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jamie

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hickory/stone
« on: July 22, 2007, 04:10:34 pm »
bout a month ago or more i found a downed hickory that was ripped from the ground by wind shear. it had a long splinter that ran very straight so i grabbed a rock and tore the piece off. here it is . 61" ntn, 50 lb@26, 1 3/8th wide to around 3/4 nocks. natural deflex in handle so i heated it over a fire and put a little reflex in the outer limb of which most i lost but it holds the tips about a 1/2" behind the front of the grip. . used some texas flint as scrapers and made a sinew string. this ones goin huntin. peace





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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2007, 04:25:27 pm »
I like a lot the full draw look ;)
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2007, 09:12:45 pm »
    I like the tiller too,good looking bow Jamie. Now work on the tan ;).
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2007, 10:17:51 pm »
thanks guys. ed the funny thing is i havent worn a shirt in 3 months. must be the scottish blood.lol

heres a couple mor pics



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Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2007, 12:03:27 am »
                    Luvs  'em when ya chops 'em and scrapes 'em and shoots 'em ! ;D.........bob
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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2007, 12:09:45 am »
Cool bow Jamie. Tiller looks great.  Do you think it took the power of the wind that brought down the tree?   Pat
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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2007, 12:21:52 am »
Thems,the kind i like ta see.Is that a side nock,and a pin nock i see?
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2007, 06:34:20 am »
Very cool jamie,you the man.Nice tiller. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2007, 06:45:56 am »
Super primitive bow jamie, tiller looks perfect and with the power of the wind how can miss ;)
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jamie

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2007, 08:01:20 am »
did some shootin with it last night goin through a slew of different arras. definetly prefers heavy but that may be me. i have 2 couch coushions i shoot my stone ponts through. because they are soft i usually penetrate the first and poke the second. this one poke through both with a 615gr obsidian arra. its goin huntin. when the walnuts fall im gonna darken here up a bit.
thanks again folks.

yeah traxx i have one side nock because i got lazy. ;D. i kinda like em too never had a string slip on one.

by the way the kids have been scrapin away on their bows and should be finished up soon. i thought they were gonna have a hard time doin it with stones but they are doin great. they have even shown me a thing or two ive never thought of doin. when they were scrapin the bark off i saw my son spittin on the bow. i asked him what he was doin and he just looked up and said it comes off easier when its wet. i had a grin from ear to ear.  ;D
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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2007, 01:27:38 pm »
Makes me feel good to look at a real primitive bow.  Nice job on the tiller. Nice job on the splinter, too. Would have been a shame if it wound up as a hotdog stick.
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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2007, 01:36:43 pm »
Nice bow Jamie, cool story about spittin on the wood, good moral in that story and true ta boot. Steve
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jamie

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2007, 04:52:14 pm »
steve i just weighed it and its roughly 15oz. aside from the heavy tips how is it possible to get the weight down on a bow like this to conform to your mass formula. on the other hand i have a piece of boo backed maple. very thin boo around .100 on a 1/2" maple slat 1 1/4" wide with a fast taper to 1/2" nocks that isnt even at brace and weighs 13 oz its also 60" long with 2" of reflex.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2007, 03:04:44 am »

dang...wish we had hickory trees laying around like that over here in germany...

nice primitive bow, great tiller!

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Re: hickory/stone
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2007, 06:31:37 am »
Jamie, great bow. I don't doubt you are going to harvest some meat with her.

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