Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: barney on May 08, 2011, 02:47:35 pm
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Hi there.
This is the first I've gotten round to fiishing this year.
It's 44 inches nock to nock. Around 42-43lb at 28''. The core's bamboo and hickory. The red tips and handle laminates are Paduak.
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740713.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740715.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740714.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740716.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740717.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740720.jpg)
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Cool bow and very nice details,that padouk really glows.
And its not often you see thumbdraw,very "in character"!
Just have to ask,how do you tiller one of those? That cant be easy.
/Mikael
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wow, that' a beauty, I really like those styles of bows, Bub
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Awesome! Very very nice. I'd really like to learn how to make a bow like that. I love the design. Good work!
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That's one curvaceous, sexy, lust-inciting peice of work!
Niiiiiiice.
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Such a piece of art. Man.
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Great bow, wow that is some serious bend. Looks great.
George
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Sure is beautiful, how does it shoot?
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i love it. it came in very low weight for a horn/sinew composite. can we have some specs, please? type of horn/thickness...layers of sinew...bladeebla
thanks
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Thanks for the kind comments.
To answer some of your questions, the tiller is achieved through very gentle scraping of the horn and the targeted application of heat.
I wasn't going for monster poundage as 40lb is about the max I can shoot with a thumb release. Finger release can be a problem with a short bow like this because the high string angle means a lot of finger pinch.
There's three layers of sinew (red deer) on the bow with the horn laminate (water Buffalo) being around 5mm thick in the bending section of the limb. The glue was a blend of hide glue and Isinglass. The back of the bow has been covered in leather - again, this was bonded with animal glue.
The bow seems fairly fast so long as you're shooting light weight arrows. Being short it's twitchy though and exaggerates any errors in shooting technique.
best regards,
Barney
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Very cool bow. Almost sythian looking and looks very well made. Beautiful bow.
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Very pretty bow. What is the draw length?
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i love the bow! im actually looking for a bow at just that draw weight, care to send it to me for "extended testing"?? lol! i do just love composites! did you have any particular style in mind? or just put something together.. you have more in the works? also, how do you prepare a bamboo core? im really interested in that. ive a few pieces of bamboo i harvested that im wanting to use as core/belly material, but i dont have a clue on how to prepare the core..
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Great craftsmenship. That is one impressive bow, You did a great job.
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Awesome looking bow, and it does look Sythian.
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very nice bow barney,,what is the physical weight of the bow?
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Beautiful bow,very nice job. :)
Pappy
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Gorgeous bow. beautiful lines and sweet full draw.
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Some more answers:
The bow is 15oz in weight.
The bamboo laminate was taken from a 5’’ diameter pole. It was thinned on the inner side; the outside just had the nodes and rind scraped down. This, with a same dimension lam of hickory sandwiches a pre-fabricated handle laminate and two wedges to thicken the 'Kasan' section. Bamboo laminate on the back; Hickory on the belly. These components were next glued together on a form to give the curvy shape.
THe following pics are from adiffernt bow, but the process is the same.
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740451.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740453.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740458.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740460.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740464.jpg)
(http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr254/barneyrabbit/SL740463.jpg)
Sorry but my camera broke after this stage.
The ears were spliced in next , then the laminates of horn attached , followed a couple of weeks’ later by the first course of sinew. Another two weeks and the second course is added and the bow pulled into increasing reflex.
Cure for a minimum of six months, add some additional hickory and paduak lams/overlays to the handle (back and belly). Apply sinew wrappings to the stress areas, peg in some string bridges and tiller/ balance, narrow tips, etc.
Finally cover with leather, and again wrap the stress areas, in this case with waxed cotton cord. Apply finish.
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Looks great Barney.
Do you glue the horns on using the form as well? How far into the handle and tip does the sinew extend?
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Once the wooden core is assembled I now longer use the jig.
Sinew covers the whole back of the handle and finishes at the tips where the splice ends. The sinew is laid progressively thinner in the non working sections approaching the tips.
Barney
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BRAVO!!!! As someone else mentioned it looks like a Scythian style. Too Cool.
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Barney, I can really appericate the skill, patience and time you took to make this bow. Very nice work you did on this piece. Thank you for sharing it.
Eric
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That is some top shelf bow porn right there. ;D
One of these days im gonna attempt some type of horn bow style. Yours looks awesome!!!!
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Really cool looking bow, looks very well made, well done thats quite an achievement.
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thank you for the picture of the joints. that really helps me!!
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Well I just love the composite hornbows and this one is sure nice :)
There's something fascinating about a bow made of natural materials that can take so much bend.
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That is some top shelf bow porn right there. ;D
>:D ;D O:) ;D >:D