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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: PaleoNinja on February 20, 2013, 08:03:05 pm

Title: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: PaleoNinja on February 20, 2013, 08:03:05 pm

Hi All,

Here's a bow I'm making for a friend of mine who said she wanted to try primitive archery.  It's Bamboo Backed Hickory 60"NTN just a spec under 1.25 inches wide at its widest.  It got glued up in a 4" reflex form and now holds about 1" of reflex. It's  40lbs at 30" I figure she'll take it to 26" where it's about 33lbs or so.  Red Stain on the whole bow.  Still haven't gotten to the handle. 

Just a little disclaimer- I had gotten my wisdom teeth pulled about 6 hours before the Full draw photo so please excuse the silliness!

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: Dictionary on February 20, 2013, 08:34:42 pm

Nice little Dbow.I was wondering about the last picture, then i reread your post.

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: BOWMAN53 on February 20, 2013, 08:46:00 pm

Don't believe him, hes just a crazy zombie chipmunk, thats hes everyday outfit lol :D

Go ninja go ninja go!

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: lesken2011 on February 20, 2013, 09:45:59 pm

She oughta like that one!!

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: dans89 on February 20, 2013, 10:07:12 pm

Looks great!! I've been wanting to try a boo backed bow for a bit now....

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: seabass on February 20, 2013, 10:16:47 pm

nice job buddy.i like the red stain.

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: PaleoNinja on February 21, 2013, 02:55:00 am

Thanks Guys

Hahaha thanks Jordan, I like that.

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: BOWMAN53 on February 21, 2013, 03:16:14 am

Lol knew you would. You gotta finish that sinew backed yew so i can shoot it.

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: Del the cat on February 21, 2013, 04:03:39 am

Sweet, looks like it will spit 'em out nicely.
Del

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: Pappy on February 21, 2013, 06:04:28 am

Very nice tiller,bow looks great,can't say much for the jammies. :) ;)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: burn em up chuck on February 21, 2013, 09:08:38 am

    very nice tiller, very cool

                     chuck

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: Sidewinder on February 21, 2013, 12:19:44 pm

Nice little bow. I am sure she will like it alot. The red stain looks cool too.   Danny

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: PaleoNinja on March 06, 2013, 12:19:21 am

And here is the Recipient of the Bow very Happy with her Gift.  She literally walked around with it stringing and unstringing it for the remainder of the day I gave it to her.

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: ionicmuffin on March 06, 2013, 01:13:58 am

thats pretty darn cool! nice bow  :D

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on March 06, 2013, 01:47:56 am

Sweet! probably very fast for a small bow. Love that red stain. Did you scrape the boo so that it would take the stain or did you just leave it over the bow to dry?

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: mikekeswick on March 06, 2013, 04:18:27 am

Cool bow!
The unstrung profile says it all.
I can see why you made her a bow..... ;)

Title: Re: Ladies Bamboo Backed Hickory Bow
Post by: PaleoNinja on March 06, 2013, 04:09:36 pm

Again thanks for the Kind words guys.

Cesar: I used a cabinet scraper to remove the waxy outer skin of the bamboo til I got down to the dark fibrous stuff.  It still didn't take the stain quite as well as the hickory did, but once it was sealed up it was fine.  I'm definitely going to start staining all of my bamboo backed bows now, it just looks cool!

Thanks Mike, the bow holds about an inch of reflex which I'm pretty happy with.  And you're right it's not hard to find the motivation to make a bow when it's for a pretty girl. :D