Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: half eye on March 03, 2011, 06:15:59 pm
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Here is the last bow I was workin on before the wife's accident. Got it done now so thought ya might like a look. This baby is real quick and pulls like a mule.
Ash, 46" ntn, 60#+ @ 24"
1-1/4" at the grip tapers to 3/4" at the string knocks
1/2" thick at the grip and 3/8" thick at the tips (even taper)
The bow came from a museum bow but nobody seems to know what tribe or band it belonged to but I thought it was pretty cool in the cut-out area.
hope ya like it.
Rich
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Awesome rich!!! I really like your native bows... I'm working on a scalloped oak Seneca replica now.. Got any pointers?
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Very nice, I love you're work Rich...stellar attention to detail! I hope you're wife is ok now?
thanks~
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You make those bows look so cool. I've got to make me one. Really like the design and shape.
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Looks like a perfect choice for a blind/ambush bow. Really nice. Thanks for sharing.
Bevan R
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Pretty sweet Rich. I'd like to copy it but the big Ash tree I recently cut turned out to be brittle Green Ash instead of the White Ash I mistook it for. I bet it would be a good one to do in hickory too though. You're an inspiration to all of us, sir.
Albert
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Very nice work. I hope and pray your wife is recovering well. Jawge
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Another great trekking bow. It looks so practical for someone that had to journey and that is some serious power for a bow that length. Great one. So sorry to hear your wife had an accident. I hope she is ok? I've had to care for my wife for an extended period of time. It's tough. I sincerely hope she mends well.
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great work as always Rich, Bub
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They just keep on comin'! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for the well wishes, she is on the mend....asperated some cough medicine and collapsed her lungs....but we got it under controll for now....probably need some long term changes but at least she aint dead.....
Glad ya like the bow, fellas. Be gettin after my trade bow here shortly.....see if we can make somethin special for this one.
rich
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60#+ Lovely lil bow! >:D
Perfect!
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Most excellent sir. the tiller is perfect. glad to hear the misses is on the mend. Eric
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That is really a cool short bow ! What type of Ash is this? Also glad you wife is better. :)
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Fellas,
the bow is white ash...it's quartersawn and tight ringed (between 1/16" & 1/32") the other woods I use for these NA bows are black ash, walnut, and red elm.....I believe that the grey elm (American Elm) will also work well but have not used it so far on the short bows.
Also hickory would be a good choice.....
One comment about the tiller... I made the bow bend before the limb cut-outs were made....and it was a little stiff tiped but after cutting in the limb design the limbs just "opened" up some and it settled right in to a pretty nice tiller profile. Also it did not drop any weight...just gained a little draw length.
rich
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Another amazing bow Rich!!!!!!!!!
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62# at 24" really is something for a selfbow that size!
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great lookin bow Rich nice full belly..i mean DRAW. king of the short NA bows ... do another scalloped Ottawa now !!
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Qusetion Rich...
The stepping along the sides of the bow. Any ideas as to the function?
Bevan R
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Bevan: After shaping the bow and checking the floor tiller it bent pretty well but the tips looked stiff to me, after cutting in the side cut pattern the draw profile just took on that nice "round look" and the limb tips didn't need to be thinned any more.....just scraping down to some semblance of a weight I could handle. In my experience the side cuts helped round out the profile.....but I really dont know why the NA's did it for sure.
Thanks again for the nice words, Ken ya aint exactly gonna get miss-took for Twiggy yer own bad self, eh?
rich
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Another cool little bow Rich! 8)
But I have a question for ya.......Is there always snow on the ground where you live? I mean seems like ever bow I see you post, there is that same snow? ???
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great lookin bow Rich nice full belly..i mean DRAW. king of the short NA bows ... do another scalloped Ottawa now !!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Glad to hear she is doing better,Great looking bow. As usuall very well done. Looks cold up there. :) :)
Pappy
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Thanks fellas,
Mancelona, Mi. averages 220" of snow a year, between the lake-effect and the system snow....it usually aint pretty. Been single digits for more than a month, but hey, we warmed up to 20 today.....course it's now snowing some more as well......ya it get's old about this time of year.
rich
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Another great bow, your stuff will be in a museum someday.
Jeff