Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: simson on July 26, 2013, 06:59:39 am
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Here again!
Had lot to do in the last time, also in my shop - some new bows were born. Here is one of them:
This stave had a natural grown 'knee' nearly in the middle with lots of curly grain (3 knots) in that area, therefore I decided to go for a stiff handle asymmetrical r/d bow with very short fades.
The lower limb came out of the knee in a tangential way - I heated in the same angle as the upper was by nature. Some side corrections were necessary with dry heat.
This was a class B stave, but interesting. It had lots of drying cracks (vertically) going through zhe entire limb. I taped the back and filled them from the bellyside with thin super glue (really great stuff!). Needed lot of glue!
The handle got some carving (no leather intended) for finger position, also a inlay tone in tone as an arrow pass.
Tip overlay is grey dyed maple soaked in super glue.
String 6 strands of 452X
Length: 55" ntn
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another beautiful bow from you. i like how you have done the handle with finger grooves.
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That a beauty, nice work. :)
Pappy
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Sweet...that may have been a class B stave to start with..but that ain't no class B bow ;)
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Sweet...that may have been a class B stave to start with..but that ain't no class B bow ;)
Agreed!
Top class. Showing you have the 'eye' with this one.
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Cool bow Simon. It will look real nice in 5-6 years as it darkens down.
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Very cool lookin' bow Sir.
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Looks smooth to draw and fast on the arrow cast. Good looking bow also as is usual for your bows Simon. Nice job on that tricky stave.
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What Blackhawk said.....
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Looks smooth to draw and fast on the arrow cast. Good looking bow also as is usual for your bows Simon. Nice job on that tricky stave.
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Sorry for the double post, hadn't had my coffee yet ???
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Nice job, Simson. You turned that knotty piece of O into a real work of art. I like them finger grooves, too! :)
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Beautiful bow and craftsmanship, I know that took a lot of work.
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Another cool bow. I love those shorter unbacked osage bows.
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That's a very interesting bow. Great job!
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Another amazing bow from a master craftsman.
Grady
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realy like the looks of that one,you are realy crankin them out lately and all are very nice lookin bows.
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Very nice Simon. I would have liked to been around while you made that one.
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Very nice! I was just asking about short long draw osage
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I LOVE the handle on this bow. what is the finish?
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Very, very nice
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Many thanks for all the nice words!
Cool bow Simon. It will look real nice in 5-6 years as it darkens down.
Chris, at the moment I'm experimenting with ammonia hydroxid to get the old looking effect in a few hours ... looks very good so far.
Sorry for the double post, hadn't had my coffee yet ???
LOL!
realy like the looks of that one,you are realy crankin them out lately and all are very nice lookin bows.
Oh my, I'm only post a few of the bows - I like bowmaking much more zhan doing all the pics and the description in English (hard for me - I'm German)
Very nice Simon. I would have liked to been around while you made that one.
Come on man, visit me!
Very nice! I was just asking about short long draw osage
I have seen you got good advice there!
I LOVE the handle on this bow. what is the finish?
On this one its my homemade mixture of hard-oil
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awesome. You did good on the finger grooves, those are perfect. Id say that is a truly custom bow.
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awesome. You did good on the finger grooves, those are perfect. Id say that is a truly custom bow.
Thank you Cesar, I made it to fit my fingers, but meanwhile several friends had the bow in hand and id was good for everyone ...
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Sweet little shooter. The handle looks very comfortable to grip.
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Another amazing bow from a master craftsman.
Grady
I just agree with the above!
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Nice, Nice bow!
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Like how you went with the lay of the wood in the handle simson.Top shelf bow man.
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Very nice bow. I love the way you shaped the handle. Looks like it would be very comfy in the hand. Great job!!
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For a lack of a better term, "That Bow is Elegant" 8)