Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: dirthas on August 16, 2017, 07:08:15 pm
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This guy pulls about 50#@28" and is 64" ntn. Bought the bamboo from Ed Neat at the TN Classic and shaped the limbs mostly according to the BBI buildalong by Sam Harper. This is my first RD and I had a bit of trouble with the tillering, as evident in the braced profile. In the end, however, this bow is comfortable to pull and smooth on release. For my next RD BBI I'll probably try to get the outer thirds bending more. Any advice regarding the tiller would be much appreciated!
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Part of my goal with the built-in cedar reel was to make a bowfishing bow that "looks" primitive. Sometime during the belt-sanding, bandsawing, drill-pressing, and epoxying, I realized how ridiculous it was to think any part of this bow would be "primitive". I would now argue that taping a plastic bottle to your limbs is more primitive in nature! Regardless, I'm surprised with how well it turned out from a functional standpoint.
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This was my first time to use gar scales as decoration and it worked out great. You have to strategically cut the hide along the scale lines or else risk cracking scales when you try to cut through them with tin snips. The scales have a thin hide holding them together underneath. I glued the cut hide to the bamboo with Smooth-On and rubbed another thin layer of it over the scales to fill in the gaps and make it smooth. These scales were from a small spotted gar I shot the day before. The ONE DAMN SCALE that had to pop out during sanding gives this bow its name "Snaggletooth".
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My goal was to finish this bow and shoot a fish with it before the end of this bowfishing season, so that's how I broke it in.
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I think the red spinner bait skirt string silencers (say that 10x fast) and red bowfishing line really bring out the ERC accents.
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Nice job on the bow! Looks like it got the job done on that fish.
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That's a sweet outfit! Sure like the gar scales too.
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Very, very cool! (SH) + )F( = 8)
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Thanks guys!
Clint I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with those scales I gave you at the classic. I sure would like to bring some big ones next year for arrowheads.
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Cool spool, you ain't not fool to have some fun down at the pool.... (enough enough! ;D)
Del
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Very nice job, love the scales, also the tiller looks pretty good to me for R/D profile. The outer 1/3 will always look a little stiff at full draw. ;)
Pappy
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Nice looking bow. The bow reel looks cool
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That turned out nice for your first RD! And the cedar reel thing and the scales look great! And as Pappy said a RD bow usually looks a little stiff in the outers. It's like any other tiller shape really. The unbraced shape needs to be visible in the braced and fulldraw and your bow does that well.
And what a way to shoot it in! Great catch!
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I would say you did a great job with enginuity and that spool. Way better than a bottle. It clearly functions. Great job!
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Great job all around! The gar scales look great. Nice to see a goal completed by getting a fish with it. Very nice! SS
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nice,, congrats,, )P(
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It's very cool, buddy. Shoot anything with it?
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Pappy thanks for confirming the tiller. Leonwood I've never heard that
The unbraced shape needs to be visible in the braced and fulldraw
but it makes sense and seems like a good guideline.
Parnell I shot that fish in the pictures with it
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Nice bow, I like the cedar spool idea...original to my experience.
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Really nice rig you made there.The fish and the gar scales touch I like too.Congrats.
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Pappy thanks for confirming the tiller. Leonwood I've never heard that
The unbraced shape needs to be visible in the braced and fulldraw
but it makes sense and seems like a good guideline.
Parnell I shot that fish in the pictures with it
Hmmm...I'm not seeing any pictures. I wonder why...I'm logged in. Weird...?
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Nice setup. The bow looks fairly well tillered but the limbs could work a bit more mid-limb.