Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jeffp51 on May 29, 2019, 02:36:01 pm
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My neighbor's son asked me last fall when I was going to make him a bow. I told him I wasn't, but that I would help him make his own. So we took a big stave I got from Mullet, split it into 3 staves, and picked one that would work for him. It is a beautiful piece of wood with just the right amount of snake to it, and it turned out really well, I think. I helped him with the tiller, but he did most of the shaping and and finishing. He made his own string, as well as the cordage to stitch up the handle.
The bow is osage, with african blackwood tips and turquoise-colored rock pieces mixed with epoxy in the knot we filled--makes a nice accent on the belly. I tried over and over to teach him how to push-pull string a bow, but for whatever reason, he could never get the hang of it, so we put two sets of nocks on the tips so he could use a simple bow stringer. He thought it made them look like a rattlesnake, hence the name -- it was going to be either that, or "Mister Snakey." I urged him to stick with "Rattler"
64" nock-to-nock
42# @ 28"
The look on his face when I asked him if he was ready to take it home was worth all the effort over the last several months.
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Did I mention he robin hooded an arrow on the first round?
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Looks to me like he had a good teacher Jeff. I'm sure he's going to take much more pride in that bow than if you would have just made him one. Good on you.
Bjrogg
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Excellent bow, Noah. Well done!!! :OK 8)
Good on you, Jeff. 8) Way to pass it on.
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Very cool bow!
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Looks to me like he had a good teacher Jeff. I'm sure he's going to take much more pride in that bow than if you would have just made him one. Good on you.
Bjrogg
I think you are right. In the last week, he has asked me for pictures he can show his shop teacher, and as we were applying tung oil finish mornings and evenings, he brought a girl to see it (less impressed), well as another neighbor friend (more impressed)--with a sincere look of pride as he did so.
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good bloke for doing that!
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THAT is what it is all about!
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Ditto on THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. There are many young people who can get a thrill out of making and and shooting their own bow. There's nothing like that feeling nowhere.
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Very, very cool!
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Thats awesome! Congratulations to the both of you.
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By the way, Noah also graduates tomorrow, so that is an even bigger accomplishment.
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Great job! Now, he just needs to get that girl shooting, and she will be impressed! Or he can find one that is! Maybe she. Needs to talk to Erika! I bet he comes back to make another one! A gooder for you! And an Attaboy! For teaching!
Hawkdancer
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Good bow and beautiful recurves. Photo angle is not correct so we can not see all details of full draw. Good work. 💪🏾
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Great work Noah & Jeff!
Nothing better than making the own equipment by oneself. Maybe teaching the youngers ...
Congrats for this beautiful first bow!
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I'm going to move in the home next to your. Wanna be your neighbor too :OK :OK :OK
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Good on you.good to see a young man likeing something besides techno devices
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Well done. Arvin
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There's a future hunting partner to help pack out your elk! (lol). Or his! Again, nice work!
Hawkdancer
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That is excellent. Congrats to both of you on a beautiful bow.
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Great looking bow and even better story. Great job guys!
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Wish i had a bowyer mentor when i was a kid. After many failures i lost interest for the next 20 years...
Great job Sir! (=)
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Very nice bow there! Congrats on a job well done.
Mike