Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lombard on November 01, 2010, 11:11:31 am
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This Persimmon Persuader, was a fun project. I have had a bigger learning curve with this wood when compared to any of the others I've used. Mainly regarding drying, and avoiding serious checking (to the point of seeing daylight through the checks), and twisting up like a pretzel. This one came out well enough that I wasn't ashamed to post it, unlike the other two Persimmons I made.
Asymmetrical Persimmon self bow, sixty six inches tip to tip. Forty pounds at twenty eight inches. The man it went to has a longer draw length so it will come in at around fifty pounds for him. He was smiling ear to ear when I gave it to him last Tuesday, he even put his first shot in the target. He is a compound hunter, and I have lured him away from the dark side. ;) So all in all a successful bow in more ways than one.
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Really nice, I love it.
Del
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Great Bow Dave! I really like how this one came out I would like to try Persimmon one day. Got it bookmarked for November BOM contest. :)
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Nice bow,persimon make a beautiful.I love the color it turns. :)
Pappy
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That's a handsome bow. Looks very nice!
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Very good! I particularly like the back with some bark still on
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Nice! ;D
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Very nice bow. Jawge
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very nice
i too usually leave on a little cambium on the back
i like how they look like that
tiller looks nice
some day i would like to try that wood
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I really like this bow.
I did manage to locate a nice persimmon tree last year with permission to cut, just need to get my arse in gear and follow through.
How does it compare with other woods you've used?
gmc
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That is a nice bow!
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Del, Josh, Pappy, Parnell, TBod, Steve M, Jawge, Sailor Dad, GMC, and David W thank you all for the kind words.
GMC, other than issues with drying and getting the wood to stabilize, it has been really nice wood to work with. I have gotten staves from three different logs from two different states, and didn't see a big difference in grain or color between them. The staves from the bigger older tree had ebony like viens in the heartwood that thinned out to just streaks closer to the bark. Gave a nice effect to the bow. It lends itself well to hand tools, and seems to make a fine bow once it settles down. When debarking staves I have been welcomed by a pleasant pumpkin odor, that gets me thinking pie. Looking forward to making more bows with Persimmon.
A man asked me the other day,"What would you say was your favorite wood for making bows?" After a moments thought I replied,"Whatever piece of dry wood I have in the drying rack, that is ready to be made into a bow, that is my favorite kind of wood for bows." :)
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I really like your bow. That wood has a awesome color to it. I would be smiling ear to ear too. Great job...Lombard!!!!
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Looks nice. Really like it. :)
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Looks like a real nice shootin bow,tiller looks good real classy-Hammertime