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Offline Son of Rooster

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first self bow
« on: February 12, 2017, 08:27:00 PM »
made my first selfbow. my wife got me a stave for christmas from Pine Hollow Longbows. Did a lot of reading (TBB VOL I, II, III) Bent Stick by Compton, researching the web, asked much advice on some FB bow forums and have produced a functional bow. learned a lot doing this....especially patience.
Have heat treated belly and sanded to 220 and steel wool all day today. Shoots quiet and fast.
pull 52lbs @ 28
I am going to stain and seal later this week....I am hooked.
   
unboxed
   
tools of the craft
   
hacking away
   
didn't need them, did antler tips anyhow
   
   
my tiller rig I made
   
strung to tiller pulled to 28 inches
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Offline Son of Rooster

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2017, 08:32:00 PM »
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2017, 10:32:00 PM »
That's the thing about making bows.

Just one time and you are addicted!

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2017, 10:44:00 PM »
Excellent first bow. Well done.
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2017, 10:53:00 PM »
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Excellent first bow. Well done.
Yes sir, well done.
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2017, 10:55:00 PM »
Looks great! What kind of wood is that? What's the bow length?
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2017, 07:19:00 AM »
Great job on that bow!  The tiller looks perfect.  I wish my first one turned out that nice.
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2017, 08:24:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Lazyeye506:
Looks great! What kind of wood is that? What's the bow length?
I am sorry.....
It is Hickory and it is 66" long.
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2017, 08:27:00 AM »
Very well done, congrats.
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Offline Son of Rooster

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2017, 08:27:00 AM »
thanks for the kind comments, I appreciate it. I am not sure how many hours I have total with the work, reading, watching videos.....I lost track of all that.
I have a couple cherry staves curing from last year, will give me something to do this spring  ;)
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Offline twitchstick

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2017, 08:30:00 AM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2017, 08:44:00 AM »
Very nicely done! Jawge
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Offline LittleBen

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2017, 09:13:00 PM »
Nice job. Stellar work for a first bow.
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Re: first self bow
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2017, 09:18:00 PM »
good job!  congrats.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2017, 05:24:00 PM »
Looks great!
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Offline Wolftrail

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2017, 05:44:00 PM »
I'm no whimp,      :biglaugh:     how the heck do you you guys pull over 50#..?  In my hay day I would go up against any man.  I'm over 60 now.
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Offline passion for knowledge

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2017, 07:14:00 PM »
#60 is about my max - when I can get out a lot I can keep in shape. Winter I get soft and drop to #50ish depending on which bow I decide to shoot.

My bows range from #40 - #60

On my 63rd trip around the sun.

I just enjoy shooting, weight doesn't matter that much (within reason)
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Offline mwosborn

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Re: first self bow
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2017, 07:18:00 PM »
I can pull 60# but my form suffers severely!  The older I get the more I enjoy shooting 45# and less.  And I shot better too!    ;)
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