Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: paulsemp on November 22, 2015, 03:11:24 pm
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About a year and a half ago Cody gave me a real nice two and a half inch round Osage limb. A few months ago I started working on it and I was considering doing a sap wood backed but decided to go all hardwood and chased it down and I was left with like an inch and a quarter round crown. Little more severe than I wanted so I decide to do something I've never done and de crowned and glued a strip of maple on. I guess you could say it's in a r/d design but I wish I would of put more reflex into it, oh well. Off the form the tips were one inch past the handle now after I get done shooting it there about a half inch before and settle after few minutes dead even. Horn tips and arrow pass. Wenge and maple built up handle. Brown and black rit dye with tung oil. 64" ttt and 45 to 50 @26. Very smooth and a pleasure to shoot. Thanks for looking
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Sharp looking bow Paul. Did you taper the maple strip before it was glued on?
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Nice job Paul. Looks like a smooth shooter.
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Looks sweet!
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That finished out nice Pauly and it has you usual great bend
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Sharp looking bow Paul. Did you taper the maple strip before it was glued on?
No sir just an eighth inch strip cut off my table saw
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Interesting bow from a limb. Nice job.
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Very cool Paul!
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You are truly one of the few guys I know who can build a bow from anything. Nice job Pauly.
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Nice bow, Paul. I love small diameter osage. Surprising what you can make with them. Even a 1 1/2" half round. ;)
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Thanks for the nice comments guys! Few things I want to add first I scraped all the pith out and filled it with epoxy. I was showing my daughter the post and I read it out loud to her and she was mad that I did not give her credit for taking the full draw pictures. Thanks sweetheart :-*Not bad pics for 5 year old!
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Looks great Paul. Was hoping to see this one finished up soon, when I saw it last week at floor tiller stage I could see you were on to a real good bow there. I like the wood combos you used and the way you shaped that beauty. Your pictures don't quite show just how nice that bow looks in person though.
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sweet stick, tiller looks great :)
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I like this one a lot!
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Great execution, Paul! Congrats!!
Was that arra shelf orig a golf tee?
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Thanks Mike, piece of water buffalo horn
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That is a new one! Nicely pulled off. I really like the handle overlays, adds a nice classic glass bow touch.
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Knocked it right out of the Park ! The profile says everything Pauly - nice stik - Bob.
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Nice job, bet it is a smooth shooter. :)
Pappy
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Finished up nicely :)
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Nice bow Paul
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A little different but nothing wrong with that.Very nice job and bet you enjoy shooting it.
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I love the look of the antler on that bow. Great job on it.
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Very nice. There is a solution to every problem
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clean lookin bow man! Must be the excellent pics that lil sweetheart photographer took!
But why are you building bows, and not out hunting? That big boy ain't gonna trot to your back yard and throw himself in front of the workshop door!
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That's a sweet looking bow Paul.
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clean lookin bow man! Must be the excellent pics that lil sweetheart photographer took!
But why are you building bows, and not out hunting? That big boy ain't gonna trot to your back yard and throw himself in front of the workshop door!
Ill be out again unlike some
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Come on paul you know turtles can't hunt
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clean lookin bow man! Must be the excellent pics that lil sweetheart photographer took!
But why are you building bows, and not out hunting? That big boy ain't gonna trot to your back yard and throw himself in front of the workshop door!
Ill be out again unlike some
I'll be out there, soon - very soon! Have to, or I'm gonna go crazy!
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Come on paul you know turtles can't hunt
Hey, I was three steps out the door with my lightest bow to chase some bunnies in the snow sunday - before the warden got me!
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Lol I know that feeling
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Excellent bow. Good learning experience, no doubt.
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great looking bow Paul! I knew you would get something out of it ;)
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Nice one!looks smooooth in draw!
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Very nice looking bow Paul.....really like the horn bling.
DBar
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Looks good. a wood backed bow is on my list. What glue did you use.