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Offline african man

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English Long Bow
« on: March 31, 2009, 12:58:29 pm »
ELB  45# @ 28"   71" ntn

Iron wood (olea capensis) backed with hickory ,  wildebees (gnu) tips , bone arrow rest
Made this bow for my Dad ,he's 79 and been shooting all his life. I tried to convince him to take one of my 110# war bows , but he wanted something that was not going to strain him too much ....  ;D











Chris   ;)
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Offline Diligence

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 01:23:51 pm »
great looking bow...and I like that fletching too!
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Offline DanaM

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 02:07:55 pm »
That is very elegant looking, very nicely done :)
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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2009, 02:20:03 pm »
Good looking bow, really like those wildebeest tips, too. I didn't figure hickory would be easy to find in Africa.
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Offline JustAim

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2009, 04:28:12 pm »
Nice lookin' bow! Great job!
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Offline Stonedog

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2009, 05:07:18 pm »
Very nice, my favorite bows are ELBs!
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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2009, 05:11:39 pm »
Sharp looking ELB.  I like the colors in the grain on it.

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2009, 05:20:58 pm »
that's a beautyfull bow Chris! I love it ;)
would you mind sharing some of your warbows in the ewb forum? I love warbows, both making and shooting them :)

Nick
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Offline african man

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2009, 10:43:53 pm »
Thanks Guys   :)

Hillbilly - Hickory is not easy to get here , espesialy bow quality ... !!!!!
I get myn'e from a local wood merchant who deals in rear woods , he gets in maybe every five years and I have to go through hundreds of boards to find maybe one or two that I can use, then I have to wait until his stock is finished before he gets in some more. Just had five bows break on me one after the other due to a bad batch of hickory that I have just bought ...  >:( >:( :'(
Trying to find a local wood that can work but haven't found anything that matches hickory yet

Xris  ;)
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Offline Timo

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2009, 11:37:17 pm »
I'd call that a bit of "class" very nice job. Tiller is top notch.
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2009, 12:13:54 am »
very,very nice. wonderful gesture

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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2009, 01:27:48 am »
I agree with all of the above. Tiller is stellar. I have got to try an ELB one of these days.   Danny
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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 05:38:31 am »
Beautiful work in all aspects.Very well done,your dad should love it. :)
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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2009, 07:44:22 am »
Beautiful bow. You did a great job on that one. I was wondering if the ironwood grows there or did you have to get it from a supplier. Dean
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Offline african man

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Re: English Long Bow
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2009, 11:43:48 am »
Dean - The Iron wood (Olea capensis .subsp. macrocarpa) grows here and is one of the principal trees of the dry forests around this area, some of the last old wood coastal forests left in this country. They grow up to 120 ft . It is very dense 1.1 - 1.2 sg and is one of the woods I  use to replace Ipe , I want to only use indigenous woods in my bows , but as there is no info on our local woods it is just a matter of tryle and error, but slowly I'm getting there .... ???   I get most of my wood from a merchant , who cuts his own wood and knows what I'm looking for.

Xrix  ;)

 
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