Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: NeolithicMan on January 31, 2014, 08:58:08 pm
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made this bow for my 2 year old. he helped rasp and sand and picked out wood, string, feather and colors for everything. got all excited for the bow trade and needed a custom bow practice run!
Its made from a shagbark hickory sapling I had seasoning, my son grabbed it and said "my bow daddy" so it began! Buckskin handle wrap and hemp twine string. heat treated belly.
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31 1/2" t2t
2.5-4# @ 16"
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That is awesome man! He must really want to be like dad ;D
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Good on you dad, don't get any better than that, bow trade included 8)
rich
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Very cute :)
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Very cool man! Josh
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Very nice - bet he is excited!
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SHOW US THE MONEYYYYYYY!!!! LOL ;D
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Tried to get my son to hold still long enough for a full draw puc but something about 2 year olds makes it impossible to sit still!
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Nice bow.
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Awesome!
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8) Tricky little buggers to tiller aren't they? Good job, Dad!
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thatll do neo....thatll do.
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Priceless !
Tracy
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Very cool man :). My sons first birthday is on the twelfth I thought about making him one but we will see I might wait till next year.
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Thanks guys for all the kind words, this was a lot of fun! I thought tillering would be pretty hard with something this small but a real sharp knife made it fairly simple. the hardest thing for me was getting a draw weight I could barely measure! ended up weighing random objects and suspending them from the string on a hook. 2.5# was the lightest and 4# was the heaviest at full draw for this sliver.
IdahoMatt: if you do make one for him, heavy HEAVY arrows with WIDE arrow nocks for easy placement on the string for chubby little fingers. A large arrow shelf and cottonball field or house tips. this thing shoots far better than it should and can really fling some wood! Also a few talks about "not the dog not the cat, only the targets daddy made"
Probably safer to use outside only but negetive degree weather puts quite the damper on young archers/bowyers. so mommys annoyed, the animals are hidding and we are indoor hunting for balloons and pillows!