Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Aries on March 06, 2010, 04:27:33 pm
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A lady at my work place wanted an all wood bow she could take to 3D matches and be able to keep up with some of the competition. The problem was she can only pull up to 25-30 lbs before her scapula issues start to give her problems. (she hunts with a crossbow ::)) So this is what i came up with. Its a 53" holme, moso boo on osage and pulls 25# at 24". Started out with 2" or reflex and it has settled to about 1/2" set after shooting it in. I tillered this bow on out to 28" as shown in my full draw pic. JIC someone unknowledgable might happen across the bow in its future. This is prolly where my 1/2" set came from. It is 1/1/4" at fades and tapers to 1" before the lever. the levers are ten inches long and taper from 3/8 to 1/4 in.
When i first shot this bow i was quite surprised by the speed it had. for a 25 lb bow i was able to shoot a 32" carbon shaft with a 200 grain tip at 127 fps through my chrono. I really like this design and am prolly gonna make another one at 40# for my new kayakin bow ;D Ty
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Side effects of using cacti as a back drop may include..... ;D
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Beautiful bow!! Be sure and take those needles out before passing it on ;)
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beautimus!!
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Sure Looks nice to Me....a 40 Pounder would really be a good Blind Bow also....lets see some Pictures when you get Her made.....
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Nice bow! That should inspire more of us to try the Holmegaard style... And I love the natural coloration with simple handle.
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really nice bo. like the holme style
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this is real pretty. also those limbs look incredible
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Not a Holmgård style bow, but still a very beautifully done job.
That's a Møllegabet II design, from 7000 years ago in Denmark. Holmgård bows, from a completely different archaeological dig in a completely different era, do not have the distinctive shoulders that the Møllegabet do.
This is the same style bow that Half-eye makes and carves. See some of those discussions for more details about the difference between Holmgård and Møllegabet designs.
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Not a Holmgård style bow, but still a very beautifully done job.
That's a Møllegabet II design, from 7000 years ago in Denmark. Holmgård bows, from a completely different archaeological dig in a completely different era, do not have the distinctive shoulders that the Møllegabet do.
This is the same style bow that Half-eye makes and carves. See some of those discussions for more details about the difference between Holmgård and Møllegabet designs.
thanks for the correction sir. ill have to do some research i guess ;D.
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Aries...don't feel bad.... :(...... We here at the Primitive Archer Board have been calling them Holmegaard's for as long as I can remember...just recently....when Halfeye started to show them...did they start to call them Mollegabet Bow's
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Whatever. This is one fine bow and I personally bookmarked it for serious considerationfor March Laminate BOM fun.
Bookmarked as a Møllegabet II BBO.
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Whatever. This is one fine bow and I personally bookmarked it for serious considerationfor March Laminate BOM fun.
Bookmarked as a Møllegabet II BBO.
;D Thank you sir. Im honored Ty
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Well deserved!
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What spine weight are those cactus?
Oh, and that is one awesomely cool bow.
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i know squat about holmgard and mollegets. Sweet profile on that bow. nice job.
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What spine weight are those cactus?
Oh, and that is one awesomely cool bow.
spine weight on a cactus?? l im not sure what you mean lol :P
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Hey i have a very noob question i didnt want to open up another thread to ask. Im about to do another bow same style as this one but 57" long... ok question... If im backing a decrowned piece of wood with bamboo does it matter if the belly grain runs off the bow?? Reason being i have sweet dark piece of osage that would take a lot of heating to straighten up worthy enough to be a self bow, but i could decrown it and do a best fit, bamboo thing on it pretty easy.
Ty
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Sweet looking bow you made.
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Nice bow, good job.
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That is gorgeous, a thing of beauty. well done.
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That is a nice bow you made!
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Very nice bow,she should love that. Sweet. :)
Pappy
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Aries, love them osage and boo bows! You did a fine job! She should be happy!
I think that string needs a haircut, though! She might preform a whole lot better.
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Mighty fine lookin bow took plenty of skill to pull that one off.
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Nice bow Aries.I like it.Good job. God Bless
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I like the bow and I have to say I believe its the first laminate Molle I've seen :) And a nice gesture also.
Now for some criticism looking at the full draw it appears to do all its bending in one spot half way between the lever and the fades.
And if thats a 32" arrow in the full draw then I would say your pulling it no more than 25"
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Dana i think you got me on the 25" draw thing :-\. i usually just say my draw length is 28" in general for my longer bows cause i think that is average and i have relatively long arms. and i really didnt have it cranked back all the way cause i was worried bout camera, drawing, and the dog running in front of me lol. Im not sure what the most accurate way to measure my draw length is. which is kinda pitiful for how long I've been making bows lol :P.
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I also see what you mean about the tiller, It looks like i tillered a miniature bow out and then just stuck big ol levers on it ;D
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Looks very nice! I know all about cactus spines in bow handles. ::)
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Ares, I 'm glad ya didn't take offense at my comments but to me its why we post our bows, we get feedback and learn from it.
I'm by no means an expert :P Still have tons to learn just looked to me like more of the working limb needed to work :)
As for the draw length we see it all the time on here, just because ya tillered it to 28" on the tree don't mean yer drawing it 28"
for the camera eh. Anyway congrats on your bow and I'm sure its a shooter eh :)