Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Parnell on February 18, 2010, 09:54:11 pm
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Well this bow is wrapped up. It came out at a hair under 50 lbs. at 27". Originally I planned on it being 67" in length and had to pike it down to keep the weight up to where I wanted. I used the dimensions from the osage flatbow and didn't think about the fades being too long. Oh well, it's my first stave something had to be a little off. I gave it a simple finish and kept it kinda messed up - left some superglue marks on the back which appear and I kinda like 'em. Not the fastest bow I've made but it is a consistent shooter and is very lite in the hand. It is accurate with the arrows I've been making that are coming in at 500 grains so that's what counts. Also, my wife sewed me a simple plains style quiver out of some fabric and I put it together on a piece of bamboo.
Now, I just gotta get my flintknapping going a bit better. Hopefully I'll be learning some things that will kick me into gear this weekend at the Dade City Knapp-In.
Thanks for checkin it out.
Parnell
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Great bow. I like your finish technique. Great quiver too.
Tell
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Everything looks good right down to the slippers.
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Looks cool I like it.What is hackberry is it a native tree.
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Dems is muh fancy slippers. :D
From what I understand Simple Hunter it grows from Texas through the Southeast. I had ordered this stave.
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Celtis (Hackberry) is a genus of about 60-70 species of deciduous trees widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and southern and central North America, south to central Africa, and South America.
It is one of the 100 most common trees in America and often planted in cities because it has good tolerance for lots of soil and moisture conditions. The tree grows upwards of 80 feet tall and two or more feet in diameter.
Common Names: common hackberry, sugarberry, nettletree, beaverwood, northern hackberry.
Habitat: On good bottom-land soils it grows fast and may live to 20 years.
Uses: used in inexpensive furniture where a light-colored wood is desired.
I knew that Forestry education 40 years ago would come in handy sometime!!
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Did you get that stave from Dan Putz? VERY nice bow. I may have to get a hackberry stave and see what I can do, hope mine is half as nice as yours.
PD
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In S. Texas, Hackberry (mostly Sugarberry) grows along fence lines and on creek/River bottoms. It's a native and my favorite bow wood. Strong, light, tough, easy to work with and Very snappy. Tom
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Nice work,good looking bow. :)
Pappy
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Bow looks good as do da slippers :D No hackberry grows up here in da North but I have a stave in my hoard :)
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Got your hackberry bow all bookmarked for Feb Self BOM. Nice Job.
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Good job on that bow.With your new outfit,you look like your ready to hit the woods. ;) God Bless
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cool bow parnell! :) -josh
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That came out pretty nice for your first attempt at a Stave... ;D
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Thanks guys. I got this stave from Pine Hollow. It was a very nice piece of wood with a little reflex.
Hackberry is definitely some great stuff. Not to mention it smells exactly like buttered popcorn when you're working it. It's crazy.
I'd definitely like to do another after doing this one.
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That bow came out really nice. I like the finish on it also. I'm glad to see it stayed close to the weight you were after. I'd like to torch some more of that hackberry, too.It smelled good. :) And the slippers are cute, I thought they were Frog Togs. ;)