Non-Primitive Bow Materials

[Shadow Walker]

Sounds cool, where did you get that stone drawknife? Iv'e been looking all over for one. Can't find one at lowe's or Home depot!

[Loki]

In the chronicles and diaries of Lewis and Clark they talk about a native American that had a steel bow apparently made from a wagon hoop.

Indians (Asian) have a rich history of Steel Bows.


This one's a take down!  
http://www.antiqobay.com/product_desc.php?id=322

[Dano]

Cool bow!!
Shadow Walker, I was lying But I know a few knappers that could make me a stone drawknife if I need.

[Shadow Walker]

Yeah, I knew you were kidding, but it would be cool!, however, primitive doesn't neccasarily mean stone age.Metal has been around for a few centuries. I wonder what kind of performance could be expected from that metal bow?

[wolfsire]

Those Indian bows are so cool.  But I don't know what is more interesting, the steel limbs or the loose fiber string.

[Jesse]

I had an antique steel bow. Manufactured in the USA I believe. Traded it to Eddie. After shooting the steel bow the only reason I can see to make one is if your out of wood. not a great performer at all. Looks cool though

[wolfsire]

I had an antique steel bow. Manufactured in the USA I believe. Traded it to Eddie. After shooting the steel bow the only reason I can see to make one is if your out of wood. not a great performer at all. Looks cool though

I suspect that their performance was not meaured by a chronometer.  I have a vague recollection of reading about other advantages, but I certainly cannot attest to them.  It might have just been the social advantage of looks, which I would not discount for a prince, but I think production factors and or durability are more likely.  It definately would not be my first choice for hunting that is for sure. 

[sailordad]

here i bet some of these might perform decent
not primitive,but old none the less

[Shadow Walker]

There's enough steel there to build leaf springs for your truck, or you could cut them up and make some mighty fine spring steel rapier blades!. I like the short recurve to the far right though!

[The Gopher]

thanks for the pic sailor. If anyone's interested, thats at the pope and young museum in chatfield, MN. you can't believe the stuff they have packed in there, it s a great place.

[Dano]

I've got a bow exactly like the one fifth from the left. It's light but a cool little bow. It's called a  Seefab Diana, made in Sweden.

[Jesse]

mine was the second to the left. very slow

[Jesse]

Funny how a thread about non primitive materials turned into showing steel bows I see this getting moved to anything else shortly

[Hillbilly]

Jesse, you know it will switch to food sooner or later.... And the reason that we don't have a twenty-page set of itemized rules resembling a tax booklet or summons for a paternity suit (with bullet points, subparagraphs, sheaves of fine print and 8x10 glossy photographs with notations on the backs) is simply that we don't need them-we like simple stuff, that's why we make wooden bows.  Most members don't need that-we are a wooden bow site, and common sense and reading the general flow of things over a period of time should tell anyone who pays attention pretty much what is acceptable and unacceptable. There are only a couple people I've ever seen in all my years here who wanted to constantly argue and nitpick about the details of the rules instead of talk about archery. (not talking about you Okie-you're definitely not one of them.) It's not like we're going to come to your house and shoot you in the kneecaps if you post a bow backed with a strip of Goodyear Wrangler A/T radial, anyway.

[Josh]

It's not like we're going to come to your house and shoot you in the kneecaps if you post a bow backed with a strip of Goodyear Wrangler A/T radial, anyway.

Hmm... I wonder if used tire will work for a bow backing.... Got my cogs turning with that one Hillbilly!     -josh