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Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« on: September 26, 2021, 12:32:25 pm »
The local bio junk container from the local community is a never ending resource for staves. Always find the most curious things there. Someone has cut down his thuja hedge. I found a trunk with a lot of branches just on one half side (obvious exposed to the sunlight), the other side was clear (obvious the dark hedge side). Of course I was interested in the spiky side.
The wood was already dry, it is soft, flexible – a bit like juniper. But these little branches are unbelievable hard, just the opposite to the trunk.
The branches are cut away, but I left on the stumps. It looks just too cool. The pics shows it only in portions, in reality it looks like a pocupine.
As the wood is that soft, the tips got a coat from dyed raw hide for nocks.
No handle wrap, as here are also some stumps (position in between the fingers). Arrow pass is at a burnt in mark.
She took more set than I like, thuja isn’t a real bow wood.
Cross section is half circle, back is curved natural and belly is flat, in other words more or less the half of the sapling. No steam, no heat treatment, no heat correction.


dw/dl:   36#/26”
ntn:    65”
bh:    5Ό ”
max. w.:   1⅜ “

reflexn:   -2”

mass:   444 gram

asymmetrical
bendy handle
species: thuja occidentalis




08”:   05,3
10”:   09,0   (+3,7)
12”:   12,4   (+3,4)
14”:   15,7   (+3,3)
16”:   18,7   (+3,0)
18”:   21,7   (+3,0)
20”:   25,1   (+3,4)
22”:   28,6   (+3,5)
24”:   32,3   (+3,7)
26”:   36,1   (+3,8)














































Simon
Bavaria, Germany

Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2021, 12:52:14 pm »
that is cool!  and you've picked a perfect name for it as well...  :OK
Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2021, 01:08:58 pm »
I like it . Sooner, or later you will posting one made from balsa wood. You are quiet the arteest.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2021, 06:45:01 pm »
you can really make a bow out of anything, I'm always impressed by your skill

Offline Will B

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2021, 08:18:42 pm »
Very cool bow!  You always amaze me with your creations.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2021, 08:49:20 pm »
Simply amazing. I gravitate towards using small diameter saplings / trees for my bows the last couple years. I am always super picky in finding the clearest branch free trees I can find. You just inspired me to give one that has branched a shot. Not to that extent though, don’t think I could pull that off lol.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2021, 10:50:03 pm »
Wow.  Porcupine!  I love it.    Such a cool bow
Sticks and stones and other poky stabby things.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2021, 10:41:23 am »
That tiller looks great,  Very interesting bow.
You have a local bio-junk container open to public picking?
« Last Edit: October 03, 2021, 05:39:00 pm by Parnell »
1’—>1’

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2021, 11:31:57 am »
That tiller looks great?  Very interesting bow.
You have a local bio-junk container open to public picking?

So do you think the tiller is not o. k.? Tell me what you think.

Maybe I have named that thing wrong, I mean the container where everybody can through in the cuts from gardening. And yes of course you can pick things out - the community is happy when they don't neeed to recicle.




Thanks everybody for leaving a comment!
Simon
Bavaria, Germany

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2021, 11:54:03 am »
 Very cool! Arvin
Well I'll say!!  Osage is king!!

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2021, 10:48:15 pm »
That tiller looks great?  Very interesting bow.
You have a local bio-junk container open to public picking?

So do you think the tiller is not o. k.? Tell me what you think.

Maybe I have named that thing wrong, I mean the container where everybody can through in the cuts from gardening. And yes of course you can pick things out - the community is happy when they don't neeed to recicle.




Thanks everybody for leaving a comment!

I believe he meant for that ? To be a !. I do the same all the time. It is awesome you have those bio containers at your disposal. They may exist in more urban areas here, but your posts are the first I’ve heard of them. A town close to me has a free brush dump where people can dump trees and limbs but every time I’ve been there the selection quality has been poor.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2021, 01:01:59 pm »
beautiful.thanks for sharing :)

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2021, 10:28:15 am »
Another unique bow from you Simson. Very cool!

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2021, 10:07:28 pm »
Another masterful piece of work. Simply amazing again.

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Re: Thuja longbow with branches on back 36#/26” (No. 130)
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2021, 05:59:38 am »
Thanks a lot guys!
Simon
Bavaria, Germany