Mini-Goliath

[Kegan]

I started this bow last year, but at the time I just had too much trouble tillering it and bringind it down int weight. Well, after claeanign out I found it, tillering it out, and am going to give it to my brother as a birthday gift tomarrow. After Sweetie, he wanted a strong, 75# recurve, but couldn't find where to buy one. He hadn't had much luck with an old, overly-long red oak bow, but "Mini-Goliath here should fix that .

Here are the specs: 60" long, 75# at 25". 2" wide past mid limb tapering to 3/8" nocks. The naturally offset limbs and narrow handle make this bow center shot. He didn't want a grip, but the bow needed a strike plate, so I just glued a strip of leather the whole length of the handle, inadvertantly making it a two handed bow. Gave it a wild walnut stain and a few coats of linseed. This bow is by far my "best" performer, faster than a modern recurve, smooth, hard hitting, and accurate. This helps assure to me that the American Flatbow is a superior design, even if they do take alot of time to make and tiller . Guess Sweetie just has me spoiled

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[a finnish native]

Damn dude! By that much bow building you wont have time for wild partying and girls/women! 
A very nice simple bow. That superior design can be debated. I believe if one makes a good sinew backed bend at the handle bow with the same poundage, it should preform just as well or better. only it should be a Gull wing shaped bow with or without recurves, and also short. something like 50-52" that's what i think.
But then again that is a preference question.

[Kegan]

Damn dude! By that much bow building you wont have time for wild partying and girls/women! 
A very nice simple bow. That superior design can be debated. I believe if one makes a good sinew backed bend at the handle bow with the same poundage, it should preform just as well or better. only it should be a Gull wing shaped bow with or without recurves, and also short. something like 50-52" that's what i think.
But then again that is a preference question.

In terms of selfbows I meant- sinew is magic and changes everything . I think the American flatbow is "better" when you compare them with modern bows- faster, react to spine the same way, etc. But I still prefer D bows over flatbows with seperate limbs. Like Sweetie .

Yeah, I need help . If I don't stop, I'll have enbough bows and arrows to outfit my entire neighborhood three times over . Either I start dating soon, or men in white scrubs are gonna have to take me away and put me in a padded room ;Dlol

[a finnish native]

I agree with you when comparing to modern bows. even though they cast 250 fps they don't have the same kinda power and authority.

[david w.]

thats awesome Kegan your brother will love that. thats a cool bow

[OldBow]

You're doing good on Primitive this month. Self Bow of the Month is coming up on Halloween!  See ya then!

[cowboy]

That's sweet Kegan - brother should love it. I'm gonna have to stop taking off too much wood, mine ALWAY's come out lighter than I'd like.

[Pappy]

Nice bow Kegan,dang you boys must be stout.75LBS.WOO. Nice tiller as usually.
   Pappy

[DanaM]

looks good Kegan but 75# would dislocate my shoulder 

[Kegan]

Thanks guys . My brother is really happy with it. I made some arrows up for him, I just have to finish them up a little later. I should get some pics of them up later this week.

These bows, 75#'ers, don't seem to be much tougher than a 60# sinew backed bow until you shoot it for twenty minutes ! My brother doesn't shoot as often as I do, but he can still get it to 65-70#. Give it a week and he'll be shooting it fine .

I really have a problem. I can't seem to stop building bows. I've got them all over the place and I seem be applying more "bow logic" to everything else in every day life . My friends and family are starting to watch what they say, lest I go off on a rant... or tear apart a door just to get at a straight grained oak board . You know, that tree out the window is pretty straight ...

[a finnish native]

I suffer from the same disease terrible to have it when so young 
Just took the sinew of 9 moose legs today. it's minus 3 centigrade here so it took all day, and I could not/ didn't wanna do it inside because of the mess, so it took all day. I said that it was fun and everybody took a step away from me

[Kegan]

I suffer from the same disease terrible to have it when so young 
Just took the sinew of 9 moose legs today. it's minus 3 centigrade here so it took all day, and I could not/ didn't wanna do it inside because of the mess, so it took all day. I said that it was fun and everybody took a step away from me

It was said before, and will always be said again, there should be warnings on sights and magazines like Primitive Archer that encourgae bowyery. It's a sontagious disease that saps all your time and energy, and messes with your vision, making you see potntial bows and arrows everywhere. Actually, I think all primitive skills are that way ! It starts with finding a plant that makes cordage or picking up a rock for a tool. Then your outside in minus 3 centigrade taking moose sinew . The only solution... spread it to the rest of the world