Congratulations to Badly Bent and Blackhawk for sharing the March Self BOM win!!!!!
Badly Bent's Bow: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,45532.msgHere is what Badly Bent had to say about his bow: Heres some pics of another buckthorn bow I finished last week from one of the staves gifted to me by Cody. Came in at 49# @ 25" and is 56"ntn . It's a fairly sweet shooting bow by my standards, no speed demon but respectable and
smooth drawing and soft in the hand. Pretty straight forward build, typical buckthorn characteristics, knots, cankers, dips, dives, whoop- de doos and twist all worked around with a heat gun and a prayer. Put a couple hundred arrows or more though it the last couple days and its holding up real well. Did something a little different on the handle by building up just the middle 2" with cork to fill the palm, wrapped that in deerskin and trimmed 1" at each end with birch bark. Finish is eight coats tru oil over umber and black rubbed in earth pigments. Tips gently flipped, pin nock at top and diamond nock at bottom. I'm enjoying shooting this one.
Thanks for looking, Greg
Here is what some forum members had to say about this great buckthorn bow:
nice one greg, as always it has your artistic look to it and a pleasure to look at, that cork is some great stuff aint it, bub
I love everything about it and with great tiller too. Pat B
Greg you're making me jealous again. Sweet bow my friend. Jon W
The tiller is as close to ideal as you can get. Very nice Sir! One day I expect to walk into some establishment, see a bow on the wall and know instantly, that's a Badly Bent bow! (Uhmm, no pun intended). Slimbob
The tiller is as close to ideal as you can get. Very nice Sir! One day I expect to walk into some establishment, see a bow on the wall and know instantly, that's a Badly Bent bow! (Uhmm, no pun intended). hrhodes
Blackhawk's Bow: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,45865.0.html
Blackhawk had this to say about his bow: I started this vine maple up at my good friend martys shop at this past years martyjam...I got the stave from steveb(thanks again Steve), and he got the stave from Carson I believe he said... its 64" ntn,56@27",20.4 ounces mass weight,with a hemp wrapped handle with a red string accent wrapped around the hemp...I heat shaped it over pearlys form and didn't really temper it at all...it lost very little of what I heated in(I love tension wood)...it is resting almost at 2 1/2" of reflex...what wood a vine maple be without some character as well...its got a series of reflex and deflex kinks in the upper limb...the bottom has a subtle one as well,and it is also a lil snakey...and both limbs have some prop twist as well....this bow is a sweet bow to shoot...can't feel or hear a thing,and is a hit where you look bow with authority...this ones staying in my collection...might even see me carrying it around at a shoot on a course its so good...I also gave it a nice red n dark two tone dye job....vine maple really pops beautifully with a dye on it...my pics don't do it justice...anyways...here she is n thanks for looking
Here is what some forum members had to say about Blackhawks bow:
Plenty of character to distract the bowyer from watching the tiller process...but you obviously were too dogged in determination to fall for that ruse. Plus your finish enhances the wood without hiding the grain or character, that's a real bonus in my opinion. Looks like a shooter to be proud of, sir! JW
I like everything about that bow. One of the nicest looking bows I've seen here or anywhere else. Excellent!!! Fred Arnold
Sweet bow. I swear, every VM bow i see has a sick dye job on it! Zion
very very cool, nicely done chuck
Love the colors, character, bend and everything... Don
