Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: twisted hickory on May 20, 2013, 08:57:48 pm
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Hello,
Here are three bows I was working on during this last semester. The first and shortest one is a 60 inch 34lb at 24in ladies bow of shag bark hickory. The second one is a 66 in 47lb at 27inch locust self bow. The last is a snake skin backed shagbark hickory bow that is 55 lbs at 27inches. The ladies bow has 1/2 of set, the snakeskin bow has 3/4 in of set despite being strung for up to 4 hours at a time in wet rainy weather for turkey hunting and the locust took 1.5 inches of set. The locust bow I really abused during the tiller process just to see what would happen. It shoot plenty fast despite doing some tillering on it before it was completely dry. The handles are jute wrapped and have leather rests on them. The antler nocks are from a deer I killed here in pa and the ladies bow is a mulie shed I found in New Mexico on an elk hunt.
Full draw picts will be up tomorrow,
Thanks for looking,
Greg
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Great lookin group of bows there!
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Nice threesome.
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Great job, What did you use for overlays on the last 2.
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"Picts included."
Not at all what I was expecting ;D .Where are the Tattooed warriors of ancient Scotland?
Nice bows though!
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Great job, What did you use for overlays on the last 2.
Bow,
On the ladies bow is the mulie antler, on the bl and hickory its whitetail
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"Picts included."
Not at all what I was expecting ;D .Where are the Tattooed warriors of ancient Scotland?
Nice bows though!
I guessed that title would get a laugh or two ;)
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Do they bend?
OneBow
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Do they bend?
OneBow
:)believe it or not they do :o :o. I will post picts of braced/drawn bows this evening. I did not have wife avaliable to shoot some drawn picts she was too busy mowing lawn while I was playing with my toys. ;)
Greg