Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Arrowind on May 28, 2011, 01:16:56 pm
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The name of this bow is "Ringthorn". I made it for my younger brother for his birthday. He has a video production company called Ringthorn Productions. It is also the title of a screen play I wrote for an independent movie based on a character he created... He saw I had made one for my older brother and I could tell he really wanted one too. (He was jealous) We also used to shoot when we were kids.
This whole time I kept telling him if he wanted one he was going to have to learn to make it himself. I told him to come to my house and pick out some wood to make his own bow. He came over last night and I had him looking through pieces of wood then I pulled this bow out from the closet and said "Or you could just use this one." You should have seen his face. It was Awesome! Anyway we spent about an hour shooting last night. He thinks the bow makes him shoot better...Just like new shoes make you run faster! ;D
Maple
Pyramid Design 3" wide tapering to .5"
Handle is wrapped with buck skin
Strike plate is also buck skin
Arrow rest is topped with deer fur
The Artwork is painted with Acrylic Gold Metallic Paint
It was stained with fiebing's medium brown colored dye
Finished with 10 coats of wipe on poly
43# @ 28"
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Beautiful bow. Great artwork. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful bow! Great artwork and finish!!
Someone needs to tell your bro's to keep both eyes open ;)
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great artwork and stain job. now you three can go hunt together. ;)
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your brother is a lucky guy - that is a gorgeous bow
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Good looking bow and tiller. He should be proud!
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Beautiful bow! Great artwork and finish!!
Someone needs to tell your bro's to keep both eyes open ;)
Thanks!
Yeah I noticed that too. I should point it out to both of them.
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Hrothgar, Mister D, Scott D THANKS!
ErictheViking - Thanks! Yeah we're planning to go hunting in a few months...need lot's of practice first.
Hatch A, ryoon4690 - Thanks!
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I like the artwork you put on this bow! Nice work!
I think that might be the widest pyramid bow I've seen though ;)
I love maple!
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Very nice bow! The time you spent finishing this artwork really stands out. But now im confused, are you saying new shoes dont make you walk faster??? ???
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I like the artwork you put on this bow! Nice work!
I think that might be the widest pyramid bow I've seen though ;)
I love maple!
Cameroo - THANKS! I have another pyramid stile bow that is just over 2" at it's widest point. My brother kept saying "I REALLY like that design" so I knew if I made him a bow I'd go with that style. I thought to myself "If he likes it so much I'm really going to pronounce the design and make it wider." Trust me when I was making it I was thinking..."man this is wide...maybe it's TOO wide. I hope it turns out." I just went with it and it seems to have turned out fine. Plus it gave me more room for the artwork. :D
If you go to TBB vol II pgs 29-30 you'll see another one just as wide. And again on page 49 another one that is still pretty wide but a tad bit more narrow.
This is the first time I've used maple and I really like it too! Thanks again!
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nathan - THANKS! No I'm not saying new shoes make you "WALK" faster they make you "RUN" faster.
I think I failed to mention in the description that this is also a magic bow and has heat seeking arrows. >:D yeah that's it...MaaAAAagic ::)
That was actually the hardest part...
Oh also, I have a third brother named Nathan. I need to make him a bow too now so he won't feel left out....fortunately for me his birthday isn't until October....