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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: burn em up chuck on December 12, 2008, 01:49:33 pm

Title: walking stick bow?
Post by: burn em up chuck on December 12, 2008, 01:49:33 pm

    this past summer i was involved in alot of bow building projects including the"backpack bow challenge". i believe it was there that i read about some people were building bows that could be used also as a walking stick. a friend of mine ask me to build him a bow to take backpacking and i wanted to make it in such a way that it would be in his hand as much as possible if you know what i mean. ;) ;)he's not a hunter he just wants to play when in the woods.
  a couple of questions; would the cross section be like a warbow?
                                 how or what would you use to protect the bottom bow tip and nock?
                                 would it have to be a "d" bow in profile?
   i don't know his draw length yet just doing some research.

                                                                                        chuck
 

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: Kegan on December 12, 2008, 07:49:55 pm

A D bow is bascially you're waling stick- especially when using a good dense wood like Osage. My current bow, an Osage ELB, is practically square at the handle. Osage can take alot of abuse, and hickory can as well to an extent- but it woulnd't be able to put up with as much bow weight. For your friend, I'm sure any good hardwood, about as tall as he is and tillered circularly, would make a fine walking stick and bow pulling 40# or so.

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: sailordad on December 12, 2008, 07:52:32 pm

as far as tip protection, just get a rubber cover for like a small cane.

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: DanaM on December 12, 2008, 07:53:56 pm

Quote from: sailordad on December 12, 2008, 07:52:32 pm

as far as tip protection, just get a rubber cover for like a small cane.

Made by T..........

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: sailordad on December 12, 2008, 10:59:00 pm

 ;D ;D
roflmao

didnt think of that when i typed it in

dana,thats just funny man

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: Badbill on December 13, 2008, 02:11:40 am

I make cedar canes for friends of mine at our Church and I go to ace hardware and by rubber tips of different sizes to protect the end that touches the ground. If you let that end project a little extra one of the small ones should do the trick.

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: ravenbeak on December 13, 2008, 02:23:47 pm

I named a bow "walkingstick" one time and it broke shortly thereafter, 

so i'd try and come up with another name for it

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: burn em up chuck on December 17, 2008, 12:46:37 am

thanks guys for taking the time. dana nicely done, i didn't get it untill sailordads next post ??? O:)


                                                                           chuck

Title: Re: walking stick bow?
Post by: koan on December 17, 2008, 01:13:04 am

Wow im slow..just got it, only took 5 min of rereading..had to get in a small mindset..not easy.lol....Brian