Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badger on April 27, 2012, 11:55:31 am
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Some of the guys have been asking me why I don't post bows or if I am still building. This is from about the last 2 weeks or so. Now that I am recently retired I will try to post more if something is unsual or I think it is interesting for some reason. Most of the bows in this picture are from very tightgrained osage, I know a lot of guys say it doesn't make good bows. I would take all of it I could get my hands on, extremely dense wood, easy to chase rings on as they are only about 1/20 th of an inch thick. These bows go from about 75# down to 40#. The 40# was supposed to be a 50# and turned out to be about the fastest pound for pound bow I have ever built. Nothing special about the bow just good wood and took real well to heat treating. The 40# is 3rd from the bottom. The top bow is tightringed osage 75#@28 sap wood still on.
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Great work badger!!! I am glad to see your works again. How this osage with sapwood performs?
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love the profile on the third from the bottom. What are the specs?
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2 Weeks? :o
Some dandy looking bows there. I agree with the tight ring Osage. I love it.
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:) ;D ....someones got the fever bad right now..i love it ;)....dont stop now :laugh:
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Druid, I am not able to draw it back all the way for a good test but it seems to perform very well at 24". The bow was about 90# with paralell limbs and seemed sluggish when shot with 2 hands, I tapered the sides and it really seemed to behave much better.
Jon, the little 40# bow is 64" with 1 1/2" reflex, it actually was built as a 62# bow and I had a guy who wanted a 50# so I was reducing it. Phone rang and I came back and scraped the same limb twice causing a little hinge that caused me to drop it to 40# to straighten out again. Best mistake I ever made. I shot it over the chrono with 500 grain arrows and was getting 171 fps. On my first post I said it was 3rd from the bottom, that was a mistake, it is actually second from the bottom.
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Nice work and thanks for posting them. I like the 7 in the middle the best. The two on the sides are next.
Neat to see the different profiles. Wow! that is screamin' for that #40.
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Nice stuff Steve,looking forward to seeing you in action next week. :) :)
Pappy
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Looks like you are taking retirement pretty well. awesome specs on the 40# screamer.
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You do good work, Steve. Beautiful bows! Jawge
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Huh, is that all you've done? >:D. ::)
Great stuff.
Del
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awesome! Glad to see some of your work again! Always inspiring. :)
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Your work is always an inspiration, Steve!
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You sure have been busy. That's a great collection there. That recurve looks sweet. ;)
Cipriano
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Brings a tear to my eye looking at that beautiful collection ;)
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Looks like retirement is treating you well Steve! Great looking bunch of bows, and I would agree about the tight ring Osage.
Tracy
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Look forward to meeting you in Tennessee.
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Parnell, we met at mojam a few years ago, I shared camp with you and a few other guys. I was the guy with no shirt on working on a 50# black locust stave all day long.
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You've been busy Steve, thanks for posting.
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Two weeks!!
Now that's production :)
I'd love to shoot that 40 !!
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Steve, It is always a pleasure to see your work. Thanks for sharing
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Very nice looking bows! Im gonna say i like the 2nd from the bottom, lots of character!
Josh
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Nice collection Steve, out of interest do you just make bows for the fun of it or do these have a grand purpose.
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NICE! A few weeks of work? wow. That would be about 6 months for me.....
Nice work! Thanks for sharing.
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Ian, to be perfectly honest I think I am addicted to making bows. I just make them for entertainment and seldom even finish them off. Lately I have had more time and have been finishing more of them with true oil and handle wraps. I just enjoy experiencing the behavior of the wood. Every piece of wood is different and I feel like it is a challenge to keep some kind of control over what is happening with it. I don't work very precision, and I don't worry about anything being too perfect, as long as the wood doesn't break down and the bow shoots and handles well I feel like mission accomplished. I am always on the lookout for an exceptional specimen that might have some flight bow potential. I guess I make bows instead of watching TV.
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Hi Badger,
Must have been one of my relatives as I haven't been to Mojam, yet. Anyhow, we're going to see if we can't find you a different type of wood to work with...
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That is some inspiration right there.
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Ian, to be perfectly honest I think I am addicted to making bows. I just make them for entertainment and seldom even finish them off. Lately I have had more time and have been finishing more of them with true oil and handle wraps. I just enjoy experiencing the behavior of the wood. Every piece of wood is different and I feel like it is a challenge to keep some kind of control over what is happening with it. I don't work very precision, and I don't worry about anything being too perfect, as long as the wood doesn't break down and the bow shoots and handles well I feel like mission accomplished. I am always on the lookout for an exceptional specimen that might have some flight bow potential. I guess I make bows instead of watching TV.
Wow Steve, you have the same ailment that I have!!! Better get that looked at!....LOL
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Hey Steve, I sent you a PM, I guess you didn't get it or something. I was wondering though if any of the Osage bows were made from some of the stuff I sold you last year. I was wondering how good it has been for you. I have only made a couple from Osage cut in the area that I cut yours.
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Knots, the second bow from the top might be one of those staves, I rememeber it was good wood but I can't remember what bows I made from it.
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Alrighty, you got me kinda excited when you started talking about "the fastest pound for pound bow I have ever built.", ;D. I need to go find some trees around where I cut yours, I seem to have cut every tree I have that is usable for bows anymore.
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Ian, to be perfectly honest I think I am addicted to making bows. I just make them for entertainment and seldom even finish them off. Lately I have had more time and have been finishing more of them with true oil and handle wraps. I just enjoy experiencing the behavior of the wood. Every piece of wood is different and I feel like it is a challenge to keep some kind of control over what is happening with it. I don't work very precision, and I don't worry about anything being too perfect, as long as the wood doesn't break down and the bow shoots and handles well I feel like mission accomplished. I am always on the lookout for an exceptional specimen that might have some flight bow potential. I guess I make bows instead of watching TV.
That does sound familiar, I tend to think I am lost without something glued up ready. I remember reading some of your comments on the forum that makes me wonder, "how many has this guy made".
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Very nice looking bows, any chance of seeing a few bending pics??, I think I could learn a lot from you're tillering profiles...nice work..thats a bow in approx 2 days,,not bad