Primitive Archer

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Title: my penobscott
Post by: rkeltner on February 04, 2008, 11:55:02 am
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Post by: Justin Snyder on February 04, 2008, 12:12:19 pm
Great bow. I am fascinated by the penobscot bows.    Justin
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Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: Badger on February 04, 2008, 12:21:56 pm
Very nice, what is the draw weight of the bow, how much draw weight does the small bow add? Steve
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Post by: adb on February 04, 2008, 12:29:52 pm
Nice job. Those bows are definately unique. Is it noisy? How is the hand shock? I've never seen or shot one.
Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: rkeltner on February 04, 2008, 12:33:17 pm
the background on my bo is that it started as a hickory-backed hickory longbow, glued into a 2-3 inch reflex. things went fairly well, untill i got to the final tiller, when i went too far!(i wanted about a 55 lb. bow) as things developed, it was clear that i was on my way to a nice 35 lb. target bow, so, having been facinated by the entire concept of the penobscott, i decided to add the backbow. the results were what i was hoping for! the bow now has a working draw of 52 lbs. and has been shot a couple of hundred times now. besides enjoying the fruits of my labor, i love the attention it draws(pun intended) whenever i pull it out. i particular love the blank stares i get when i call it my primitive compound!!! the vital statistics on this bow(yes i know folk are probably waiting for this) 68" tip to tip,with the back bow runing 36" tip to tip. the primary bow is hickory backed hickory with a mulberry handle and hickory heartwood tip overlays. the back bow is hickory backed mulberry glued into a 1.5" reflex, and then tillered to 50lbs. at three inches. the limb tip overlays on the backbow are also mulberry.
Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: rkeltner on February 04, 2008, 12:42:27 pm
draw weight is about 52lbs. and has no more hand shock than any other longbow i've shot! noise wise, i haven't noticed that it's particularly loud!
Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: DanaM on February 04, 2008, 01:10:29 pm
That is just to cool. I like seeing different bows and this definately qualifies.
Good Job eh.
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Post by: Pappy on February 04, 2008, 01:18:49 pm
Nice bow,looks like a good job on that. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: OldBow on February 04, 2008, 01:39:19 pm
Pictures are pretty grainy. Fascinating bow, though. Bookmarked under Self Bows for February. (We don't really have a category for this kind of bow).
Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: Justin Snyder on February 04, 2008, 02:04:35 pm
Quote from: OldBow on February 04, 2008, 01:39:19 pm
Pictures are pretty grainy. Fascinating bow, though. Bookmarked under Self Bows for February. (We don't really have a category for this kind of bow).
Oldbow, I think it goes laminated since the main bow is hickory backed.  ??? Justin
Title: Re: my penobscott
Post by: DanaM on February 04, 2008, 02:18:09 pm
Their both backed or is that laminated now ???
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Post by: rkeltner on February 04, 2008, 02:25:06 pm
actually, both bows are backed! thanks for the encouragement, though!!!