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Title: Bowyer!
Post by: Toxophilite on October 16, 2015, 09:14:54 pm

Some pictures of bows I have made
Some are 'braced(strung) on the floor a couple are on the tillering stick(where the real bow making work is done)
1 osage static recurve 50lbs pull at 28" draw...ouch!
2 same bow at full draw
3 roughed out ash longbow on the floor
4 same bow on the tillering stick at full draw

Title: Re: Bowyer!
Post by: Toxophilite on October 16, 2015, 09:20:41 pm

1 black locust longbow on floor 42lbs
2 ash steam-bent static recurve 35lbs(all the recurves are steam bent)
3 traditional yew long bow with antler knocks 50lbs
4 my regular shooter a 38lbs osage static recurve (this bow and the 50lbs recurve were split from the same half-log, note the difference in colour)


Osage is cool because when it's fresh cut it's bright electric orange yellow and eventually it will darken to a eggplant purple black

Title: Re: Bowyer!
Post by: Toxophilite on October 16, 2015, 09:31:48 pm

to give an idea of how much these bows bend
Here is the bow from the first post the osage 50lbs recurve pictures 1 and 2, unstrung, it has already gotten much darker since those other pictures were taken

Title: Re: Bowyer!
Post by: John on October 18, 2015, 08:26:44 pm

good stuff, thanks!

Title: Re: Bowyer!
Post by: DummyLoad on October 18, 2015, 10:36:57 pm

cool documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk)


--pete

Title: Re: Bowyer!
Post by: jjasilli on October 21, 2015, 08:09:17 pm

Nice bows!  Timely for early bow season!