Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Dean Marlow on October 17, 2014, 11:40:42 am
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While up at our local coffee shop there is a lady that comes every day and one morning while we were visiting she was telling me she had cut down her apple tree in her back yard the day before. I asked her if there was any long pieces of the trunk left and she said yes that it was still all there. So after getting my morning coffee down I went down to take a look and it had been worked over with a chain saw. I finally found a piece around 38" long that I could split and get a set of billets from. I can't tell you what kind of apple tree it was but she said it was a summer apple of some kind. So after about a year of letting it dry I tied into the other day. It is 66" long. 1-5/8" wide to mid limb then tapers down. It came in lighter than I wanted and considered cutting an inch off both limbs but it shoots so smooth I am going to keep it like it is. Getting older any way so this will do me or some nice lady just fine.
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More pics.
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More pics
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Money shot will come when I can get grandma to help. Dean
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Sweet bow. Really like the lines.
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Im jealous Dean O. I want to try apple wood myself. Great looking so far. Judging by the braced pics, Id bet that tiller looks pretty good.
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Money shot.
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My, my, that apple wood is purty!!
Congrats.
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Nice handle! How to you get the flare on the edges of the leatherwork?
Very nice!
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That's a nice looking on there dean. Cool story too. Is it my eyes or does that bottom limb look hinged out of the fade?
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Thanks for the nice compliments. It is a very nice looking wood when sanded down. I light cream color when finished. The leather handle I just flip the ends over and use super glue to keep it in place.
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Sweet bow! I like the un-gussied ones. Thanks for the handle explanation, I'm going to steal that idea >:D
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What a great bow! Can't wait till I am on this level of workmanship! And on the other hand if it ever breaks you can always use it for smoking game on the grill. :D
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Cool story and pretty bow. I need to find some apple wood, but a straight piece is hard to find.
I gotta agree with Matt though, your bottom fade looks a little hingy, but it could just be your angle
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Nothing fancy here with this one. just a simple straight shooting longbow. The bottom limb did have a dip in the stave so it makes it look like it is wanting to hinge. Dean
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Very nice. The background is a distraction for the full draw
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Very nice Sir. Apple wood is on my bucket list.
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very very cool, nice looking bow
chuck
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Great work Dean. I would like to try apple one of these days
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Dean, don't know how I missed this one. Don't see a lot of apple wood bows but looks like you got a shooter for sure. Really nice bend 8)
Don