« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow  (Read 612 times)

Offline crgibson

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 109
Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« on: October 07, 2011, 05:27:00 PM »
Russian Olive Mojave type,

 52"ntn 38#@27" Cant say much about it. It was fun to build and a fun little shooter. Starts off at approx 40# and after shooting it awhile it drops down to about 38# maybe a little less.

Thanks for looking, Chuck

 
 
 
Logged

Offline mwosborn

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1678
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 05:48:00 PM »
Cool looking bow - nice job!
Logged
Enjoy the hunt!  - Mitch

Offline KellyG

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 4254
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 07:29:00 PM »
sweet looking little bow.
Logged

Offline Osagetree

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 3512
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 07:54:00 PM »
I like the bow too. Looks great at full draw. Thanks for posting the pics!
Logged
>>--TGMM--> Family of the Bow

Offline Lee Slikkers

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 237
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2011, 08:32:00 PM »
I like it a TON.  I am currently really in love with this style of bow and the strung profile on yours is killer!  Add some sinew on another one and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results.
Logged
~ Lee

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?"
— Aldo Leopold
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Offline Traxx

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 615
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2011, 10:17:00 PM »
SUWEET!!!!
But id say,it looks more Pit River or Maidu,style to me.
Logged
Target archery is seeing how far away you can get and still hit the bull's eye. Bowhunting is seeing how close you can get and never miss your mark.

Offline Traxx

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 615
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2011, 10:21:00 PM »
Also,i have seen severall bows on different sites lately,of Russian Olive.I never considered it as bow wood and we have lots of it in this country.Gonna hafta give it a try.
Logged
Target archery is seeing how far away you can get and still hit the bull's eye. Bowhunting is seeing how close you can get and never miss your mark.

Offline GREG IN MALAD

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 458
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2011, 10:45:00 PM »
Cool looking bow! It's good to see Russian olive work for a bow, it's one of the few trees that grow wild here.
Logged
I didnt miss, thats right where I was aiming

Offline crgibson

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 109
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2011, 03:17:00 AM »
Thanks for look'in Guys,
 mwosborn,Osagetree, you all have RO in your neck of the woods?
 
Kelly G, you home now? see it says Riley,KS by your name WELCOME BACK...

Lee Slikkers, I thought about Yacca fiber backing But my build plan from the beginning was to go bareback to see what or if the RO could take lots of bend.. I did back a kids bow lately with some Yacca fiber. I was in town the other day at the Bank, the flower beds were full of old dead Yacca. Still seemed strong so I added it to the Mock Orange kids bow upped the lbs by two,three pounds      

Traxx, Tell you the truth I didn't know really what to call it Wanted to call it Nez Perce cause I'm really from Oregon

 GREG IN MALAD, You must have lots of RO in Idaho where at in ID. you at? I use to live in Enterprise OR for 23 years till I moved to Canada sure do miss Oregon and Idaho

  I cant believe how this wood bends and takes heat good. I did flip the tips on this bow a bit and on my other RO bow I altered it a lot with heat, all with good results.
 

Thanks again for Looking, Take care All
   Chuck
Logged

Offline Thumper Dunker

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3960
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2011, 03:58:00 AM »
Nice.
Logged
You can hop but you can't hide.
If it was not for rabbits I would never get a buck.
Yip yipahooooo yipyipyip.

Offline Osagetree

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 3512
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 06:46:00 AM »
Never heard of RO here in Ohio but I'll have to research it now!
Logged
>>--TGMM--> Family of the Bow

Offline GREG IN MALAD

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 458
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 12:36:00 PM »
Chuck,
The riverbottoms are carpeted with russian olive. I'm in southeast Idaho, in the land of sagebrush and juniper.
Logged
I didnt miss, thats right where I was aiming

Offline burnt

  • TGMM Member
  • Trad Bowhunter
  • ***
  • Posts: 142
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2011, 10:30:00 PM »
nice stick. love the primitive bows. super tiller.
Logged
"TGMM Family Of The Bow"

Offline vanillabear?

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 748
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2011, 11:50:00 AM »
Logged

Offline twitchstick

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3136
Re: Russian Olive, Mojave type Bow
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2011, 12:13:00 AM »
Nice job. I did not no RO would make a bow. It's grows like weeds around here.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©