Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: dwardo on April 11, 2012, 07:02:39 pm
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Hi all,
Just finished the handle and wraps for this cherry bow which is the last of the cherry staves i have. All of the rest made nice shooting bows for other people and this was the last i had, not the best of the bunch but one for me.
Bow is 59 ntn like most except this one has stiff tips and a stiff handle unlike my last few from this. Its nice to be able to try a few tiller types with a certian wood to understand what it likes. This one prefers a bend through the handle ::)
Anyways 59ntn, 50lbs @28, slight flipped tips 2 heat treats, buffalo horn nocks, silk back for 3/4 leather handle which was made up to height for comfort. Set is about an inch relaxing to flat after a little time unbraced.
Better pics in the daytime but hard to get time to take them with our weather.
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010048.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010050.jpg)
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(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG1103.jpg)
Out in the woods shooting it in before a proper finish Full draw is a strange angle but the idea is there. Arrow is long at 31, out to about 27. Full draw pose always puts me off.
Hiding its unfinished bits, spring woodland UK
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/P1010028.jpg)
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Thanks for looking all.
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very nice bow, but that bend is outstanding, sir!!!!!
rich
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ohhh, that's a nice one dwardo, great lookin' bow, Bub
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I like it. Very good job :)
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great job on that one. Thats one of the nicer cherry bows I have ever seen. I'd be super pleased with it!
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Beautiful finish, beautiful bend, beautiful bow. outstanding work
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incredible bow Dwardo... Love the finish work...
Jon
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Great bow! Your attention to detail really makes this bow stand out.
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Pretty bow, Dwardo. Is is pretty quick?
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That is a sweet bow. Very pretty......looks stunning!
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Great job on that one. I bet its very light in the hand.
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very nice , great tiller .
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That's a stand out dwardo, very nice!!!
Have all your cherry bows been relatively flat limbed, belly and back?
Just curious I've got some cherry seasoning...
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Ooooo, that's nice. I like it a lot.
George
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Beautiful bow, nice job.
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That is a great looking bow. I have a cherry stave in the shop and it is on my list of things to try. You do great work! What type finish is that?
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thats a great looking bow nice work, well done.
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Very nice bow,Tiller looks dead on. Nice. :)
Pappy
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thankyou Danny, Pappy, halfeye, bubby, osageoutlaw, twisted limbs, Eric, Jon, Adam, Kenny, beetle, misslemaster, sa, george, turtlecreek.
That is a great looking bow. I have a cherry stave in the shop and it is on my list of things to try. You do great work! What type finish is that?
Thanks, the finish is a rosewood stain with a polly finish. Also had to dye the silk from white to a brown with leather dye. Next time i will use a fixing agent!
That's a stand out dwardo, very nice!!!
Have all your cherry bows been realitivly flat limbed, belly and back?
Just curious I've got some cherry seasoning...
Good thing about cherry is its oval crossection. This means that it lends its self quite nicely to a flat back and belly if split right. It is very nice stuff, prunus avium to check its proper name.
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Great bow, is the back of the bow the outer face of the tree or has it been taken down, following a ring, or decrowned or what?
I have some iffy bits of cherry, but I'd figured it needed backing as people have said it's a bit brittle.
Makin' one like yours would be a cooler than backing it :)
Del
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Great bow, is the back of the bow the outer face of the tree or has it been taken down, following a ring, or decrowned or what?
I have some iffy bits of cherry, but I'd figured it needed backing as people have said it's a bit brittle.
Makin' one like yours would be a cooler than backing it :)
Del
Hi Dell, just reminded me i need to post a picture of some yew for you to take a look at, more knots i know what to do with.
In regards to the cherry, i think our cousins over the pond have a completely different cherry to our "prunus avium" ours is japanese i beleive, planted for its looks and fruit but it gets around pretty quick. So either i have been very lucky or ours is a completely different beast in compression and tension.
All of these cherry bows have made have been just under the bark for the back of the bow, with one actualy still having the cambuim still on. All were silk backed for 2/3 of the limb ish but i dont think any of them needed it to be honest, just looks cool and adds some protection from me. The silk backing was done right at the end so they were surviving on the board without.
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Ta for the info :).
I've got one more ELB to make, then I'm into the other woods I've collected over the last few years, all sorts of odds n ends mostly scruffy bits of stuff I've picked up in the woods, should be some interesting stick bows and primitives.
Del
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Nice bow! Cherry is beautiful wood.
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Nice job and pretty bow! What kind of cherry was it?
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Nice job and pretty bow! What kind of cherry was it?
Prunus avium boss, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_avium
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very nice bow, congratulations you must be pleased with it. I've made a few cherry bows from UK wild cherry , it makes a good bow...
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really lovely bow you made there. Maybe since it Japanese in origin it was just crying out to you to be dressed up in silk ;D
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That is sharp ;)
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how sweet! :o It looks very light and slim. Really, really lovely. I like the decoration on the limb, is that metal or metallic paint shining there? Cherrywood looks fantastic, I'd love to get some one day. Also, cherries taste so well they even lend a slightly erotic association to the wood, I think. There are not many things in life that are as nice as sitting in a bearing cherrytree, eating till your almost drunk. Unfortunately, it is also a priced wood for furniture, so owners are reluctant to let me cut their wild cherrytrees while of good bow-making size... And the fruit trees don't have straight pieces long enough if they have been tended and cut well.
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Wow that's a pretty bow!
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Thanks for the kind words all. The bow is very light in the hand and yeah cherries are lovely to eat or drink (cherry vodka)
Often knock up some after the seasons glut along with sloe vodka, skittles vodka and too many others ;)
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Nice :)
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So how did you figure where to start the last part of the limb being oval, from the back/belly cross section? Beeaauutiful bow. :)
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That's a beauty Dwardo.Tips look great. Is this bow entirely heartwood,or stained sapwood? God Bless
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Awesome!
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Beautiful bow dwardo!
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That's a beauty Dwardo.Tips look great. Is this bow entirely heartwood,or stained sapwood? God Bless
Cherry seems strange like that, for starters its stained all one colour but there seems to be a sapwood which is very thin say 5-8mm then the light coloured wood and at the center of older trees a dark coloured heart wood. There as none in this bow but some in the first sapling cherry i did an age ago. Almost 3 distinct colours to the wood, more if you include the cambuim etc.
So how did you figure where to start the last part of the limb being oval, from the back/belly cross section? Beeaauutiful bow. :)
Sorry not quite sure what you mean? Please explain again and i will do my best to answer.
Cheers all.