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Post by Decatur on Nov 8, 2005 9:02:20 GMT -5
My brother recently bought a bow blank off of ebay. The blank is 90% finished he just needs to do some shaping, tillering and a lot of sanding and then the finish. It's made out of a couple exotic woods, looks really nice. I plan on getting me one soon it only cost $40. Anyone ever built a bow before?
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Post by grappledad on Nov 8, 2005 17:38:01 GMT -5
I've built a few. What kind of longbow is it?Laminated, self or backed?
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Post by Decatur on Nov 9, 2005 5:51:09 GMT -5
it's has a laminated riser and the limbs are hickory backed.
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Post by jimd46902 on Dec 13, 2007 18:17:56 GMT -5
Sounds nice! I make a few no and then. I am finishing a Bamboo backed Osage longbow as we speak.
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 16, 2009 20:25:00 GMT -5
I got started making selfbows this year. I have made 3 out of osage so far. Check out tradgang.com and primitive archer.com They are great sources of information. It is adictive. I now have enough osage staves to make about 40 bows drying in my garage. I also collected the sinew out of over 50 deer legs.
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Post by ski on Jan 7, 2010 22:20:20 GMT -5
Hello,
I built self-bows for awhile. I also built a sinew-backed osage bow that was treat to shoot. It was my first sinew bow and I left the hide glue and sinew a bit too thick. This was a non-issue until the temps dropped below freezing, then the hide glue made tiny creaking sounds as I drew and it was too noisy to hunt with. Learn from the mistakes. Osage is a great wood, but pacific yew is magical. I have a lot of 15 year old osage left.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 8, 2010 19:18:07 GMT -5
I am going to try sinew backing an osage bow this year. I collected a lot of sinew this deer season.
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Post by ski on Jan 9, 2010 7:33:27 GMT -5
Building bows is a great hobby and excellent exercise for the back when using a drawknife. I thought I would post something to look at... I don't have many pics of my bows. Here is a detail shot of my first and only try at making a bow with 'Grumbley' tips (I may have spelled the name wrong). It is a static recurve made of osage with a rawhide backing and black walnut tip risers. My heart was in the right place, but I left the tips way too heavy and it kicks like an army mule. Learn from mistakes...  hopefully, I can start shooting again and maybe hit Cloverdale this year. Cary |
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Post by ski on Jan 9, 2010 7:52:53 GMT -5
another pic!  this is the other tip of the Grumbley bow. Note how osage will darken to match black walnut when exposed to light for years. The stave for this bow is quite primo osage, with very straight grain. Tips were steam bent and I chose to back it as I wanted to keep the cross section of the bow rectangular.  Cary |
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Post by Decatur on Jan 9, 2010 8:39:22 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by ski on Jan 10, 2010 9:31:32 GMT -5
Decatur, I got all wrapped up with people talking about bow building and posted my pics on your thread... sorry!
How is your project coming along?
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Post by voodoofire1 on Jan 13, 2010 19:32:06 GMT -5
Yes I have, started out with selfbows then quickly switched to laminated take downs, now all I build are one-off custom hybrid longbows with Elk antler risers...Glad to hear someone else in the area is interested in sticks and strings, I use to go to the archery shop in Decatur for supplies and to shoot the indoor pop ups, I tried to talk trad a couple times, but there was little interest so I quit going........ but if you ever want to build a laminated bow, get ahold of me.......I'd be happy to share my knowledge and my shop too............Steve
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