up,, not very pretty,,
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 23, 2021, 10:59:32 pm
Thanks brad!.... and I think old beaten up tools are always the best kind, same fore bows  :)

also if anyone doesn't want to post pics cause its a pain just tell everyone about the bow  :)
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Selfbowman on February 23, 2021, 11:04:46 pm
This use to be . Shot 239 yds.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: aznboi3644 on February 24, 2021, 12:36:18 am
Back in 2010 when I first started bow making I had no access to any wood other than red oak lumber. A guy on here graciously sent me a small 57” long 1.5” wide 7/16” hickory board.  I gave it my all and made my first hunting weight bow with that board.  A bendy handle pyramid.  I shot the crap out of it. The humid summer here and it having no finished causes it to take 2.75” of set.  I drew 45lb @ 26”

Last year I picked it up again and heat treated it in reflex and retillered it to my natural short 23-24 draw. It now draws 45lb @ 24” and unstrung is dead flat and after resting has 3/4” of reflex.  It’s my go to shooter.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Yooper Bowyer on February 24, 2021, 09:29:22 am
What is your record Arvin? Was that bow a flight shooter?  Pity it broke.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Selfbowman on February 24, 2021, 10:51:55 am
That was my record bow. I was doing a stretch test on it when it blew at 28”. Ya that sucked.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: RyanY on February 24, 2021, 01:36:27 pm
I feel like with almost every new bow I get closer to achieving what I had in my mind when I started the build. This is the bow I always go back to when thinking about past bows. It was a hickory ambush bow I made trying to reignite the ambush bow trend. Felt like I really nailed the symmetry and tiller. The piece of wood was phenomenal with about 3 growth rings in the limbs. I ended up offering this one up for the raffle table at the TN Classic. An older woman won it and I always wonder what others would have thought of it.

Hickory, 58" ntn and 55#@28" after a 100 shot session. 4" handle with 1" fades, 2" wide at the fades with a convex taper to 3/8" nocks. Bloodwood and hickory overlays... after 500 shots it retains over 2" of reflex and after a 100 shot session it'll have 1" of reflex after unstringing, very quickly going back to those 2 inches.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Pat B on February 24, 2021, 01:47:03 pm
Very nice tiller on that bow, Doc and the knit cap really set it all off.  :OK
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 24, 2021, 02:54:43 pm
That is sweet Ryan .... really sweet. How much reflex did you start with?
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: RyanY on February 24, 2021, 03:04:57 pm
Thanks guys. I can't remember how much. I think it was definitely over 3". Looking at the tiller now I think it could have tolerated a bit more bend near the fades which would have helped string angle as it was stacking a bit but probably also would have held less reflex overall.
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Post by: Zugul on February 24, 2021, 05:10:18 pm
absolutely fenomenal bow, I really like it's look
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: M2A on February 24, 2021, 09:46:07 pm
My favorite bow always seems to be the one im working on at the time. Got a few awesome bows from swaps which is a great honor. But here's one I made for myself that turned out better than expected. 62"ntn  54 lb hickory. Used all natural stains and paints. A fun bow to shoot.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49627831023_53b531c51d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBrBa2)IMG_3447 (2) (https://flic.kr/p/2iBrBa2) by Mike Allridge (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158435722@N02/), on Flickr
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Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 24, 2021, 09:58:35 pm
You make some of my favorite bows I’ve ever seen m2a..... I love the scallops ? (That’s what there called right?) and the simplicity. What stain/ paint did you use? I’m always looking for natural stains and paints.
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: M2A on February 24, 2021, 10:13:29 pm
Thanks Fox. Yes that's what they are called. Walnut hulls, dried bloodroot root are the main colors I use for most everything. They work well on white woods but blood root does not show up so good on locust or Osage. I have a piece of hickory 3 inches short of F/D right now. Hope to finish it up and shoot it in within the next 2 weeks. Maybe I can show process of the stains on a post here. Its simple.       
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 24, 2021, 10:46:46 pm
Ah bloodroot.... I’ve been told about that one before. I’ve got it around I’ll have to try it out... I’ve made some walnut stain but it’s never very dark.. I’d love to see your process!
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: PaSteve on February 25, 2021, 12:51:45 pm
This is go to for hunting. It's got the perfect amount of character and the wiggle above the handle makes it almost center shot. Fumed osage 50#@26".
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: PaSteve on February 25, 2021, 12:53:17 pm
Another pic that shows the wiggle
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Fox on February 26, 2021, 12:50:09 am
Love it  :)
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Yooper Bowyer on February 27, 2021, 12:08:12 pm
That's a very nice bow; it makes me wish I had osage here.

Warbird's Wing is my favorite bow so far, we'll see if I can do even better with the sister stave ;D
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,69704.0.html
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: HH~ on February 28, 2021, 11:11:57 am
Every HedgeHunter that's in my grip in the high country, bottom's, or grasslands. Got to shoot where you look and and must hold an arrow on the shelf. As all great selfbows should.

HH~
Title: Re: Everyones best/favorite bow!
Post by: Kidder on March 05, 2021, 01:41:01 am
Here is my best and of course favorite bow. Only problem is I didn’t build it! I had it commissioned so to speak when I lived in Iowa from my roommates uncle, circa 2004. I don’t recall his name but I believe he was a professional carpenter and I thought he was an aspiring bowyer. However after spending close to the last year looking at every wooden bow ever posted online it is clear to me that he was truly a master. I recall hearing a few years ago that he was kind of surprised it hadn’t blown up given the large knots, especially near the limb edge. Needless to say I’ve only recently learned to appreciate what is clearly a masterpiece. It’s a pyramid style, 5 curve, Osage self bow. 60# at 28 inches. And someday I hope to be able to build a bow that can bend with this one so to speak.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51005261942_0ac7142186_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kHainY)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2kHainY) by B Kidd (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192182575@N03/), on Flickr
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