Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Josh B on January 26, 2013, 02:13:10 am
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I'm not sure what possessed me to try this. This was a limb off a dead standing erc that has been dead for 5 or 6 years. It was already chalky under the bark and riddle with long and deep drying checks, but for some reason it was drawing my attention as though it were whispering sweet nothings in my ear. I could resist the temptations no longer, so I decrowned it, roughed it out to floor tiller, doped up the cracks, and started tillering in earnest. Oh she was hinting at such promise as I slowly and painstakingly scraped and worked her into a lovely eliptical tiller. Out to 22" , lovely. 23" oh my! 24" oh so smooth! 25" CRAACK !!!!! :o ??? :'( Bummer! Josh
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looks like it would have been amazing if it had worked out! i had something similar happen to my erc, but it was a set of knots riddled with rot.
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Doc, super glue her back together and try again.. LOL
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Bummer Josh looks like it was starting to come together
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You gotta watch out for beautiful things whispering sweet nothings into your ear.... it ends up in Heartbreak every time >:D
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Sirens of the bow world.... Sing to you, drawing you in... into certain destruction... even though we all know better.
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I've got a great stand of ERC across the street from me and it was actually the first wood I made a bow from and also the first I snapped one from, bummer Doc.
I love that wood. If I get some harvested in the spring maybe I'll send ya a nice straight stave.
And thatnks for the tips on my grubby osage.
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Most all of us have been lured by that temptress >:D
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thats one of the things i really like about you josh
you're sorta like mikey-you'll try anything
sorry it blew on ya
but i know you'll be grabbing another piece of that erc and making it your own
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I always say we wouldnt even classify it as bow wood if it wasnt pretty and smelled good.
Nice effort Josh. Grab some osage and everything will be okay buddy.
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Sounds like you were close to pulling it off Josh, too bad she didn't work for ya man. Had a couple similar experiences myself. :)
Greg
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Aw, you are quitting too easily. A few strategic dabs of superglue, some sinew and hide glue wraps and you are golden!
C'mon, get back on the horse!
Cedar is pretty resistant to the elements. When you think of it being standing dead for 5-6 years and making it all the way to a 25" draw before she blew, you just gotta wonder. Here's hoping you find yourself another piece, ERC makes such pretty bows.
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Ouch! Yeah them beautiful sireens'll get ya every time.
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Harpy!Siren! Sometimes you just have to cover your ears and run away.
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Nothing ventured - nothing gained. Good on you for going after it.
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Lol! I think this one might be a stretch to fix with superglue and sinew. Now if I were two get out some balin' wire and duct tape....... ehh....maybe? Looking at the simultaneous break at both ends, I'm thinking full compass tiller might have worked out better than elliptical. Oh well. I'm not out much.
Thanks for the offer Dubois, but as you know there is no shortage of erc in my area. I actually pulled this out from under a pile of erc staves that are not nearly as compromised as this one.
Pearly- as soon as it blew, I went to work on a skinny little stave of the "king" and knocked out a nice little eastern woodland. I felt much better while shooting it in. :) Josh
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Doh!! ::)