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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: steve b. on November 28, 2012, 09:08:46 pm

Title: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: steve b. on November 28, 2012, 09:08:46 pm

My first ever bow for someone else and its for my daughter's friend, Mari (Maury, not Mary), who loves native american stuff and for a long time has expressed interest in bows and arrows.
I had just made a big bow from this oak and had problems with set that I thought might be from high moisture and/or drawing past draw weight early in tillering.  So I was more careful with this bow.    Its 60" as a crow flies with a snaky pyramid that follows the grain and is probably 35 lbs. @24".    After shooting, it follows the string about 1.5" and then settles to an inch of set.  Next time I will heat treat.

Its got a zebra skin grip, llama hair limb poofies,  big deer-toe tips, and colonial stain:

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120131.jpg)

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120130.jpg)

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120165.jpg)

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120164.jpg)

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120136-1.jpg)

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120137-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: steve b. on November 28, 2012, 09:12:43 pm

(http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/SteveBush1/P1120134.jpg)

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: lesken2011 on November 28, 2012, 09:56:26 pm

Nice job, Steve! I'm sure she will love it.

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: Pappy on November 29, 2012, 06:30:31 am

Nice looking bow,she should love that. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: dwardo on November 29, 2012, 07:00:08 am

Gonna be happy with that!  8)
Little follow makes for a more forgiving shoot anyways  ;)

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: burchett.donald on November 29, 2012, 09:39:57 am

   I absolutely love the rustic, primitive look. Nice....
                                               Don

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: RyanY on November 29, 2012, 12:59:16 pm

Gotta love a simple red oak bow. Is it from a stave?

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: StickMan47 on November 29, 2012, 02:21:26 pm

All I can say is WOW! I can only hope that the oak bow I'm workin on right now turns out as nice. Great job!

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: steve b. on November 29, 2012, 07:20:28 pm

Thanks all.  I know the pics aren't great.  I gave up trying to get them all posted because I had so much trouble with photoshop.

Its actually white oak.  A friend brought me a pole-straight, 9 ft. log early this year which I split and dried all summer. 

I trapped this bow from the handle to the tips.  It takes a set very easily and I condered heat treating a little too late for this bow but I will do it on future bows. 

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: ionicmuffin on November 29, 2012, 07:24:55 pm

um, i dont know why it would take set of an great proporton, i have seen some of them that take practically no set but have hinges an stuff. I suspect it may be how thick this bow is. not sure, but thats my guess.

Title: Re: Mari's Little Oak
Post by: Arrowind on November 30, 2012, 12:23:33 am

That's cool.   I like the finish and the handle.  Looks really cool.