Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DuBois on April 18, 2013, 10:08:40 pm
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Realized I wasn't using the sinew much and had a lot of dead weight toward the tips so I opened a can of worms ;D ;D ;D
It is Pearlies fault for talkin about if he has a bow that he doesn't shoot, it gets fixed or scrapped (or something to that effect)
Thanks Chris, it was pretty fun actually.
Tried reflexing the tips and one of them cracked beyond help and ended up cut down to 48".
So I made some tip extensions from maple that notched over the end of bow to be flush with belly and put on with epoxy.
Put a little more sinew down center and tied in to tips a bit and wrapped with sinew.
Found this light material in second hand store and it made a cool pattern with TB3 and amber shellac, then wipe on poly x3.
Came out 53" t-t
62# at 27"
NOW I can focus on the trade bow ;)
58" t-t from 2" sapling harvested n Kansas last May. 46# @ 27". 3 courses Elk sinew. I almost sent this to the firewood pile cause it had some twist and sideways curve, which it still does. I wanted some practice with sinew so this was the first. Kept it in a wide heat duct in the same room as the wood stove for the winter and wanted it sealed up before the thaw, (if it ever does, the yard in the pic now has 4 inches snow over it since this morning).
About 1" string follow after unstrung and none later. Painted it with crushed charcoal mixed with TBIII and thinned a bit, then made art with acrylic paints. Sealed up with poly, then several coats shellac and then poly over that. Hay bail sisal twine handle with purse leather rest and strike. I had a major shellac issue so I ended up painting that part of the belly.
I finally get to post something finished ;D
Hope you all like it.
Marco DuBois
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Heres the material for the back.
Stained the belly with vinegar, steel wool, and tea soaked for a week. It made an aged looking gray.
After being strung and shot pic.
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Nice bow, really like the color scheme!
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Looks good,nice job. :)
Pappy
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VERY resourceful bow, I like that. Good job Marco.
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Nice bend on that one Doobwah! ;)
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Nice bow there man, I really like the contrast of the paint and the wood. It seems like its a little stiff in the lower section of the upper limb, but it might by the lighting.
Nice bow man. :)
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Love me some dry hickory...Sweet creation
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Nice work!
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Nice job, very resourceful indeed!
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Nice work saving that twisted hickory. Paint looks great on there!
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Bet yer allready plannin the next one.....aint ya? Nice bow man
rich
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Hey, thanks a lot everybody.
VERY resourceful bow, I like that. Good job Marco.
Thanks Pearlie ;D I use what I got.
Bet yer allready plannin the next one.....aint ya? Nice bow man
rich
You know it man. Going to Kansas in May to visit family and plan on getting a few more saplings and some osage.
Nice bow there man, I really like the contrast of the paint and the wood. It seems like its a little stiff in the lower section of the upper limb, but it might by the lighting.
Nice bow man. :)
Yeah, it might be a tiny bit stiff but I am happy with it. It has a slight dip in that limb about 8" from the tip which can look a little funny too. Thanks for the honesty though, I got a lot to learn yet.
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Looks pretty good Marco.Hickory and sinew IMO are a really good combo.
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I love sapling bows! Why wait until the tree grows all that extra wood anyway! ;) Nice job on this one.
Gabe
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Nice looking bow. I like the color job you did on it.
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I love sapling bows! Why wait until the tree grows all that extra wood anyway! ;) Nice job on this one.
Gabe
I am with ya. I basically hatcheted the belly side of this and had a clean back under the bark since it peeled right off when I cut it. The impression I get from others is that hickory does well with a flat belly and crowned back anyway so.. :D
The bark from this dried almost stiff enough to make a bow all by itself so I think I will try one next with the bark on for backing.
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I would not leave the bark on for backing even though I would rather shave the wood then the bark....anyway cool colors turned out nice looking ;)
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Very nice Marco! Love the color and what you did on the knots on the back. Looks like a blackthorn shillelagh or something. Some might say it's a tiny bit whip tillered (could be the pic angle) but I would call that more of a Sudbury tiller (IMHO) and I have a couple that have that tiller shape myself. Short bow (at each end) with a long unbending handle in the middle, Gives the performance of a shorter bow with the sweet stackless draw of a longer bow, to use the description in TBB.
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Nicely done Sir! I'm a sucker for sapling bows. Especially hickory! Josh
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Very nice Marco! Love the color and what you did on the knots on the back. Looks like a blackthorn shillelagh or something. Some might say it's a tiny bit whip tillered (could be the pic angle) but I would call that more of a Sudbury tiller (IMHO) and I have a couple that have that tiller shape myself. Short bow (at each end) with a long unbending handle in the middle, Gives the performance of a shorter bow with the sweet stackless draw of a longer bow, to use the description in TBB.
Yeah, that's right. I was going for the Sudbury tiller ??? ;D Thanks for the compliment Rand and I got that hackberry split. Any news from our man on Bainbridge?
Nicely done Sir! I'm a sucker for sapling bows. Especially hickory! Josh
Thanks Josh, wasn't sure when I started it but sounds like hickory is a prety good candidate for saplings
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