Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DanaM on April 05, 2009, 03:01:12 pm
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Here's my first effort at a static recurve, their modest recurves but recurves none the less. Started out as a longer
recurve but the early weight threw me and came in under weight. So I lopped 6" of her and rebent the curves.
Skinned her with some Eastern Timber rattlers I traded from Timo and the stave is from a trade with Tom Sawyer(lennie).
Thanks for the trades guys :) Built this one specifically for my short draw length and never pulled it past 26"
57" NTN and barely 1.25" at the fades, 47#@ 25"
Eastern Timber Rattler skins
Cordage grip and a trimmed seal fur arrow pass
Cow horn tip overlays
Any and all comments welcome :)
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Beautiful Little Bow Dana....I think the Tips look great too.... Thats a fine little Hunter you got there....just over the Michigan Limits and sure to be snappy enough to get you some Meat next Hunting Season..... What did you seal it with??....Looks like True Oil....it's so shiny
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Hey Dana! - very nice bow! Nice arc, nice details!
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VERY well done Dana! The tiller looks great and the tips look nice too.
You done a heck of a job for your first attemt at a recurve. ;)
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Very nice Dana. I bet she's a shooter! Love them curves. Just enough!
Looks like you put the seal skin on with the hair pointing. I always put hair-on rests with the hair pointing forward. ???
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Wow Dana, That is one very fine work of art ;). It's a perfect length for one heck of an ambush bow and would definitely be a head turner anywhere you take it. Love the way you did the tips and the tiller and profile are top notch. Congratulations
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Thanks Mike at 47# its about all my shoulder can take and with the cold damp weather I was working to hold the full draw for a picture. Its sealed with tru-oil and will knock the shine off before hunting season, unless I give it away first ;)
Thanks frank, I tried hard to pay attention to the details and take good pictures :)
Thanks Shannon shouldn't you be out hunting turkeys ;)
Thanks Pat, first time I did a hair on rest, so I pointed the hair down ??? Seems to work :)
Thanks Keenan coming from you that is a compliment indeed :) Sure hope yer back is better now.
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Whoooa! Nice looking bow, Dana. It looks like a zippy little booger. It's hard to fit those big ol' Eastern skins on a bow, the way you did it looks good.
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Dang son that is nice! That bow makes them skins look good! :) Tiller looks swell.
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Bow looks Awesome! Great Job on that one!
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Sweet!!
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Nice looking bow! Like the skins too.
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That bow has really pleasing lines and the tiller looks right on. That's a keeper for sure!
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Nice looking bow. The tips and the skins look great. As well as the tiller. Nice job.
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Good looking bow. I really like the cowhorn tip overlays.
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Great looking bow brother, looks to me like a meat maker for sure... excellent detail work and some big medicine I am sure.. GREAT JOB.. HAWK a/ho
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Great looking bow you've got there, and I'm sure she's a great shooter. Tiller looks great, and again congrats. Ohh and if you're looking to give it away, I'd be more than happy to take that bow off your hands ;D!
Best Regards,
-Ian Mittelberg
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Super nice job, Dana!! Your tiller is perfect. What kind of heat did you use to bend your recurves?
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Tips are beautiful. I like the cow horn. Tiller looks excellent. I think you pulled off the recurves quite nicely. Great job!
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very,very nice looking bow.
chuck
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Very well done Dana,Thats a beauty.Bet it shoots as good as it looks. :)
Pappy
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Im gonna have to try that one out so we can see the poundage at 27 1/2" ;D. Looks like it could handle it just fine :)
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Wow Dana, that's a beauty of a bow! I like it a lot in all regards...topnotch! ;)
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Nicely done! Looks like it will spit an arrow out in a hurry.
Tracy
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Nice job Dana. ;D The tiller looks pretty good and so does the tips. :)
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Thanks for all the nice comments guys :)
adb I just used oil and dry heat to bend the curves
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Very nice looking bow Dana !
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Great looking bow, Dana. Nice job on the tips, too.
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You guys just blow me away on this page. I mean its page after page of perfect tillers, perfect curved ends.
Great looking bow.
What material do you use to terminate the snake skins?
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Really nice Dana. Great job all around.
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That's a pretty little bow Dana. Well done
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Dana, thats a very nice job on that bow, you may find their are days when you appreciate having a 45# bow to shoot. A well made 45# bow like that can handle just about anything you might be hunting. Steve
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Boy howdy Dana - you done that peice of wood justice! Beautiful bow - skins, tips, and tiller!
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That's a fine bow Dana!!I like everything about it.Great job. God Bless
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Looks great Dana, I like the handle, looks comfortable, looks like some big scales on the snakeskin.
VB
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Whats this Tiller looks OK....Tips look OK......what the HEY........Dana.....Just shoot the Piss out of it.....and enjoy it......To heck with this OK crap....I think you nailed it....only thing you could have done better at... is to have gotten your Wife to Model it for You..........so We wouldn't have to look at Your Fugly Mug.......... >:D
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Thanks for the kind words guys, I think I did pretty damn good for my first recurve but other than looking cool
I'm not sure that a static recurve offers any performance advantage over a regular bow ???
Badger with my shoulder problems this is about my max draw weight, not a manly weight by some folks thinking
but its all I manage and just barely at that :'( Could be shooting crossbows in the near future :o
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Why not BOM??
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Why not BOM??
Well Don thats a deep question, lets just say I have issues with the BOM contest, I will PM you with my
concerns no need to start an arguement on here.
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Splendid bow - Looks lke a real whizzer. Nice job
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uh! Dana why not that is a handsome Bow ;)
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Oh And I'm tring to sell Some of my Bows So I can buy one of yours or Keenans Or Pats Or pappy's or Gordons or ETC/...... ;D
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Thanks Burner,
Thanks Phillip, as for buying one of my bows I don't sell them, give them away but not sell and I'm honored that tyou would want one
but from what I see your bows are just as nice as mine and anyone would be proud to own one. Maybe we can discuss a future trade eh
a bow for a bow :)
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Dana I'm selling a couple on ebay, if they dont sell, hmm 8) hey and thanks for the compliment I really don't thinkmy bows are as good as yours though.
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Very nice .... I like .... 8)
Chris ;)
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Thank you Chris :)
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That is one clean, smart looking bow. If it shoots as good as she looks, you'll have lots of venison in the freezer!
I really like the recurve in it...unassuming, yet graceful...nice job!
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Thanks Shadow, I truly appreciate your comments, the bow shoots better than I do so I'm hoping for the best :)
Where abouts in Ontario are you? Anywhere near Sault Ste Marie?
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Hey Dana, I am about a days drive south of the Sault. I live in a very small town called Frankford. It's situated on alongside the Trent River. Frankford is where the ministry of natural resources re-introduced the wild turkey into this area, about 10 years ago, I think.
It was a major success and they have populated and spread quite quickly.Unfortunately, we are not allowed to hunt them in Frankford,( it's retained as breeding ground) we have to go to other areas to hunt them. The only place I know where you can see 30 turkeys in nearly every field and can't even get one!
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Sounds like yer more down toward Port Huron or Detroit, thats a long haul for me. Too bad about the turkeys but ya know that the experts are always right, thats why their the experts eh ::) :P :D
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Maybe my sense of distance is off a bit (O.K ...a lot)
But it's been a long time since I've been through the Sault. I'm about 1.5 hours from the kingston border crossing into New York. I used to attend a re-enactment in New York. I could buy 10 oz. canvas there for 4.50 / yard. It's over 10 bucks a yard (meter) here.
As for the turkeys, I may not be able to hunt them here, but I have harvested some nice feathers.