Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Dakotian on November 04, 2007, 10:44:45 am
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This one I have had done for some time but only just got around to posting it. About a year ago I went through a treeline which was mostly mulberry trees, most of them were useless however in the center of it were three of the straightest and cleanest trees I have ever seen, each of them were worth a good 6 staves, so I came back to the best of the three and did what any good bowyer would have done to such a magnificant tree, I chopped it down. This bow is the result of it's second stave as my first attempt was more or less a failure.
It pulls 60# at 27" and is 65" in length. 1.5" at the fades and tapers down to .5" at the nocks in a semi-pyramid style. I left 2 or 3 rings of sapwood on which didn't seem to cause any trouble. The only major fault is a slight twist throughout the stave but it certainly doesn't effect the shooting. I have found it to be fast and accurate. Since this is my 07-08 hunting bow I have used deer antlers in the decoration.
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This broken arrow and this deer antler are all I brought home from a weekend hunting trip to the black hills.
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This method of posting pictures is sure taking a while.
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finally full draw.
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Dakotian,you always post some good looking bows.Mulberry is my next choice to Osage.When you are posting more than one picture,click on (more attachments)after each one.I did the same thing as you till I figured it out.
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Cool bow, I have never made a bow from wood I harvested, good job. Hope your hunting season is succesfull. Is your string made from baling twine? Verry nice bending piece of wood. Kenneth
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Looks like it bends nicely. Well done.
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Andrew, With each bow you post the progress is obvious. You did a good job on this mulberry bow and you have learned a lot about selecting proper bow wood. Congratulations on this bow and your progress. Pat
ps. How are your sisters. Is the younger one still toting the Excalibur?
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That's a neat bow. I didn't know anything about using mulberry as bow wood. Thank you for sharing.
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I look at this bow and then remember some of your first ones with those VERY square handles and think to myself...MAN IS THIS KID LEARNING HIS STUFF. Good work Andrew.
I notice there arent as many cats around you in these pics as well as the missing sister and her often seen sword. Hope she is well and the rest of your family as well and that the cats are missing for a good reason...(target practice?) lol
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Glad to see you back Andrew. Nice mulberry bow, too. Got you bookmarked for Nov Self Bow of the Month.
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I really like the bow! Gotta agree with little john on the string, looks just like the twine I use in my baler!
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excellent work
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Nice job. Do you draw 27"? How long is that arrow? Justin
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Thanks guys, and yes that is indeed twine string I took off our bales. I've used them for tillering strings before, and kind of substitutes before I could get a real one made, but eventually just got tired of making strings and ended up putting a serving on the twine and calling it good. They hold together quite nicely. My sisters are quite fine Pat although they just played the part of moral support on the hunting trip. By the way this picture was part of the set though not included for the obvious reason that it does not have bow in it but after reading Stik's reply I realized that one of my picture posts would not be complete without it.
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Congratulations on an excellent bow. Jawge
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Ya i will admit.. A bunch of my first bows were strung up with bailin string too :) I started with it, upgraded a little bit when i started using 500# trot line( cause i kept breaking my old strings) and finally decided that my bows were worthy enough for me to start making strings :) Use what ya got Ty