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Bows / Re: Hickory flatbow
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 08:21:13 pm »
Very nice bow, looks like a shooter to me. ;)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: First go with Black Locust - FINISHED with pics
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 08:19:06 pm »
Beautiful bow, turned out great in all aspects.  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Shoots and Events / Re: 28th Tennessee Classic
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 08:01:24 pm »
Very glad to hear that Clint  :) :) Here is the logo for out buttons this year, pretty cool I think.  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 07:54:46 pm »
Floor about finished, maybe a few more hours but the roughest part done, good way to clean up the mess, fire  :) :) then some back strap and tatters and a very good nights sleep. 2 big jobs out of the way now time to move on to the next thing  :-\ Hope yall had a good one also. Life is Good.  :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Short staves- draw length and draw weight trade off
« Last post by willie on January 11, 2026, 07:54:37 pm »

 
If I wanted to make a replica of one with very similar dimensions, the higher the poundage I make it the shorter the draw length will have to be to prevent it taking loads of set or snapping.


yes, at that width.

consider also that many NA bows were shot at what we would consider today,  a very short drawlength. Perhaps with a pinch  grip on the arrow.

if you want to shoot longer drawlengths, you need to go wider or longer. longer may be best as
wider would neccesitate a redesign of the handle to decrease the width at the arrow pass to something pratical.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 07:51:05 pm »
My girls just taking in all in.  :) 2 of my buddies, one on the left (Brandon) won bow hunter of the year at our white Tail Classic this year and and I have know since he was born,  ;) grown up to be a fine young man,the other (Don) won member of the year for TwinOaks, we always vote on and outstanding member that goes above and beyond to help the club, he is a good one for sure and don't know what I would do without him around, always there whenever or where ever I need help  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 07:43:07 pm »
Part of us got on the wood pile, almost got enough for the year now, all we need is some to spread around the camp ground for the Classic. Also putting a new floor in the shed beside my work shop, it was the first building we got,besides the cabin that was already there, it came off my great grandfathers home place, it was used for a corn crib, we jacked it up and moved it to my farm in 1990, it was original built about 1885 by my great grand father so to say it needed some floor repair is an understatement , needed some new floor Josie and new flooring in about half of it, and some more big rocks for support. The rest of the building is pretty solid. Lots of work but will be well worth it.  :)
 Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on January 11, 2026, 07:29:54 pm »
Very busy weekend, not many pictures, ??? to busy working but got a lot done, seems always a lot of work to do this time of year. We did start off Friday with a little time around the fire and some good deer and stuff  ;) :) stir fry and working on plans for Saturday. :)Got to have a little time around the fire with friends no matter how busy you are.  :) Also a buddy dropped off some goose wings, I clipped them and ready to send off with my Turkey feathers, found a guy that dose a great job for half, what a deal. :) he dose them in about a week , it would take me a month. I got about 1800 Turkey and working on a good stash of goose before I ship them.  :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: What shall I do with this tiny yew stave?
« Last post by stuckinthemud on January 11, 2026, 06:56:02 pm »
I remember being told by a very knowledgeable builder that yew sapwood can be thinned down as little as 2mm and still being ok.  I would start with chasing a ring.  Equally, yew sapwood isn't all that fussy as long as breaks in the sapwood are faired out.  There are definitely bows in there, sort out the sapwood and go from there
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Bows / Re: Short staves- draw length and draw weight trade off
« Last post by sleek on January 11, 2026, 06:54:22 pm »
Based on those dimensions my calculator says it should take  .48 inches of set. But I dont know the actual density of the wood, but I calculated it at .9 for a higher quality considering who made it.
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