Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: bow101 on May 27, 2013, 07:45:27 pm
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Primitive style bow, selfbow, takedown, laminate or otherwise....... ;) Post photos for all of us to see if you like..?
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This is my favorite bow. Chased a ring on a hickory board. Simple bend through the handle 60# @ 27" if my life depended on me hitting a 2" taget at ten yards(which i can do now) then this is the bow i would pick up.
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It would have to be my bendy handled osage - I shoot the best with it, plus it is the first self bow I made.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8229753926_bc92619a27_z.jpg)
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It's 58" TtT and about #50 @ 28". It's only about 15/16" at the widest point
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nice bow Duck,i like the tips.i have to many to just pick one.i love them all for different reasons.great post though.
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My favorite is usually the one I just finished.
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It would have to be my bendy handled osage - I shoot the best with it, plus it is the first self bow I made.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8229753926_bc92619a27_z.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8215101313_58610b0e3b_z.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8216184744_6fa0a75cb6_z.jpg)
It's 58" TtT and about #50 @ 28". It's only about 15/16" at the widest point
wait....that's your first!!!?? :o :o :o
My first was literally an oak dowel with twine superglued to the tips!! :laugh:
wow, to create such a bow on the first try...
thats it. I can't match stuff like that...I quit.....
wait. I can't. If I try to quit I just find myself back at the same place the next day... :laugh:
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48" of sinew backed yew. West Coast style.
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wait....that's your first!!!?? :o :o :o
My first was literally an oak dowel with twine superglued to the tips!! :laugh:
wow, to create such a bow on the first try...
thats it. I can't match stuff like that...I quit.....
wait. I can't. If I try to quit I just find myself back at the same place the next day... :laugh:
My first selfbow, before this I had made a few effenglass bows, and a BBI bendy handle ;D I think I just got lucky with this one >:D
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The most recent bow i made. 62" ttt. 50ish pounds at 27". My third bow made from a red oak board.
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my favorite has to be this one.
It was my first osage orange bow. 69", 55 pounds @ 28. my scale had originally said 45, and that's what I wrote on the bow's limb, but I always thought it was a bit heavy...then I used a real bow scale and got 55.
it shoots real nice, and I don't notice any handshock.
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I've noticed that most of these favorites are coming right in around 50-55 lbs. Shows just how important a comfortable draw is.
Mine is a 55 lb at 28 inch maple backed cherry bow. Hunted a bit with it last year unsuccessfully, but now that I've got a rifle deer under my belt, this will be the only weapon at my side next season.
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My 1970 Bear Victor Viking Takedown.
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probably my gullwing, i wanna make a better one soon tho.
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My favorite is usually the one I just finished.
Me too. :)
My latest is a 60" hickory D bow, 55lb @ 27". A real simple stick, bends slightly through the handle, has a little over an inch of string follow, but really shoots nice. It is a real contender for my hunting bow next season. I have built several recurves, molles, shorties, etc... but when it comes time to hunt, I find myself reaching for a D style bow every time.
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I like the snake skin backed one. It is 55 at 27. It has almost no hand shock and hits were I look. Point on distance with 29 inch cedar arrows is 48 yards. It is fast
Greg