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Offline Mark Baker

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #40 on: March 13, 2014, 08:58:00 PM »


 

 

 
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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #41 on: March 13, 2014, 09:01:00 PM »


 

 

 
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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #42 on: March 13, 2014, 09:05:00 PM »


 

 

 

 
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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #43 on: March 13, 2014, 09:09:00 PM »
Love your success' Mark!  Looking forward to your second book...

-Jeremy   :coffee:
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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #44 on: March 13, 2014, 09:09:00 PM »


 

 

 
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #45 on: March 13, 2014, 09:10:00 PM »
A snake backed osage bow by Ed Scott

   
 
 

   

   
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Offline Mark Baker

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #46 on: March 13, 2014, 09:11:00 PM »
Ed makes the most beautiful bows...
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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #47 on: March 13, 2014, 09:13:00 PM »
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 Ed makes the most beautiful bows...  
I agree and no two are alike
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Offline Blaino

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #48 on: March 14, 2014, 07:40:00 PM »
Awesome photos!
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Offline blacktailchaser

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #49 on: March 15, 2014, 11:34:00 AM »
PLEASE,keep them coming..i love selfbow pics no matter how they come...thanks
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Offline DVSHUNTER

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #50 on: March 16, 2014, 10:11:00 AM »


My son's selfbow
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #51 on: March 16, 2014, 11:51:00 AM »
I have killed more deer with a selfbow than any other form of arrow launcher. I spent a number of years on the dark side before I returned to traditional archery.

 
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #52 on: March 16, 2014, 12:26:00 PM »
Tools, you can make bows with a minimum of tools. I have everything, band saw, belt sander, jointer and every hand tool known to man. With simple tools I would have to spend a couple more hours making a bow than I would with all my power tools, only a couple of hours.

Here is my basic arsenal;

   

Aggressive rasp, half round file, chain saw file for nocks, scrapers and a draw knife. I do have some more aggressive scrapers than the cabinet scrapers shown. One is a half pair of large scissors and the other is a Mystic longbow scraper, both work very well for hogging off wood.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #53 on: March 16, 2014, 12:44:00 PM »
This little tool with greatly aid your bow building process.

   

Here is an explanation;

  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001047;p=1
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Offline myshootinstinks

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #54 on: March 16, 2014, 12:53:00 PM »
Great thread, keep the pics coming.  :thumbsup:
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Online stillhunter

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #55 on: March 18, 2014, 07:39:00 AM »
Great looking bow DVSHUNTER!
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Offline Bert Frelink

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #56 on: March 18, 2014, 07:56:00 AM »

Not a great picture of the Osage selfbow, it was a great day in November a few years ago.
Bert.
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Offline DaveT1963

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #57 on: March 18, 2014, 12:13:00 PM »
I knew I should not have opened this thread...... I am so swamped with far to many obligations as it is....but I feel the calling, it's like a distant whisper.......

Anyway, I don't think anything can get better than for a person to craft their own bow and arrows from native materials--- my hat is off to you Gents for keeping the tradition alive and inspiring the rest of us.
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Offline Izzy

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #58 on: March 18, 2014, 12:26:00 PM »
My old fishing self bow. A Kurt Brisky osage. I have a new fishing bow in the mail as we speak but I killed a bunch of fish with this one.    
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Offline DVSHUNTER

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Re: Selfbows In Action
« Reply #59 on: March 18, 2014, 01:57:00 PM »
Thank you stillhunter

Here is a left handed hickory out and about with me.

 
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