2 piece self bow ... first try. finished pics pg 11

[Osagetree]

Real nice.

[kerryb]

Looks great Ruddy, nice work.

[ron w]

  Nice job!!!

[Blue EagleBum]

Nice Bow!
I use leather boot laces for stitching on the knife sheaths I make. Get most of mine at WalMart.

[formerbutcher]

Very nice ruddy ! Can i ask where you got the take down sleeve from ?

[Osagetree]

Where did you get your sleeve? I guess I missed that?

[broketooth]

i got the sleeve from 3 rivers archery about 8 yrs ago.may isuggest , if you do get a sleeve i would inquire if it comes with 2 brass inner sleeves. this way when you put the stave back together with the sleeve, as you tiller it gives you time to let the bow decide what limb will be the upper or lower limb. then you can take a brass pin and perminantly attach the upper limb to the sleeve. im in the process of getting another sleeve.when i do i will do a thread on the insallation of a sleeve. ruddy

[Osagetree]

That makes perfect sense!

jeffB is looking to make his selfbow a two peice. I tink his handle is too small. What were the inside dimensions of the sleeve? Also, lenght?

[Pat B]

Joe, there are two size sleeves. I think Ruddy used the larger one(oval shape) and the smaller one has a round cross section.

[broketooth]

actually mr pat mine is the small D shaped sleeve. the flat partof the sleeve is where the back of the bow is. look at the butt of the limb and you will see the d end profile. i think its the first few pics of the build. mike yancey of pine hollow longbows also offers these sleeves but he has an oval model too.

[KellyG]

Ruddy looks great. I hope mine turns out half as good.
Kelly

[ber643]

Today I was honored by the fact that Ruddy brought his newly finished 2 Piece Osage Selfbow down for me to see and for us to shoot a little. We had a ball, both shooting the bow, and shooting the bull about bows, arrows, etc. I tell you in all truth that I was really impressed with Ruddy's bow - and I have some very nice all wood Primitive and selfbows in my collection.

I found the bow to look great (as we've seen in the pictures) but also to draw smooth, shoot with little or no noticeable hand shock, and be very quiet (even with no silencers yet applied). The bow seems to require a pretty good cant - at least with either me or Ruddy shooting it (a little bit more so with me). It is a sweet and accurate shooter, as long as the archer does his part. I grabbed two each of some of my River cane arrows, Tonkin Cane arrows, Cedar Arrows by Bill Stroup, and some Ramin Dowel arrows That I made about 5 or 6 years back. The bow behaved very well with all of my arrows (mostly in the 40-45 spine range and weighing close to 500 gr each, w/ their 145 gr tips). The bow really liked (as did Ruddy) the two river cane arrows (by Art B), and the two Tonkin canes (by StringStretcher). We shot at targets from about 8yds out to 41 yds both from the ground and from my tower. I think it is safe to say we were both impressed and enjoyed the afternoon of shooting - his was the only bow we shot today.

We did take a few pictures and I posted some in his thread under Pow Wow but all of them will appear in Ruddy's thread here in the Bowyer's Bench Forum. Wish you could have been there to soot this fine bow with us - but for now, enjoy the pics - LOL. Oh, Ruddy draws about 28" I believe, and I draw about 25".

Our first round groups weren't as tight as we might have wanted but as we got our stuff together between the bow, the arrows, and the shooters, we both tightened up nicely and were more than pleased with our shooting and the results - LOL

 

Now for some looks at the bow in action:

 

 

 

 And from the other side:

 

In this one, Rudy held the bow with a little less cant - just for viewing:

 

 
(more pics to come in next post)

[ber643]

Some of my turns (and pleasure) - LOL:

 

 

 

AND a more or less head-on:

 

And one more of Ruddy up on the tower (I think he liked that - LOL) I very much liked the way the bow shot for me from up on the tower.

 

Thanks for the visit and the pleasure of shooting your fine piece of work, Ruddy. We made some good shots with her, didn't we, buddy?

[broketooth]

bernie, i had a ball! i cant tell you enough of how impressed i was with the art b. rivercane arrows. the beauty of their flight from this bow was amazing. osage and rivercane is an icredible combination. after 1 or 2 shots i was dialed in and made some pretty respectable shots, at distances that i really dont care to take in a hunting situation. bernie took to this bow rather well. i looked at bernies selfbow colection rather closely. alot of bernies bows have a classic narrowed handle section, which in turn make them closer to center shot, if this makes sense. the bow that i made resembles shooting a cross between an american flatbow with a rounded english longbow handle section, with just a strike plate, arrow pass area. bernie it was truly a pleasur to shoot your range. im honored that you got to shoot a bow i made. im truly grateful to all the tg members here that helped make this build possible. ruddy

[ber643]

My pleasure, Ruddy, and you really deserve how well that bow came out. I dare say it is one you will never forget.

[JEFF B]

that looks real good Ruddy! like wow!!!!      

[Rich Evans]

all i can say is sssaaaawwwwweeeeetttttt!!!!!!!!

[Pat B]

You guys are having way too much fun. She looks good Ruddy. I bet she shoots sweet also.

[Axes bows n knives]

Great bow!

[Art B]

That ain't right! No snow, out having fun this time of year, just ain't right I tell you        ! I'm eating my heart out guys!

You bow looks great Ruddy! Bet it performs just as well. Hey, you need to get Burnie to show you where he hides his cane patch. Lord, you guys are blessed with fine arrow material. Next challenge perhaps? Enjoyed the pics........Art