Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Announcements => Topic started by: Haithabu on December 01, 2012, 04:30:21 am
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Hey Guys,
I'm Flo from Germany, been reading occasionally for a couple of time and just decided to participate 'proper' and introduce myself shortly.
Made my first bows as a kid with my grandfather, the first real one about three years ago, been into bowmaking constantly since then.
I am studying English and Sports for becoming a teacher, have lots and lots of interests like playing drums, wood turning, sports, cooking (... ) and so on.
The last 4 month, I've been in England , working for a bowyer (had to go abroad due to the studies) and the first thing I did after coming back was driving to Hungary on the weekend, cutting me some nice Osage.
Looking forward to having a good time!
cheers
H
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Hello and welcome to PA. I think you will enjoy it here, good people, with a lot of talent.
And, your English seems very good to me. :)
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Welcome to the Forum! We'd all love to see some of your work!
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@mullet: cheers, I do my best :)
And yeah, lots of talented people out here, I already know some from other online boards (e.g. druid) and I have been busy reading, always enjoy it
@JW_Halverson: Will do, will do, here're some pics of an osage bow I build for my boss in England, shoots very fast and is smooth to draw. Pulls 55# @ 28 ", n2n it's 60 " long.
Made it from a leftover piece of a log (they usually do laminates over there) so it still had the bark on and relatively little core left - so in order to achieve a nice draw weight, I scraped 3 layers off and left a little sap on (of course I inspected it for bugs and cracks) but it made a lovely bow! Horn nock overlays, finsihed with 5 layers of raw linseed oil.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img59/2131/cimg0588a.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/cimg0588a.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img100/9328/cimg0589a.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/cimg0589a.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img707/6480/cimg0590r.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/cimg0590r.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img163/5361/cimg0597mw.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/cimg0597mw.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img193/8587/cimg0593g.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/cimg0593g.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img254/4369/cimg0594q.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/cimg0594q.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img18/1151/cimg0592p.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/cimg0592p.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img140/9530/cimg0591r.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/cimg0591r.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img526/7010/cimg0598m.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/cimg0598m.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3254/cimg0669z.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/cimg0669z.jpg/)
Note: Thats not me and its just 26" draw length, but you get the idea :)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img36/7986/cimg0227o.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/cimg0227o.jpg/)
cheers
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Can't complain about the tiller on that bow. Nice, nice indeed!
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Welcome to PA. Those are some greaty looking bows. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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Welcome,some nice stuff you have made,looking forward to more. :)
Pappy
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Hey guys, can't sleep atm, so I thought why not present a bow.
Actually , I have to thank Keenan for the lovely bows shown on his webside, copied the decoration idea from him.
It's a bow for my girlfriend, the stave was from L. Bartels via ebay.
30 # @ 28 ", N2N 70 " , silk backing with dow rose (rosa canina) leaves, which were collected and dried in winter so they would have a colour that harmonizes with the core wood, arrow pass is mother pearl. Little fancy , I know.
The width is 3 cm on the working limbs and 8 mil on the tips. Set is below 1 " in total, the stave had like 10 mil deflex.
Finish is 4 coats of my oil-mixture (tung, linseed and orange-oil) under 3 coats of glossy pu varnish ( spar varnish). Usually , I prefer the oil finish, but as you guys may know, the nice color of the wood turns dull when exposed to the sun so I did a little color preservation test in advance with some leftover pieces and the oil mixture + some varnish was the oustanding winner.
I'll hand in a full draw pic later, it's a christmas present, hope, she'll like it.
Here we go:
brace height and right after unstringing
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5422/standhhe.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/standhhe.jpg/)(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7717/cimg0041y.jpg) (http://img221.imageshack.us/i/cimg0041y.jpg/)
upper and lower nock, overlays made from mahagoni underneath a sort of kingwood
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3379/16540860.jpg) (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/16540860.jpg/)(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/74/60536874.jpg) (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/60536874.jpg/)(http://img405.imageshack.usback[url=http://img707.imageshack.us/i/40732179.jpg/][img width=220 height=600]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1493/40732179.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/24122868.jpg/)(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/6103/67593534.jpg) (http://img803.imageshack.us/i/67593534.jpg/)(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6893/15156275.jpg) (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/15156275.jpg/)(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1936/41747580.jpg) (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/41747580.jpg/)
plz feel free to comment :)
merry christmas from Germany,
H
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handle, belly and side view
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/123/24981262.jpg) (http://img577.imageshack.us/i/24981262.jpg/)(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7456/72531641.jpg) (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/72531641.jpg/)
Note: I noticed that the angle on the brace height pic distorts the true dimensions but I hope the full draw pic will fix that ;)
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I am sure she will,another nice one. :)
Pappy
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Thank you pappy! Appreciate that.
Heres the bow at about 26,5 " draw length. :)
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7081/cimg0051o.jpg) (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/cimg0051o.jpg/)
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Beautiful work, Haithabu. I love the leaves on the back of the bow but all of your bows are very nice and look very well built. 8)
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Vey nice bend in that tree. Welcome to PA. You build a nice bow.
Graylan
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Cheers guys, both for the warm welcome as well for the comments.
(happy new year and lots of time for bow making )
Flo