Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: wingshooter on February 18, 2008, 04:33:53 pm

Title: Bow case
Post by: wingshooter on February 18, 2008, 04:33:53 pm

This is a picture of my bow case. Sally is wanting to know why we are taking pictures instead of chasing rabbitts.
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/Rkyle/IMG_0010.jpg)
Ok now were under way. ;D
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/Rkyle/IMG_0018.jpg)

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: medicinewheel on February 18, 2008, 05:41:36 pm

hey, you're doing some really nice leatherwork!

frank

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: DanaM on February 18, 2008, 09:04:25 pm

thats a nice bow case, could also use that for the smokepole :)

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: koan on February 18, 2008, 09:21:18 pm

Sweet!....Brian

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: jamie on February 18, 2008, 10:10:54 pm

wow!

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: hawkbow on February 18, 2008, 11:36:28 pm

Very nice ! great leatherwork .....nice bow too.. Mike

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: huntertrapper on February 18, 2008, 11:44:52 pm

just saw this picture too. thats great sir. awesome leather working. that would be a good case for a flinter

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: wingshooter on February 19, 2008, 12:56:17 pm

Thanks The bow is from a maple board found at Lowe's the backing is bamboo from Plant World Nursery. I left the bamboo to thick and it caused the bow to have a belly ache. Very fine compression lines across the limbs in the same place on both limbs. I soaked a couple of piece's of rawhide 2 1/2 inches long and glued them to the belly with titebond 111 which has become my favorite glue good stuff. The bow is 68 inches,50 pounds at 28 inches It shoots a 600 grain ash arrow with authority. So far it has held up well. I put to much work into it to give up.

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: John K on February 19, 2008, 12:58:54 pm

Real nice wingshooter ! Did you make the shirt too  ???

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: Pappy on February 19, 2008, 01:12:37 pm

Very nice I like that a lot. :)
    Pappy

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: medicinewheel on February 20, 2008, 05:22:02 am

Quote from: wingshooter on February 19, 2008, 12:56:17 pm

... I left the bamboo to thick and it caused the bow to have a belly ache. [...] So far it has held up well. I put to much work into it to give up.

that's a fine bow anyway, but doesn't that experience make you wanna build anotherone with thinner bamboo this time.  8) 8)
 - from the pics you posted you seem to be a good and creative craftsman!
you know they're all sort of crazy here: they wanna see what other's made, than they think wow i want to do that, too. than you'll see that and you'll think the same and so on...seems to be a good motor!

cheers, frank

ps: i for instance have this buckskin, that is to soft for a quiver...so i started wondering...

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: wingshooter on February 20, 2008, 12:55:53 pm

Your right about wanting to make another bow the problem right now is finding the time. Don and I are making these obsidian knives and I want to spend more time stump shooting and shooting aerials and I have a few quivers to build and, and, and.
I really do not know how I had time to work now that I am retired I am busy all the time.

Title: Re: Bow case
Post by: Justin Snyder on February 20, 2008, 01:09:35 pm

Sounds like you are having fun.  Great looking bow case.  Justin