Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushboy on September 09, 2013, 05:40:53 pm

Title: epitome of primitive(my randman trade bow)
Post by: bushboy on September 09, 2013, 05:40:53 pm
Finally got back home to check out my trade bow!after seeing it I couldn't put it down and shot well into the night ,c/w head lamp!lol!it's a vine maple beauty with a natural gull wing profile 60#@ 28" of pure awesomeness!it throws heavy arrows flat as a pan cake out to 27yards and hit like a hammer!my bows hold no candle to this high performance "primitive weapon"!absolutely zero stack ,it pulls like a mid 50's bow,smooth as a babies bottom!deadly acurate(can you tell I'm in love?),beautiful tribal art work(didn't show up in the pics,yes tres cool) ,vine maple bark at the handle and tips!this definitely my new hunter bow!fantastic job randman ,you have all my admiration and WOW I couldn't be happier!!!!!!!!!!!!I could rant on and on and on........!thanks man you made my year!lol!
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Post by: bushboy on September 09, 2013, 05:43:53 pm
Few more
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 09, 2013, 05:45:17 pm
Oh Canada!

 Nice bow bushy/Randman!
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Post by: Bryce on September 09, 2013, 06:23:34 pm
Very nice *OCEANSPRAY* bow
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Post by: bushboy on September 09, 2013, 06:37:34 pm
My bad!my excitement short circuited my mind!I new it was west coast wood!lol!
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Post by: toomanyknots on September 09, 2013, 07:04:13 pm
Thats friggin sweet.
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Post by: wood_bandit99 on September 09, 2013, 07:26:09 pm
That is cool but it looks out of tiller. Bear in mind I have never done one but y is the tiller that off?
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Post by: sweetpea on September 09, 2013, 07:36:22 pm
Dang it, son! here we go again. ::) The key words here is "I've never done one". The tiller is not off, look at the positioning of the hand grip compared to the center of the bow. The bottom limb is now shorter and is shorter. At least you're asking questions ;).

 Really nice looking bow and looks fast.
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Post by: Bryce on September 09, 2013, 08:07:08 pm
That is cool but it looks out of tiller. Bear in mind I have never done one but y is the tiller that off?
One limb is naturally deflexed
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Post by: Don Case on September 09, 2013, 08:24:08 pm
I took note of this bow back when Randman posted it on the Trade Bow thread. I thought that this was a great way of using Ocean Spray to get around the short straight sections. It makes a whole lot more OS staves useable. Randman, was there any particular problems with making a bow with the big swoop in the middle?
Thanks
Don
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Post by: sleek on September 09, 2013, 08:28:30 pm
A properly tillered bow does not bring the limbs around into matching arcs. What a propper tiller does do is stress the same part of each limb equally. So allowing for each limb to have different front and side profiles, the tiller profile will also be diferent. When you can tiller a bow like that, thats when you have really mastered the craft.
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Post by: bushboy on September 09, 2013, 09:04:43 pm
@w/b 99 the bow is highly canted in the shot because that's how I shoot!
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Post by: steve b. on September 09, 2013, 09:13:42 pm
What sleek said. 

that's an awesome bow.Well done Randman
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Post by: Zion on September 09, 2013, 10:58:41 pm
That shape is just awesome! Way to use OS randman! I bet that things fun to shoot!
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Post by: Accipiter on September 09, 2013, 11:27:37 pm
Ocean spray is pretty fun stuff, what an awesome way to use that big knotty bump in the middle!
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Post by: Holten101 on September 10, 2013, 03:15:53 am
Awesome bow...I love it:-). And judging by the unstrung and brace pictures the tiller is spot on.

We all love the uniqueness of selfbows, but there is something special about that bow. Its one of those wood species I will never have the privilege to work...I can understand why you are psyked:-)

cheers
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Post by: tallpine on September 10, 2013, 11:43:48 am
I believe the title to your post says it all. > Dan
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Post by: rps3 on September 10, 2013, 01:01:05 pm
That is one cool looking bow, and your praises on how it shoots tell the tale.
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Post by: Josh B on September 10, 2013, 01:24:45 pm
Wow! That is an exceptional piece of work!  Brilliant tiller!  Congrats Bushboy!  Josh
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Post by: bushboy on September 10, 2013, 04:48:38 pm
One more ultra cool aspect od the bow that I neglected to mention is that he made it a center shot.:)!
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on September 10, 2013, 11:12:33 pm
Wow, that is a sweet piece of ocean spray.  That would have given me fits.  Great work randman. 
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Post by: rockrush69 on September 11, 2013, 01:59:26 am
JUst made my first vinemaple bow ... dude . Ots pretty much my new favorite wood !!!! And medicine bow woods has it cheap . That and yew is all he has but ... wow . Both are great . My v.m. bow it very acurate and silent . 55#@26"
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Post by: Bryce on September 11, 2013, 02:53:33 am
JUst made my first vinemaple bow ... dude . Ots pretty much my new favorite wood !!!! And medicine bow woods has it cheap . That and yew is all he has but ... wow . Both are great . My v.m. bow it very acurate and silent . 55#@26"
*oceanspray*