Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Holten101 on September 14, 2011, 09:11:40 am
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Guess im trying to put too much into one post, but here goes;-)
This set has come to be over the summer. The bow is a lever bow, or "Møllegabet" if you like, wych elm, about 45#@28" and 62" ntn. Nocks are flax wrapped needle tips (flax was soaked in glue and treated with wax), handle is made the same way. Finish is beeswax rubbed in with a piece of leather. The bow was heat threated, but with not induced reflex. It has taken 2" of set....which is likely my own fault (it was unduely stressed when green). It is only moderatly fast, but with a nice low stack draw and sweet shooting:-)
Arrows are hazle and dogwood shoot arrows (posted in the arrows section), the quiver is sued leather with hazle spine and sewn with leather lace (my favorite design....basically a shorter version of the Jay Massey quiver in TBB).
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Side.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Belly.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Front.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Brace.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Draw-6.jpg)
Thanks for peaking:-)
Cheers
(sorry about the lousy pictures)
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Good looking set up.Very cool.Thanks for sharing. :)
Pappy
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Looks like a great primitive archery set to me. You've done well.
George
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Hells Bells, man. Thats a looker, not that I've ever shot any Mollegabets mind ya >:D Very nice set
rich
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NICE!!! Thyat's one to be proud of ;)
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Way cool gear.
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That's a very nice set! Love the handle design of the bow.
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VERY nice!
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nice job man i love the bark marks on the back of the bow.
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Great tiller, good looking kit.
Del
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Very nice work. The nock work and style is great!
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Nice work!
Would you show us the nocks up close??
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nice mollegabet, I like the the way it bends, good tiller
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Yep good stuff all the way. Agree with Frank, would like to see the tips up close and I want to see the quiver a little more.
You know you done good when people are curious how you did something.
Lane
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Holten, you done good. Nice setup. You're going to have fun with that one. Any plans to get meat with it?
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Thanks for all the kind replys:-). After posting it and seeing the pics I realise that the slight propellar twist shows (nothing to worry about though) and the tiller could have been tweeked some more....but making bows is a process:-)
More pics of tips and quiver:
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Tips1.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Tips2.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Quiver.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Quiverhigh.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af73/Holten101/Quiverlow.jpg)
@MWirwicki:
No doubt it would make a fine hunting bow, but its not that simple were I live. I dont yet have a permit for longbow hunting (VERY hard to get....working on it though) and I think it output just below the 40 Joules required in Denmark for this type of weapon.
I actually made it low in drawweight to have a bow that I can use while recovering from some muscle ailment that I have been suffering (nothing serious...but it has kept me from shooting for allmost 3 months now)
Cheers
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[No doubt it would make a fine hunting bow, but its not that simple were I live]
Where do you live ??
Pappy
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Hi Pappy
Im from Denmark. In order to obtain a hunting licence with a given bow type we to first have to pass a theoretical and practical test to get a general hunting license (takes alot of reading but most people interested in hunting, get on when they turn 16;-).
After that you have to pass another theoretical and practical test with the bow of your choice. The practical part is were the devil is burried...you have to put 5 of 6 arrow in the kill zone of a Roedeer (size of a spread hand) at unknown distances varying fra 11-27 yds (10-25 m). You dont get to practice on the targets and an instructor is following your every move;-).
The test is trivial with a compound bow...but less than a handfull pass it each year with instinctive/primitive gear....oh yeah...did I mention you have to renew it every 5 yrs?;-). Im usually among the top 5 at 3D shots in Denmark (bare bow/longbow) and im still not ready to try AGAIN (I have failed once);-).
The energy requirements are 70 joules with mechanicals and 40 joules with fixed blades.
So, you see...its not simple, and not nearly enough that my bow is a credible hunting weapon had the times and legistration been different;-)
Cheers
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Thanks for that background information...
It seems tough but better than the UK where we can't even shoot vermin.
I'm not sure I'd actually want to hunt, but it would be nice to have the choice (Must admit, I'm tempted to have a pot shot at the pigeons in my garden)
Don't s'pose I'd pass the stringent test you describe anyway :(.
Cheers
Del