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Offline half eye

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A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« on: September 17, 2016, 10:34:31 am »
Wanted to trade bows with Turtle so here is my effort. This bow is close copy of the Chippewa bow in the Grayson Collection, with the following differences:
Length is correct, width is slightly more narrow, there are pin knocks and a rawhide grip wrap W/ a buffalo horn arrow rest. The bow is also sinew backed, and has timber Rattler skin to help with long term moisture.

Name and material used:  Tribes known to have snake clans were Ojibwe, Mississauga, Creek, Hopi and Navaho....so the use of the skin is acceptable to this bow. "Midewewe" (mid-ay-way- way) is Chippewa for rattlesnake. I used steel hand tools to shape the bow, but the stain, paint, and bow finish are all natural material. The whitetail sinew and skin is glued with hide glue, the stain is boiled tobacco, and the paint is oxide powders, mixed with fish egg glue. I made a rawhide string but will send the bow with a different one so there will not be the need for constant attention and weather proofing.

The bow is 56" and 55/56# @ 27 inches, and the grip does NOT flex. The snake came from Gutshot and is 1/3 of the original. The buffalo horn piece came from DuBoise, and the back sinew came from Fred Arnold and the rawhide came from Don Burchett ( thank you fellas) The finish I made from spruce pitch, beeswax, rendered deer fat and will send a tin full down with the bow.

There is no full draw....(my dog still aint growed thumbs)....Maybe Mr. Turtle can post one up.

There is a whole lot of pics but figured this crowd wouldn't mind much. If any of ya want more pics of something please advise.
rich

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2016, 10:35:54 am »
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Offline half eye

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Offline Aaron H

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2016, 10:38:53 am »
Wow, that is a very cool set Rich.  Well done

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2016, 10:42:00 am »
forgot one

Offline H Rhodes

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2016, 10:52:09 am »
Very nice!  The picture of that set ought to be on a magazine cover.
Howard
Gautier, Mississippi

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2016, 12:06:57 pm »
Wow Rich....... That is one sweet looking bow. Really looking forward to seeing it in person and I bet it shoots as sweet as it looks.
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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2016, 01:09:29 pm »
wow, that`s great, sir
congrats,   Hans
Hans,      Bavaria, Germany

Offline ---GUTSHOT--->

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2016, 02:04:01 pm »
Rich you have made a nice looking bow for Turtle. I'm sure he will love it. I can't believe that timber rattler has covered 3 bows now. Also like the photo spread. That looks like a nice KY red fox. Great job on making that joker into a quiver.

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2016, 02:04:54 pm »
Beautiful work on a terrific looking bow!
Yeah, I remember when we had a President who didn't wear a tinfoil hat.

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2016, 02:24:18 pm »
Thank you for the nice comments. Turtle I hope you like enough to maybe slide a arrow through a nice fat deer 8) we'll see after ya shoot it......

Mr. Gutshot, that is in fact the red fox cased skin ya sent to me sir....it is a Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) hip style quiver. Glad that you approve of it.

rich

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2016, 02:38:03 pm »
 Rich,
           Outstanding work brother...Really like that you used all natural materials in your build, that is primitive archery sir...The skins, paint, stain and handle wrap look really nice  8) 8) 8) Would love to see some close pictures of the handle and the tips if you have any...Really love all the gear and beautiful pictures...Wow!
                               Don
           
Genesis 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2016, 03:07:35 pm »
Be happy to Don.... Knew I'd forget something.
rich

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2016, 03:20:51 pm »
wicked looking primitive bow!

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Re: A little trade bow called "Midewewe" / sinew, skined, ironwood
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2016, 03:51:45 pm »
Here are some pics of the handle Don. Also one of the two strand twisted rawhide string that was going to be.....

Thanks Stalker

rich