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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mo_coon-catcher on December 17, 2016, 02:23:31 pm

Title: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on December 17, 2016, 02:23:31 pm
I finally finished a bow, arrow, and quiver set for my 6 year old nephew. It's black locust bendy handle with walnut overlays. It's 48" long, 1" wide, draws 14# at 20" and took about 1/2" of set. I put a leather flap on each side since I'm not sure which hand he will prefer to shoot with yet. My brother told me that he seems to be cross dominant. For being such a little bow with low draw numbers, it flings an arrow surprisingly well. I got it to fling an ~400gr arrow about 90 yards. It's going to be his Christmas/ birthday present, so I'll get some pictures of him with it if the weather is nice ebough to get outside with him. If not then the pictures will have to wait until we can get out and fling some arrows.

I was going to make the arrows, but 3rivers had youth arrows on sale cheap enough that I would've spent more to get the feathers and tips than to just buy finished arrows.

Thanks for looking,
Kyle
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: simson on December 17, 2016, 02:26:51 pm
happy christmas, I bet he will be happy!
Its so much fun shooting with the kids ...
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Knoll on December 17, 2016, 02:34:42 pm
Betcha that'll be one happy young'un!

fyi . . . I've found 1/4" dowels w/ 70 gr points shoot well from bows of that weight.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: JonW on December 17, 2016, 03:00:15 pm
That's awesome Kyle!
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Post by: make-n-break on December 17, 2016, 03:11:10 pm
Awesome!! I've got a nephew that's about a year away from needing one. This is good inspiration! Nice work!
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: bjrogg on December 17, 2016, 05:41:33 pm
It's fun building these bows for kids. I've finished 2 for my grandkids and right now I have 3 shooting I'm about ready to finish sanding. I like the raccoon on there. Hope your nephew has some nice weather to shoot in, hate to have to wait till spring.
Bjrogg
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Del the cat on December 17, 2016, 05:59:38 pm
cool set... bet he loves it  :)
Del
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 17, 2016, 06:09:05 pm
Nice to see. :) Jawge
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: mullet on December 17, 2016, 06:11:33 pm
He ought to love it. I have more trouble making kids bows then making a radical reflex deflex.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: TimBo on December 17, 2016, 07:21:24 pm
That looks great!  Those 3Rivers arrows are hard to beat, especially if they're on sale.  It looks like things may warm up a bit after tomorrow, so hopefully he can do some shooting soon.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: selfbow joe on December 17, 2016, 07:31:15 pm
I'm sure he's going to enjoy it.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Bob W. on December 17, 2016, 08:55:04 pm
Lucky kid, nice job on that one!
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Post by: osage outlaw on December 17, 2016, 09:00:37 pm
Very nice work.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: upstatenybowyer on December 18, 2016, 08:27:11 pm
Sweet! I'm working on 2 similar bows for my 6 year old daughter and 5 year old son. Nothing cooler IMO than a bow made for a kid- magical. I'm sure your nephew will love it.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: bubby on December 18, 2016, 08:34:11 pm
Cool beans, he will like that
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Post by: bentstick54 on December 18, 2016, 11:18:40 pm
Very cool. That is one lucky kid to have an uncle like you.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Redhand on December 19, 2016, 12:26:33 am
 Nice work. I bet he will be very happy with it.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Onebowonder on December 19, 2016, 11:13:55 am
Very nice Kyle!  I'm sure he'll love it bunches!!!

I'm thinking that if you'd twist him up a fast flight string for that bow he might be able to push the arrow out to 95 or maybe 98 yards! :P

OneBow
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: DuBois on December 19, 2016, 02:56:01 pm
That's a beauty! I'm sure your nephew will love.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: PaulN/KS on December 20, 2016, 09:32:45 am
Nicely done Kyle. That's a fine set of gear for one lucky nephew.
Title: Re: A little bow for my nephew
Post by: Pappy on December 20, 2016, 10:03:33 am
I am sure he will love that one. Nice job.
 Pappy