Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: riverrat on October 10, 2015, 10:54:23 pm
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not too long ago i made a basic eastern woodlands replica flatbow for my grandson. he loves it. getting good shooting it. at least he likes shooting it when i shoot mine. good times for sure. well my niece stops by the other day with my great nephew. shoots my grandsons bow and just "has to have one". lol so in between a couple other projects i have been building him one. have this ruffed out, barely bending, ready for tillering to brace. sure hope he likes it when its done. its kinda ugly with the knots and all. ;)
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Lookin good, I'm sure he'll love it.
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That will start him out right, as far as the knots the beauty lies in the imperfection
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No such thing as an ugly bow, just bows with character
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Awesome! Kids and bows go together. Jawge
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i made the bow with the scallops because of the knots.thanks for the kind words. i like it myself. wish it was bigger :) Tony
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have it tillered to brace. nice even bend from what i can tell over my knee.have to make a string for it tomorrow. going to make a hemp tillering string for it right now. gonna order some rawhide or gutt to make a string out of for actual use when its finished.wish i had some hair on rawhide.its hunting season. maybe ill get lucky get a deer or at least a ground hog lol.ground hog would make a heck of a hair on rawhide string. heres the specs so far, ttt 48 in. , aprox. 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 in. wide at the widest {because of scallops/knots/ect.} 5/8 in. wide at the widest tips.upper tip is a side nock with a asymmetrically cut tip . bottom nock is a double side notched nock. bend through the handle bow.has a little reflex in the upper limbs . Tony
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What wood is it?
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Elm .Tony
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shoots great. i bet it draws 30 plus pounds at 22 inches. i want to reduce weight a little. this is for a 9 year old. ill post some pics tomorrow of tiller, shooting it, ect. i made two spined out arrows. with tapered blunt heads .no fletches. they shoot great about 20 feet before they start to fly off in whatever direction.i was shooting at a pizza box at about 20 feet . both arrows right next to each other every time. i wouldnt be afraid to take it squirrel hunting thats for sure.i figgure let my nephew learn to shoot it at about 20 feet or less with propper arrows for it. then put fletches on them for him to shoot further later.hes so happy that hes getting it. him and i will be shooting together in the next day or two. good times. :) Tony
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he came to pick his bow up just before it started getting dark. so we went out front. showed him how to string it up,unstring it. how to hold it, how to use a 3 finger draw. cause thats how i do it.shot it and hit the box to show him how its done.anyways, at about 15 feet he hit the cardboard box a couple of times. its the first time he ever shot a bow. i showed his dad how to do everything to. so he can teach him proper technique. at least the way i showed him. :). his dads words once he strung it up..."oh wow!" he thought it was gonna be a toy or somethin im thinking.his dad really likes it too. Tony
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That's really nice. :)
And you might end up having to make a bow for his dad, too!
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i was thinking that. :) Tony