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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: loefflerchuck on May 21, 2014, 02:33:41 am

Title: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: loefflerchuck on May 21, 2014, 02:33:41 am

Someone asked me if I could build them the little Crow sheep horn bow in the encyclopedia Volume 2. I did not have a single horn long enough for the 30.5" bow, so I lap spliced two horns and glued and riveted the splice with copper. The other reason I say almost replica is the tips have a little of the horns natural recurve and the real thing did not. Other than that the measurements are almost exact, the thickness is slightly less after tillering. The real bow must have been 70-80# at 17" draw.
 The bow is just over 30" tip to tip and 29" n to n. It has a draw of 65# @ 15". I hoped to get the draw to at least 17" like the last one I made this size, but it stacks so much at 15" I'm not willing to test it further. The real bow had no non bending 3.8" splice in the handle and was probably drawn further.
 I tested it with a 23" cedar target arrow of 340 grains. All the shots were between 142 and 151 fps. not bad for a 15" draw. I  call this a sidearm bow.
 6 layers of elk sinew backing and a 3 ply deer sinew string.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: medicinewheel on May 21, 2014, 03:18:48 am

Dang! Beautiful!! Really love these bows you are making!!!

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: wizardgoat on May 21, 2014, 04:05:29 am

ahhh sweet

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: zenart on May 21, 2014, 05:14:10 am

Nice work!

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: chamookman on May 21, 2014, 06:00:41 am

Very NICE Chuck ! Bob

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: TRACY on May 21, 2014, 06:55:30 am

Not something you see everyday. Really cool bow!

Tracy

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: blackhawk on May 21, 2014, 06:56:26 am

Well that's deadly cute  :)

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 21, 2014, 10:53:20 am

That is a bad mama jama Chuck! I love it.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Del the cat on May 21, 2014, 10:57:27 am

Wow...  :o
That is funky
Del

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Carson (CMB) on May 21, 2014, 01:17:58 pm

Quote from: blackhawk on May 21, 2014, 06:56:26 am

Well that's deadly cute  :)

 ;D ;D

Chuck, it seems you are quickly becoming the expert on these sheep horn-sinew shorties. 

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: MWirwicki on May 21, 2014, 02:35:36 pm

Chuck:  I sure like the sheephorn bows you're putting out, lately.  Would like to try one myself, someday.  Great job on a real cool bow.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Josh B on May 21, 2014, 02:57:13 pm

Very nice Chuck!  I gotta try my hand at one of these someday.   Josh

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Badly Bent on May 21, 2014, 03:23:33 pm

Cool sidearm Chuck, those sheephorn bows always impress me.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: IdahoMatt on May 21, 2014, 03:50:43 pm

Man!!!  Great job Chuck.  That little bow it very impressive.  Were do you get your sheep horn? 

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 21, 2014, 08:59:25 pm

That's a very nice little bow.  I don't think you can get much more out of it.  Looks like you're getting a wee bit of finger pinch to boot.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: kleinpm on May 21, 2014, 11:17:14 pm

I was almost over my fascination with short bows. I was so close and then you post this.

Great bow.

Patrick

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: loefflerchuck on May 22, 2014, 01:30:13 am

Thanks everybody. Matt, I get my horn from anywhere I can find it. I am always on the hunt. Marc, yes, a bit of pinch but I'm used to it. I'm sure I could get 17" out of it, but I would have to adjust the tiller and probably take 10- 20# off the weight. Then I don't think it would have better shooting results. This is the least overdrawn hornbow I have built so far, but 15" really feels like the max. I'm not willing to test this one to the point of failure.

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: burchett.donald on May 22, 2014, 08:48:06 am

I know you put a lot of work into that bow...Very impressive!
                                                                                          Don

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: Parnell on May 22, 2014, 09:56:16 am

Do you think you have a greater reflex angle out of the handle that accounts for the increase of stack?

Title: Re: bighorn and sinew sidearm bow, almost Crow replica
Post by: gmc on May 22, 2014, 09:09:06 pm

Always a pleasure to look at your work.

Thanks for posting.