Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jamie on August 05, 2008, 11:10:52 am
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osage isnt that hard to work with stones though it definetly wouldnt be the first wood i grabbed in the woods. 53# dogbane string with a rothole in the limb. tore a piece of my tshirt off and wrapped the grip with it. i knew those shirts were good for something ;D
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Looks like you got the "goodie" out of that stave, Jamie. Nice looking deer killer you have there. Pat
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Cool bow,good to see ya back on. :)
Pappy
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Looks like it must be one heck of a handle wrap, the whole shirt is missing. :o Nice work Jamie, how about more pictures. Justin
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Thats a good looking bow Jamie. Steve
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Looks like a meat-getter. Fine looking weapon.
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Nice looking bow, Jamie.
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Yeah Jamie, more pictures. Looks good from here. Great back tension shot too. Danny
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Jamie, usually when I see an osage bow in the thread I think oh-boy here's another snake-skin such-n-such. It's to bows what Elton-John is to Rock. No-doubt talented, but not on my Mp3. LOL You bow is what I like to see. Looks like what once would have been used in the hands of an Indian. Great job.
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Yahoo! Jaime's back. How about a full draw to show off the profile...the bow's, not yours :D
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WOW...! Nice looking bow.
And now we know what happened to your shirts too... ;D
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Looks great Jamie and creative use of a T shirt :)
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Nice one Jamie you've got patience using stone for tools. Most settle for making the bow but you make the tools that make the bow as well. :o Well done
Jesse
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Great bow! And I thought I was nuts for using a tshirt as a bow grip. Now I know I'm only sorta insane ;D!
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Nice job, Jamie, done with stones too. Mighty impressive. :) Jawge
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Jamie have you gone all out stone-age?
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thanks fellas. thimos i have no desires to work with steel anymore. when i do i feel like im cheating. nothing against it . i just get lost with the stones . its sort of a meditation for me now. i really enjoy seeing how they work and trying to learn new techniques with them. i stilll prefer to use unhafted tools. i find them easier plus when it dulls out i just grab another chunk. turned my bandsaw on the other day and the bearings were seized from sitting. normally i would of been upset. i thought it was a good sign ;)
ill see if i can get some better pics this weekend. my camera crapped out on me :P
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Nice bow..All stone tool's..wow..
David
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Great bow Jamie, especially with stone! I've always wondered about chasing a back ring with stone on osage or locust. Was that hard to do with stone?
Alan
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Jamie
That is one sweet bow. ;D I really have to give the stone tools a go. How much weight can a dogbane string take?
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impressive bow!
hope for more details!
frank
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Inspirational !!!!......more pics ?
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the stave was givin to me by a friend who has a camp in pa. so yeah chasing a dry ring with stones wasnt easy . luckily there was a good ring close to the sapwood. aside from roughing it out the tillering wasnt that hard. the stone do a great job of scraping down the much denser wood. i found that a very steep edge on the stone worked much better on osage than on the softer woods. a shallower edge on white wood cuts and scrapes but on the osage it sort of shatters and looses its edge quickly. on the other hand a steep edge on wide wood tends to chatter like a spoke shave at the wrong angle.
rick dogbane can definetly hold its own . its as good as linen. rough material doesnt last as long as a string made of plys. im going to take some time and really process the fibers and spin them on a drop spindle into finer string and then make the bowstring. i think i could get a string as thin as dacron . when you come up we will rough out some bows together . that is the hardest part of the process and its really not that difficult. we have plenty of 3" trees that we can take at the club. peace
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good to see you around agian Jamie. great job with the bow. im impressed.
Phil