Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DuBois on April 04, 2014, 12:00:06 am
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Shagbark sapling with 3 courses sinew. Sisal twine and jute handle. Second hand fabric with TB3 over sinew. Stained with Turtles steel wool tea and vinegar recipe.
I made some tip extensions from maple that notched over the end of bow to be flush with belly and put on with epoxy and dust.
Put a little more sinew down center and tied in to tips a bit and wrapped with sinew.
Not an optimal design but it was some fun with a messed up re-do. Seems to pack a pretty good wallop.
Came out 53" t-t
62# at 27"
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Nice bend. How does it shoot?
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It seems like a good shooter to me, but I am guessing if I got my hands on a few bow made by some of you guys that make the real "sweet shooters" and compared how those feel to my bows, I would see the light ::) Really itchin to get ahold of a trade bow and someday get to gathering of some kind.
I am still learning to pay attention to finer things like noise and hand shock.
Gotta tell on myself now. Before getting the bow making sickness a couple years ago, I had only ever shot a couple of FG recurves and only a few times. Never killed a thing with a bow (yet), but did terrorize some neighborhood animals >:D >:D Had one as a kid and probably traded it for a bag of %7*^*?
Anyway, life got crazy and 20 something years later I decide out of the blue I am gonna make bows and hunt with them even though I never done much of either before. I am probably crazy but I am pretty determined to give my kids something I did not get.
Gotta love a steep learning curve ;)
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Looks good to me. :)
Pappy
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Keep at it Doobs. I'm inspired by your enthusiasm. That bow looks pretty mean!!
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Nice bend on it.
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Pretty cool. I really like the back!
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very very cool, very cool story. nice bow.
chuck
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Doobs...dont feel bad brother....i spent the first 30 yrs chasin booze and babes and rockstardom..found a bunch of the former not much of the latter...im a yr into bows at 47 yrs old...wasted a lot of time...hurts to think avout it...better late than never!! the bow...looks fantastic to me!
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Just what all do you consider sub-par? that looks like a fine deer killin stick to me sir!!!! Most times us bow builders is our own worst critics, eh?
rich
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Looks like a fine deer killer to me.
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Thanks you Pappy, Bob, smoke and berserk!
Gsulfridge, I was going for old and mean looking >:D
Yes sir, I tend to be my own worst critic in most things Rich.
Thanks Chuck.
4dog, thanks man. I figured there were some others that didn't exactly grow up with this stuff. I am 44 myself and I think finally getting to what is really good in life. I agree, better late than never. We'll get there Brother. Never knew there was such great instructions available until stumbling into this site 8)
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And we love ya back man! ;) That thing looks sweet! Only 52''?!! wow!
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Thanks PA, my kindergartener loves to write where I let her. Nice message she is sending ;D ;D
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Really nice bend!