Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: warpath on August 28, 2013, 11:40:35 pm

Title: Set for an old friend
Post by: warpath on August 28, 2013, 11:40:35 pm

  An old friend an employee recently moved to the Virginia boonies and she need a bow that she could not only practice with, but also eradicate bunnies, coons, snakes, and the occasional deer with. This bow pulls 35# @ 26" and is made from a piece of endgrain osage backed with hickory. She measures 61" TtT and has osage tip overlays. The tribal designs on the back are a combination of two different inuit designs. I came up with my own color pallet since the pictures I have are in black and white.
  The arrows are P.O.C. for a 26" draw. They are nock end tapered to 5/16" at the nock and 11/32" at the tip. This bow was spitting out arrows with authority at 30 yards. So with no further adue... here's the pics. Enjoy!! :)

  G

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: warpath on August 28, 2013, 11:44:39 pm

Please note that for whatever reason, the shadows in the last pic make the tiller on the top limb seem a little off. After I looked at the pics I remeasured the distance from the limb to the string all the way down both limbs and everything matched up. Sometimes the camera that were using catched shadows that don't come through the viewfinder. It's really annoying.

  G

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: Stringman on August 29, 2013, 12:00:29 am

That's beautiful work, G! Nice finish work, I'm betting she will enjoy shooting it.

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: half eye on August 29, 2013, 12:23:41 am

YES SIR !!!!!! By the way, don't see anything wrong with the "shape" of the bend.
rich

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: osage outlaw on August 29, 2013, 01:03:09 am

Looks great. 

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: Weylin on August 29, 2013, 01:15:49 am

There's nothing wrong with the way that bend looks to me! Nice tiller and fantastic paint job. Wish the pictures were bigger so I could really see what you did there.

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: DuBois on August 29, 2013, 02:21:04 am

That's just plain beautiful!

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: soy on August 29, 2013, 03:13:52 am

nice artwork!!

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: warpath on August 29, 2013, 08:17:05 am

Thanks guys. I guess I was just being over-critical of my work. Sorry about the small pic size. Need to work on that. I think if you download it the pictures come out larger so you can see the details.

  G

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: Del the cat on August 29, 2013, 08:42:52 am

V nice..
I think we all get hypercritical of our own work...
It's what makes it so fine :)
Del

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: autologus on August 29, 2013, 09:25:39 am

It looks like a very nice set, I am sure they will be very happy to receive them.

Grady

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: lesken2011 on August 29, 2013, 11:08:16 am

Nice bend on that one! Cool colors, too!!

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: Trapper Rob on August 29, 2013, 02:29:16 pm

Nice G like the art work.

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: IdahoMatt on August 29, 2013, 03:36:19 pm

Cool bow, tiller looks great.

Title: Re: Set for an old friend
Post by: BryBow on August 31, 2013, 05:27:09 am

Love the primitive paint scheme G. I think any NA would have been the talk of the prairie with those colors.