An invitation to talk about short bows
If anybody interested this please send pictures or just talk about tham. I like this little beauties so much., much more possibility of make one than a longbow. It makes me to look at a new side for a...
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Corroded,Very authentic looking bows you have just added to the thread. I like the Achomawi bow a lot even without the appeal of rattlesnake skins......Can you give the draw weight and draw length of...
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Thank you, Woodbear. I will try to get a pic of the Achomawi bow's reflex when I get a bit extra time. I can tell you though, its reflex is nothing close to the Tolowa bow I posted on the third page...
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/FrankV/FVR%20Misc/MVC-046S.jpg Been awhile. Here is the 48" long osage backed with sinew pony bow. It is pulling 65lbs at 24".
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CA, That is one nice little bow on page 3, and has impressive reflex, more than the Achumawi bow on p176 of TBB1 to my eye. Your Achumawi bow may be right in line with the the illustration with with...
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WoodBear, Thank you. I still have not finished that red Tolowa bow. And here I am talking about wanting to make others! What's wrong with me.... I just looked at the illustration of the Achumawi bow...
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FVRago, That is one serious little bow. 65 at 24 is significant weight for such a diminutive looking bow: congratulations for achieving that. Nice subtle recurves at full draw and overall shape to the...
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This discussion,leads me to a question,that i have asked myself and a suspicion that had evolved from it. I wonder,if many of these old original bows did,or were intended to have such radical...
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Traxx, Yes, a bow with as much reflex as my red Tolowa is a real bugger to brace. I don't know how the natives did it. The few times I braced that bow is about the time I noticed my first gray hair....
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At some point sinew/glue has to stop shrinking. You can see pictures of Korean bows definitely newly made with tip touching or even crossing reflex. The Koreans even made their wooden warbows with tip...
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My post was directed toward the west coast native bows,if i didnt make that clear.Im aware of the Asiatic composite style and i believe i read an account of a bracing jig,similar to a modern C bow...
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I'm working on an eastern red cedar bow that will end up at about 130 cm long (~51 inches). Not sure if that qualifies as short for this thread, as it's a bit longer than most bows that are being...
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2traxx wrote:My post was directed toward the west coast native bows,if i didnt make that clear.Im aware of the Asiatic composite style and i believe i read an account of a bracing jig,similar to a...
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Some of the bows,that i have seen,personally,were lightly sinew backed and had extreme reflex,like the 2 maidu bows,that are in the Museum in Quincy Ca.Steve Alleys Maidu bow in TBB,is patterned from...
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little buckthorn bow, 28" ntn, round 22-23# @ 14. cute lil thing, backed with cherry bark. Can shoot a light phragmites arrow surprisingly far.
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Hey! Nice to see some new bows here! Very nice CA, as usual Been away too...working with my homeland bowyer comunity Happy new year for all of you guys!!!
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Cool little bow, Tacticalfate!Thanks, Fuzioli!Here's one I based off from a couple different Hupa bows. It's a blotched bow. Between ignorance and inattention, I got one of the limbs too hot while...
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wonderful work, has a very authentic look, and no doubt feel to it too. Lot of love went into it for sure.
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Tacticalfate, Nice little bow. At 28” I think it is a record for short bows that have not been called “micro” bow. Do you have a picture of the cane arrow? Looks like a fun bow to keep tucked away in...
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Thanks, guys! Say...did someone say "micro bow"?? :-) ....here's a sinew backed Chokecherry limb bow I made for my daughter: 25" long x 1/2" wide. The string is twisted hemp. The nocks are sinew and...
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Woodbear, Working recurves. Here is a pic of it at max draw.
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