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Re: Stone age bow
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2014, 10:10:10 am »
Awesome stuff!!!! Good luck hunting with it ;)

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Re: Stone age bow
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2014, 10:20:18 am »
that's the beauty of the pure!
interesting all around, bow, arras, string - excellent job. waiting for the fd ...
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« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2014, 10:35:36 am »
I love it!!!  Totally primitive, very nice work.

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« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2014, 12:13:47 pm »
very very very nice !!

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Re: Stone age bow
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2014, 12:14:22 pm »
That is Awsome !

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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2014, 01:36:22 pm »
here are some more pictures of the bow.  Again, remember that this was all stone tool work and tiller was achieved slowly and by eye of watching the brace and floor tillering of the limbs.  Tiller certainly isn't perfect and also notice I am an inch or so short of where I normally draw to.  I was worried about over drawing the bow since I didn't use a tiller stick or tape measure to actually measure any of the draw length or weight specs, just going by feel of shooting naturally, 23-24 inches.  I guess you can say I am a little worried about breaking the bow, not because I don't think it would take more bend, but more because I have so much work into the bow, I'd hate to break it taking a picture and accidentally drawing it too far while doing a static, standing, full draw photo.   estimation of 60#  +\- a couple pounds.  It's funny how naked you feel when you don't take measurements when making, drawing, and weighing.
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2014, 04:52:34 pm »
Heck of an accomplishment Ryan. Nice work!
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2014, 04:56:52 pm »
It's great.  Now that is primitive archery!
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« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2014, 05:02:13 pm »

Fantastic and amazing.........is all I can say..................................... :o
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2014, 06:31:31 pm »
awesome work, cool to see what you can do with so little
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2014, 11:53:15 pm »
I'm really pulling for you to get a deer with that rig Ryan, that'll be a great feeling for ya.  :)
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2014, 02:47:00 am »
finally!!!!  I've been waiting so long to see this!   ;D  Congrats dude, that is amazing!  Kind of wished you would have gone with side nocks though ;)
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2014, 07:47:33 am »
That is awesome!  It's as primitive as it gets.  Well done

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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #28 on: July 14, 2014, 07:57:50 am »
Nice job Ryan. That should do it. :)
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Re: Stone age bow- Pics added, page 2
« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2014, 08:09:57 am »
I'll bet ISHI would've been proud of such a bow! Primitive, primal, functional. Go kill something! Congratulations on a fine accomplishment.