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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: half eye on March 16, 2010, 04:55:48 pm
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Here's a bow just finished up. It is obviously an Ottawa, 48 ntn, 48# @ 24 and will draw to 26. The bow is ash. This is a classic pattern and has the addition of a grip wrap and a dyed deer-hair roach on the top limb fineal. The arrows in the photo are 28" to give you a sense of scale for how small the bow is.
Hope you enjoy the pics.
Rich
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i love looking at your bows.
great job as usual!
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Beautiful little bow.
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Really nice, Rich. I hope it brings lots of $$$ for the benefit.
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Very nice, Rich. I love short bows.
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Nice bow Rich!
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Way to go Rich you really do them justice.Why not BOM excellent candidate.
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Very nice, my friend. Glad to see a working version for once ;)
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Thanks for the generous compliments all. Dave, ya kinda know how I feel about that...eh ;D
Rich
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Another beauty Halfeye.Are all your bows built with the grain oriented vertically? Great job. God Bless
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great looking bow
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awesome bow ,been thinking about building one myself ,hope I could do half that good
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Wildman,
There isn't much to them, if you ever want some help....just get ahold of me I can let you know how I do it....dont mean it's right just one way...
Rich
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another beauty Rich. I have now tried to make two of these and they both broke. Maybe because I thought I could draw the second one to 28"? Well I love looking at your pictures. What happened to all that snow?
Tell
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Hey Tell,
Ya been snortin them rock chips again, aint ya? 28" draw in a 48" self bow? I think I'm doing real good to get 26" my friend.
Rich
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I give it one vote for board bow of the month. Not a categorie?!! I still like it, good job as usaul Rich.
Jeff
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Beautiful bow Rich :)
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Very nice work and nice of you. :)
Pappy
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That's a very cool looking bow. I'd love to hear some more details of how you put that together.
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Check out Half-Eye's article on making Ottawa bows in the Feb/March issue of Primative Archer magazine, our gracious sponsor!
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Thanks again for the nice comments fellas, Hey Jeff, when you gonna post up that Mollegabet? It's a thing of beauty. Thanks Pappy and Dana means a lot.
Orkraider: I make mine from split out "boards" the splits (or quartersawn) are vertical grain and are much like the originals were. I tiller them out with three "sticks" (short medium and long)were the bow is kept under tension while being tillered into a "full circle" like in the PA article. All the tillering is done with a knife blade (shaves well but not too aggressive).
The Ottawa tillered after the "scallops were cut in (but they had hundreds of years to work it out, so I've been advising folks to tiller out the stick till it hits full draw and is is about 5 or so pounds heavy.....then cut in the scallops. The problem for us white guys is when you tiller with the "nodes" allready cut in the knife blade will tend to "roller-coaster" where the nodes are; it's like a hard spot and the narrower limb in between is like soft wood ......I though it is easier for guys making the first few to tiller the board and then cut the scallops. It is not too complicated at all.......patience is the hard part, to keep working that draw back while keeping the weight and the circular arc. (Boise De Arc) Threw in a couple pics of some other Ottawa (Odawa) that I made.
hope that helps some.
Rich
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Half Eye,
Every time I see one of your bows ( and several others at PA) I learn...Being a beginer with bow building, I look close and study.
I'm really likin the authenticity....
Ron
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I love the bow. Truly a prize for whoever gets it.
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Thank you fellas, glad that ya like it.....I do too :D someday I got make one for myself.
rich
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Rich
If you are gonna keep givin them away.......Well..... ;D ;D ;D ;)
Just kiddin
Ron