Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on October 21, 2012, 09:25:46 am
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64" tip to tip 40# at 28" Antler tip overlays and arrow plate.
Small hole in upper limb (The hole was from an Osage stave, shipped over from the US specially by JW ;) )
Bark lightly wire brushed and given a good dose of linseed oil then bees wax polish.
Whole bow done in bees wax. I'm hoping the bark will stay on, but only time will tell. You have to be carefull to put it down belly side up else you can't find the darned thing in the woods.
There was a fair bit of natural twist to the stave but I just went with the flow.
She shoots straight and true about 150fps average, best reliable reading I got was 154. I think the 436fps I got on one shot may have been a slight error O:)
Here's the pics
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/belly_zpsf18f127f.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/Back_zps954a1132.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/unbraced_zps9c0e4ac0.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/braced_zpsa6479d27.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/FDshot_zps122053e4.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/topnock_zpsbe933ba3.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/Botnock_zps96677b22.jpg)
(http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/Del_the_Cat/Website%20stills/hole_zps97e89243.jpg)
Here's a link to the video.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/bark-on-hazel-finished-pics.html (http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/bark-on-hazel-finished-pics.html)
Hope you like her
Del
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Del I hope that bark stays on too, cause she's a real beauty!! Well done sir :)
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Saw this one on your blog. Very nice work Del.
George
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Nice job, Del. I really like the looks of those with bark on them. Hope it stays for you!
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Looks great! Jawge
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That bark looks cool to me. I like it. Very nice job. Danny
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Nice bow Dell 8)
Rekon you might have more chance of the bark staying on with a slopping of varnish but time will tell :)
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that is a sweet bow you did some might fine work....i would love to do anther one of those...HEY,did you get any stress cracks in the bark...john
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Awesome!Really like that primitive look!nice work!-Hammertime
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that is a sweet bow you did some might fine work....i would love to do anther one of those...HEY,did you get any stress cracks in the bark...john
No stress cracks yet, but who knows. In our relatively humid climate over here it might be ok with regular waxing.
Del
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Realy love that one, bark looks great. That hole looks to small to be from osage.
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Del, that's very nice!
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Realy love that one, bark looks great. That hole looks to small to be from osage.
Yeah, but that's 'cos it shrunk due to depressurisation in the hold on the flight over over :o O:)
Del
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Very cool bow Del, the backing looks sweet! I might try that on my next chokecherry bow, I think the bark will hold quite well. The tiller on that beauty looks very ELB-ish.
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nice bow del. :)
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Nice tiller,
I also like the handle-fade area.
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The tips go great with the bark. Like the hole, like the bark. Hazel rules.
Good job. 8)
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When Del first approached me asking if I would send him a hole I was a little perplexed. But he explained this plan he had and I just so happened to have the perfect hole in a nice osage stave. I had avoided working the stave because the hole was perplexing, to say the least. Once I removed the hole and shipped it to Del, the stave was much easier to work. Thanks for saving the stave for me, Del! You are such a good friend.
I wonder, though, if that one odd reading on your chronograph may have been from one accidental "perfect" release? Be that as it may, this is one really beautiful bow. Kudos to you, sir!
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Been reading over your blog for quite sometime now, and once again you've out done yourself. Well done ol' chap!
Keep the adventures Rollin!
-Pinecone
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Love the look of that bow Del and it's got a sweet bend to it also. That arrow speed seems very respectable at that draw weight so it's not just a good looking, bark on, novelty bow but a serious weapon. Nice work.
Greg