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Offline 8th Dwarf

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Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« on: November 14, 2007, 08:57:00 AM »
Jim Rempp, who is maybe the best sinew bow builder alive, and I are going to do something wild in the next few weeks!  We are going to splice together one Osage billet and one Yew billit!  We will be taking pictures all the way through the process.  If I can figure out how to post them here and if anyone is interested, we will keep everyone posted as we build the bow.

Will it work?  Will it shoot well?  will it hold together?  Only the Shadow knows, and he ain't tellin'!

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Offline MI_Bowhunter

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2007, 09:04:00 AM »
Too Short, sounds cool.  

Just create a photobucket account and upload your pictures there.   Its easy to cut and paste the links to your posts.


If you can't figure it out, let me know and I'll post them for ya.
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Offline the Ferret

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2007, 09:04:00 AM »
It begs the question ....why?

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Offline Dano

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2007, 09:07:00 AM »
Well duh!! you bet I'm interested.

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2007, 09:14:00 AM »
Of course, I am interested.  :)  Jawge
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Offline elk ninja

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2007, 09:33:00 AM »
I am interested!  Anything weird makes me feel more normal!
Mike
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Offline Justin Falon

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2007, 10:26:00 AM »
Will be watching closely from my home in South Dakota! Too short makes fine bows too!!!


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Offline TimZeigler

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2007, 10:46:00 AM »
One things fer sure, it'll be a "one of kind" bow, unless you decide to make another with the two remaining halves  :thumbsup:
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Offline Apex Predator

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2007, 10:52:00 AM »
What are you trying to prove with the experiment?  What are your theories?  Novel idea, but what are you guys thinking?  I will definitely follow the thread, because I love this stuff.  It would be more enjoyable if we knew the whys of it.
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Offline BamBooBender

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2007, 10:53:00 AM »
I'd like to see how it goes too.
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Offline Mark Baker

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2007, 11:03:00 AM »
If I can figure it out (pics), Paul, then so can you!  

A new approach to using up them odds-n-ends laying around the shop, huh?
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Offline Shaun

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2007, 11:14:00 AM »
I've been considering doing the same with two busted in the tiller stage bows. Seen spliced conglomerations at MOJam but never two woods like this. Keep it coming
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Offline LEOPARD

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2007, 11:46:00 AM »
Looking forward to it Too Short!
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Offline deerfly

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2007, 12:03:00 PM »
Something new can definitely be interesting, but I'm with ferret on this one, why the dual personality limbs? Tillering stage should be interesting though. - eric
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Offline Ted Fry

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2007, 12:07:00 PM »
Made one years ago for a customer in TX , sorry cant remember his name. We called the bow Yewsage.
Funny thing was that the bow was fairly symetrical even with the disimilar woods.
Yewsage was yew on the top limb and osage on the bottom , takedown with sinew back . To my knowledge its still shooting fine.
Just goes to proove you dont need matched billets but rather the matching is done by tillering.
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Offline Linc

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2007, 04:05:00 PM »
It will work. Made one myself this past summer but as a T/D. Also named it Yew-Sage. Yew upper limb with rawhide backing.Osage lower limb. The yew limb has roughly twice the mass of the osage limb.Shoots fine. 66" ntn 48#@28". Lower yew limb blew at 28 1/4".I couldn't afford a yew billet and I had a short osage stave laying around.Looks kind of funky but it shoots. LOL.
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Offline Jacko

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2007, 04:31:00 PM »
Years ago I spliced a narrow limbed soapwood selfbow bottom limb and a pyramid limbed grey ironbark limb together and made a wild looking two tone nice shooting 45# bow from them - that bow is still going last I heard as I gave it away to a lady who was intent on owning it .As both bows where differant lengths and drawweights and had done a bit of shooting it was tough to get the tiller right . Good luck with the sinew backing that will add a new dimention - just how do you lay it up and maintain balanced limbs - love to see it done . regards Perry
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Offline 8th Dwarf

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2007, 03:18:00 PM »
Why?  Because it's weird and so am I and so is Jim Rempp.

We'll be starting next weekend and will figure out this photo thing.

Too Short and weird!
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Offline Bert Frelink

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2007, 06:43:00 PM »
Go Paulie go,
I wanna watch.
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Offline Terry Green

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Re: Self bow experiment extraordinary!
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2007, 09:01:00 PM »
If you can figure out how to make that selfbow....you can figure out howta post the pics silly Paul!

I'll be watching this one!
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