Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: tom sawyer on December 09, 2007, 08:53:44 pm
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This is one of three bamboo-backed osage bows I'm making for some people, its the first one totally done. This one is for the teen-age son of a co-worker, a Christmas present. Its around 55lb@28". I did a RIT dye on it, green fading to orange fading to russet at the handle. Finished with tung oil finish. The handle has a hickory power lam under an elm handle piece, the other two I didn't dye because this is a pretty wood combo. The color job looks good too though. I put a green leather handle on it, the leather I harvested from an old couch in a dumpster. I'm getting $50 for it, covers the cost of materials and a little bit extra. I think they are geting a fair deal, its not a quality of the commercial people but should be a good shooter for the young man. The kid is a hunter, I hope he kills a deer with it next year.
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Nice bow Lennie. It is worth 4x $50 as far as I'm concerned. Good for you!!! 8) Pat
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Yep, Lennie you are really a nice guy.cool bow.
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Lennie, that looks great! I bet that young man will put a lot of food on the table with it..
Rich
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hey lenny! - how about some details??
frank
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man what a beautiful bow, love that r/d design too. hey where do you get your dye? the more i see this type of finish the more i want to try it :D good job on the tiller too.
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Sweet looking bow lennie, he should be happy with that and at $50 its a steal.
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Thanks people, its not the quality of many of your all's bows but its a decent effort for me. I glued it up with resorcinol glue. I got on a roll this summer and glued up twelve blanks, couple of them have lousy glue lines but I still have plenty to work on. Did backing to belly first and am finishing power lams and handles as I progress. Laced the handle on with linen thread and a baseball stitch, slid a wedge of hedge in under the leather for a shelf.
I said RIT but this is Feibings leather dye (changing that in original post), bought from an archery supplies dealer but they have it at the local boot store as well. I paint it on with the little brush that comes with the bottle, then fade the colors in between using a rag with a little acetone or alcohol on it. I've done the same thing with RIT from the grocery store dissolved in alcohol.
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Hi,
NICE BOW!! Tiller looks spot-on. $50??? Can you make me one?!! Don't be ashamed for charging $50!! You're giving it away.
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Nice idea with the hickory power lam. Did I miss the length of the bow in your posts?
Dave
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Oops I did forget that. I think its about 66" tip/tip, 1.25" to midlimb. I leave'em long so any long-armers that want a bow can have one. That and it gives a measure of safety as far as stressing limbs. It always worries me a little to sell one of these things, I give a money-back guarantee but so far nobody has broken a bow. A couple of people have shot them quite a bit too. Several others don't put them to much use, I'm afraid.
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Good job Lennie. Cheaper than a video game and of much more value. Justin
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That is a steal in my opinion - nice bow!
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Not many backed bows so far this month but your's is a dandy. Bookmarked for Backed Bow of the Month, for sure.
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Lennie, that's a fine looking weapon. Tiller, profile, finish, I like it all. Any chance of a bigger/more detailed pic of the dye job?
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I'll try and get another pic up tonight of the dye job and the handle.
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Here's the dye job, its fairly muted and the lighting doesn't help but its the best pic I got out of four.
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great looking bow. great shape. keep up the good work
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One thing I forgot, that last pic was the lower limb and the thread wrap was over a small bark inclusion that I was mildly worried about. I wrapped it with heavy thread and soaked it in super-glue. I wrapped the other end to match.
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That looks great, Lennie.
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Just looked at this one Lennie. Your selling yourself short at $50.00, but to each his own. Don't be ashamed of your game, your building nice bows. Danny
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Hope your generosity is returned ten fold,nice Job Lennie.
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Nice job!! That's a good looking weapon. Easily worth much more - but you're a nice guy! Wells