Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Prarie Bowyer on April 12, 2012, 04:39:10 pm
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Belly turned out flatter than I had hoped. But otherwise it was a club.
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/scottnlena/IMG_3426.jpg)
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Looks great, love the tips.
Doesn't take much of that pair to make a stiff bow :D
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Sorry I was in a rush.
72" lnog 48# @ 28" can be drawn further. Ebony and antler tips and antler arrow pass inlay. R/L handed. Inlay on both sides. Love this grip method and Ipe looks so rich.
What to name it?
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I never heard of a middle aged man whose belly was flatter than he planned. I sure don't have that problem.
Nice looking bow. I love Ipe and Boo together.
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Very nice! like the tips and arrow pass. sweet full draw too.
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nice looking longbow.....
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I have that problem also!.... My pants are all falling down!. Oatmeal once a day and cut way back on the midnight snacking.
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Very nice bow Prarie, Love the tips and the contrast with the boo and Ipe
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Making these tricked up plain sticks is kinda fun. When I started I was all about the arrow shelf and the modern looking tip overlays. At this rate in 4 months I'll be making and using survival bows from limbs, with the bark on.
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Nice job, crisp looking tips :).
If I'm allowed to criticise, I'd say maybe use a straight edge when you are pricking througfh the holes in the leather, the rest of the work is so nice (folded edges are a nice detail) it just seems a shame to have wobbly stitching.
I push through the holes with an awl every 5mm using a steel rule as a guide before stitching.
5mm works well, not so fine that it takes for ever and not so coarse that it looks rough.
Del
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Nice bow, PB. Is that 3 laminations I see? Boo back, ipe belly, and ? core?
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Nice job, crisp looking tips :).
If I'm allowed to criticise, I'd say maybe use a straight edge when you are pricking througfh the holes in the leather, the rest of the work is so nice (folded edges are a nice detail) it just seems a shame to have wobbly stitching.
I push through the holes with an awl every 5mm using a steel rule as a guide before stitching.
5mm works well, not so fine that it takes for ever and not so coarse that it looks rough.
Del
Thanks for the tip. I wish all that was wobbly about me was my stitching. I do kinda get into this "get it done" frame of mind. I was out of real thread . . . so I used b-50 dacron. :-[
Great tip on the ruler. I started that way but I couldn't figure out how to NOT have some scratch line or ink line visible. Oh and I dn't have an awl right now. I just took a heavy duty sewing needle and sharpened the tip to a triangle cross section and shove it through with a thimble.
Thanks
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Lesken,
Carbonized Boo core. I'd love to have had some of the non carbonized for the contrast.
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Nice job, crisp looking tips :).
If I'm allowed to criticise, I'd say maybe use a straight edge when you are pricking througfh the holes in the leather, the rest of the work is so nice (folded edges are a nice detail) it just seems a shame to have wobbly stitching.
I push through the holes with an awl every 5mm using a steel rule as a guide before stitching.
5mm works well, not so fine that it takes for ever and not so coarse that it looks rough.
Del
Thanks for the tip. I wish all that was wobbly about me was my stitching. I do kinda get into this "get it done" frame of mind. I was out of real thread . . . so I used b-50 dacron. :-[
Great tip on the ruler. I started that way but I couldn't figure out how to NOT have some scratch line or ink line visible. Oh and I dn't have an awl right now. I just took a heavy duty sewing needle and sharpened the tip to a triangle cross section and shove it through with a thimble.
Thanks
Actually the stitching is often on a bit of a curve so you may need to shuffle the rule slightly as you go, but you get the idea.
I couldn't find an awl anywher, so in the end I made one from a real cheapo electricians screwdriver . I crushed the plastic handle in the vice to get it off and made a chunnky ball handle from a scrap of wood.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/leatherwork.html (http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/leatherwork.html)
This blog entry might be useful.
Del
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Very nice bow,tiller looks good and the finish work is very nice also. :)
Pappy
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Nice job, crisp looking tips :).
If I'm allowed to criticise, I'd say maybe use a straight edge when you are pricking througfh the holes in the leather, the rest of the work is so nice (folded edges are a nice detail) it just seems a shame to have wobbly stitching.
I push through the holes with an awl every 5mm using a steel rule as a guide before stitching.
5mm works well, not so fine that it takes for ever and not so coarse that it looks rough.
Del
Thanks for the tip. I wish all that was wobbly about me was my stitching. I do kinda get into this "get it done" frame of mind. I was out of real thread . . . so I used b-50 dacron. :-[
Great tip on the ruler. I started that way but I couldn't figure out how to NOT have some scratch line or ink line visible. Oh and I dn't have an awl right now. I just took a heavy duty sewing needle and sharpened the tip to a triangle cross section and shove it through with a thimble.
Thanks
Actually the stitching is often on a bit of a curve so you may need to shuffle the rule slightly as you go, but you get the idea.
I couldn't find an awl anywher, so in the end I made one from a real cheapo electricians screwdriver . I crushed the plastic handle in the vice to get it off and made a chunnky ball handle from a scrap of wood.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/leatherwork.html (http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/leatherwork.html)
This blog entry might be useful.
Del
an icepick works real well for an awl, Bub
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Thanks guys!