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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: druid on July 13, 2012, 10:23:21 am

Title: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: druid on July 13, 2012, 10:23:21 am

I was not often here last weeks (months?), I was occupied with some other projects. This is bow I finished for a friend. Curved, knotty dogwood sapling. It is 72 ntn, 1" wide and little less thick in the handle. Was difficult to tiller beacuse uneven reflex in the outer limbs followed with one deflex spot right in front off it, everything missaligned. This is the best I could take out of this. Still holds about 1,5" of reflex, had about 2,5" reflex. Not heat treated, just heat reshaped a little to be in line. Pins left rised because I like it very much.  ;D . 588 grams of physical mass. Drawn to 30", owner will pull to 28-29".
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Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: lesken2011 on July 13, 2012, 10:26:45 am

As usual, Druid, really nice bend! Gotta try one of those knotty ones, sometime. :-\

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: JonW on July 13, 2012, 10:28:21 am

Druid I like the way you take something so ugly that only a momma could love, and turn it into something absolutely brilliant. Good job.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Pat B on July 13, 2012, 10:30:41 am

Druid, you not only build some of the coolest bows I've seen but you are a master at it. Very well done!   

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Eric Krewson on July 13, 2012, 10:41:32 am

Amazing job!

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: coaster500 on July 13, 2012, 10:42:43 am

I bow to your Druidness....  wonderfully done as always :)

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: DarkSoul on July 13, 2012, 11:35:34 am

Wow, this bow has more knots than all the bows displayed in the last twenty pages on Primitive Archer combined! Absolutely crazy. Great to see that dogwood can handle it, even when the belly is crowned. This gives me hope, since I also have a nice dogwood stave that has more knots than the bark could tell me in advance. Gosh, that stave has been standing in my corner for at least two years...time to finish it!
Nice work. Sweet tiller and again a typical Druid bow ;)

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: blackhawk on July 13, 2012, 12:05:34 pm

Ive been missing seeing your work Druid. Thanks for giving us a fix of another one of your knotty perfectly bent sticks  ;)

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: ErictheViking on July 13, 2012, 12:35:36 pm

You are the master of the primitive bow. another gorgeous bent stick Druid! love them all and this is just too cool.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: rossfactor on July 13, 2012, 01:17:42 pm

Its like you found a sapling, debarked it and strung it. Done. I love it! Man between this and blackhawks yew I am getting fired up. Awesome work guys.

Gabe

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: druid on July 13, 2012, 01:19:04 pm

I am glad that you liked it my friends!! I am doing my best with every stave, no matter what it looks like.
In the past months I was working intensive on improving my skills about making bows, soon I think I will be able to rise it to some better level than now. I was also working more than usuall on some warbows, they are so cool to me that I think I will make them more than ordinary bows, in the future.  :o Hope to post some of them in the next days.
Also I was doing on introducing ordinary citizens and modern archers with power of the wooden bows via TV and newspaper. My plan is to make it more popular than it is now by gathering primitive shooters, promoting of bowhunt, classes in our workshop... Will see...
P.S. Ross, I vote for blackhawks yew, no doubt it is great bow.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: okie64 on July 13, 2012, 03:30:37 pm

Very nice bow Druid. I always enjoy seeing your bows, I really like the looks of them.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Arrowind on July 13, 2012, 03:52:00 pm

AWESOME!!!!!

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: missilemaster on July 13, 2012, 05:56:36 pm

Man Druid, I just love your bows!!!!

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: LivingElemental on July 13, 2012, 08:09:45 pm

That's the craziest thing I've ever seen. I have to try it sometime.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: crooketarrow on July 13, 2012, 10:35:42 pm

  SWEETTTTTTTTT

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: KellyG on July 14, 2012, 01:05:45 am

now that is cool and way more different  than what I am use to.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: druid on July 17, 2012, 03:07:10 am

Thank you my friends. But this is not even close to my weirdest staves. Better madness will come.  ;)

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Del the cat on July 17, 2012, 04:08:32 am

Hey, I must have missed this one!
That's a great bow, dunno if I've got the balls to try such a big bow from such a slim stick...
Del

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: mikekeswick on July 17, 2012, 04:35:24 am

Top drawer.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Pappy on July 17, 2012, 09:11:01 am

WOW factor,beautiful bow,got to love that. :) Beautiful tiller ,that is so cool. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: jimmy on July 17, 2012, 02:32:31 pm

You are the king of sapling/branch bows.  I have found out the hard way that this is almost another type of bowery all together, one I'd like to learn someday.  Hat's off to you Druid.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: PeteC on July 17, 2012, 03:20:25 pm

Very cool bow Druid. I really like that. God Bless

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: dwardo on July 17, 2012, 05:28:40 pm

Could pick your stuff out of a line up first time.
Great stuff.

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: druid on July 19, 2012, 01:42:02 am

Will be more my friends...  :)
I am forced to work more with saplings because I do not have bandsaw and I have to work with adze. Maybe it will be different soon, I hope to assemble and start one old bandsaw these days, for resawing. Then everything will be different.  >:D

Title: Re: Dogwood longbow 60# 30"
Post by: Badly Bent on July 19, 2012, 03:42:24 pm

Too cool, looks kind of like a caterpillar, a very graceful caterpillar with a perfect bend,well done.
Greg