Author Topic: got her done. 1st selfbow is finished!! (Read 745 times)

ozy clint · « **on:** August 10, 2012, 11:29:00 PM »

been playing with a piece of brigalow that i cut last sept.
it ended up being 61 1/2" NTN and 65#@27"
i been shooting it and it has survived almost 100 shots. just got to make it a rawhide string and get some of these bamboo shafts i cut turned into tuned arrows.

full draw-

love brigalow!

i went for pin nocks and i've got to say, i like them.

i finished it with duck fat. we had roast duck a couple of weeks ago and we saved the fat. i just rubbed it in. "and the water still beads"

Shedrock · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:39:00 PM »

Nice job! Great looking bow and wood! I never heard of that wood before. How does it compare to osage?

Thumper Dunker · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:41:00 PM »

Thats a cool bow. Great job.

huntmaster80 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:42:00 PM »

good job!!!!!

ozy clint · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:47:00 PM »

shedrock- brigalow is a native australian tree. Acacia harpophylla. it's pretty dense stuff.
no idea how it compares to osage. i've never even seen a piece of osage.

JamesKerr · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:48:00 PM »

Nice job! I would never have guessed it was your first selfbow.

SportHunter · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2012, 11:54:00 PM »

Great job Clint, especially for your first!

horatio1226 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2012, 06:19:00 AM »

nice!

Osagetree · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2012, 06:43:00 AM »

Oh no, now you're going to get hooked on the primitive side of traditional!

Not a bad thing at all. Can't wait to see your first game animal you take.

59Alaskan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2012, 07:16:00 AM »

That's a very nice bow!! Congrats. Thank you for sharing

Chad Orde · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2012, 07:22:00 AM »

That's awesome!! Great job! My first one got a small crack in the limb after 500 shots or so I sealed it with super glue but still have to wrap the crack in sinew.
Chad

Green · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2012, 07:30:00 AM »

Nice work....and I really like that wood! Good luck with it.

LongStick64 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2012, 07:34:00 AM »

Great Job, once you go Self Bow, all others are just not the same.

kennyb · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2012, 08:11:00 AM »

looks great, Clint! that's a real nice lookin' piece of wood and it looks tough...like a iron wood! Good luck!

wingnut · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2012, 08:22:00 AM »

Did some looking and found that this wood is more dense then osage. So it should make an excellent selfbow.

Nice Job!!

Mike

ozy clint · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2012, 08:32:00 AM »

wingnut- do some research on red and grey ironbark selfbows. it's more dense than brigalow.
we have some great selfbow timbers here in australia that's for sure.

KentuckyTJ · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2012, 08:42:00 AM »

Very nice Clint. Great wood grain. Those tips scare me. Looks like the string would just slip off.

LONGSTYKES · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2012, 08:50:00 AM »

Great looking bow, as well as the wood. I agree with KentuckyTJ on the tips, they look awful shallow.

twitchstick · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2012, 09:01:00 AM »

Very nice!

snakewood3 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2012, 09:30:00 AM »

Nice ! Always a pleasure to see your posts. Great to see someone making selfbows down your way.


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