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Bows / Re: Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by sleek on November 23, 2025, 11:32:14 pm »That... is interesting. I an very curious how it will turn out. I haven't seen that approach before. Points for uniqueness.
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Arrows / Re: Quiver, by request
« Last post by sleek on November 23, 2025, 11:20:19 pm »Hey man thats super cool and well done! If you could so a build along, that would be great! And to ad, compmete buildalongs get you an entry into the end of year giveaway incase you didnt know.
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Bows / Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by Burnsie on November 23, 2025, 11:18:28 pm »The curve/swoop in this handle was making tillering almost impossible, it created a big hump right out of the fade. I decided to do some surgery. It's pretty straight now, we'll see if it turns into a bow.
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Bows / Re: Osage Selfbow
« Last post by bentstick54 on November 23, 2025, 10:57:39 pm »Thanks JW,
Bob, this bow is actually out of a different tree than those second- string staves. I was ready for a break from the challenging ones. This stave took very little heat corrections, had decent ring ratio, and very few small knots. That’s why I decided to expand my knowledge and try flipping the tips. I’m very happy with the way it turned out.
I shot it 50 or 60 times here and there, as much as my hand would take, and seemed to be pretty dead in the hand and smooth. But I didn’t trust my release much, so I took it over to a friends and had him shoot it, and he thought it shoot and felt great to.
Bob, this bow is actually out of a different tree than those second- string staves. I was ready for a break from the challenging ones. This stave took very little heat corrections, had decent ring ratio, and very few small knots. That’s why I decided to expand my knowledge and try flipping the tips. I’m very happy with the way it turned out.
I shot it 50 or 60 times here and there, as much as my hand would take, and seemed to be pretty dead in the hand and smooth. But I didn’t trust my release much, so I took it over to a friends and had him shoot it, and he thought it shoot and felt great to.
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Arrows / Re: Quiver, by request
« Last post by JW_Halverson on November 23, 2025, 10:18:27 pm »Here are some photos of a couple of woven quivers.
The first is made of umbrella sedge (papyrus sp.) harvested in south carolina. 25 inches long by 3.5 inches in diameter. Stiffened with a length of meadowsweet. Comfortably holds a dozen arrows.
The second is made of black ash harvested in vermont. The weavers were split in half which make them pretty smooth. 24" by 4 an 1/4. Holds 18+ arrows.
That's just beautiful in the way something very simple and plain can be. I'd love to sit down with you over a weekend and make a few with you just for the experience!
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Bows / Re: Osage Selfbow
« Last post by JW_Halverson on November 23, 2025, 10:11:44 pm »Checks off everything on my grocery list, and doesn't add a single unnecessary thing!
That's nothing short of a banging good bow, right there!
That's nothing short of a banging good bow, right there!
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Bows / Re: Osage Selfbow
« Last post by Bob Barnes on November 23, 2025, 07:46:24 pm »You did an outstanding job on this bow. It's even more impressive that it was some of your second-string wood. Like I said on the LW, Iit's hard not to like everything about a bow that looks like it's ready to hunt. 
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on November 23, 2025, 07:04:14 pm »Saturday nigh, off my feet and enjoying a good fire with just me and the girls. Hope yall had a good one also. :)Life is Good. 
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on November 23, 2025, 07:02:26 pm »Brats for lunch. 
Big A showed up, it ant a selfbow but pretty cool, he has got into taking old compound risers and turning them in to recurv's, this was a riser off a PSE from the mid 80's. My girls in their favorite place.
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Big A showed up, it ant a selfbow but pretty cool, he has got into taking old compound risers and turning them in to recurv's, this was a riser off a PSE from the mid 80's. My girls in their favorite place. Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on November 23, 2025, 06:58:06 pm »Plan on euro mounting the heads, they are ready for the boil.
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