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Worked on the wood today. Outlined it into a bow and scraped some wood off. Will lay next to the water heater for a little while... Thanks to Jay the real mentor here...
I think it will end up being about 62-64 inches. Anticipate more twisting on the drying process.
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now that looks like a challenge
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Re: First Attempt - Maple Self Bow
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That looks like that is going to be a project that is going to take some time. Are you making a longbow?
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I'm thinking Modoc style. It will not turn into a fancy factory looking bow. It will be a primitive looking weapon with a raw feel to it. At least if it is a successful turn out.
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Is the modoc style similar to the bows like pacific yew longbows?
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Re: First Attempt - Maple Self Bow
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Looks like a challenge. Have fun wth it and enjoy yourself. That is on my want to do list. Got to get my house built before I start on anything like that.
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Re: First Attempt - Maple Self Bow
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Quote from: bowhuntin on February 14, 2009, 06:47:07 PM
Is the modoc style similar to the bows like pacific yew longbows?
Not really.
Some of these bows are modoc style. They tend to have fat limbs.
http://www.krackow.com/nativeamerican.html
http://www.kumeyaay.info/whoswho/bios/gb/7blackhoofbow.html
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Re: First Attempt - Maple Self Bow
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February 17, 2009, 03:50:05 PM »
Good Luck Ray...Take your time...patience is KEY when building a self bow... get in a hurry...and ruin it ... (especially when its your first!)
Are you going to back it? I love sinew backed bows...
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February 17, 2009, 05:03:51 PM »
No. Don't want to back it. Just want a ghetto looking stick. I might work on it some more in a few days. Maple is cheap. In fact this stick was free. So if I break it then I am only out on time.
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Good luck, too much work for me.
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So that's what you been up to lately.....
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this morning I scratched it down significantly using the rasps/files. I am going to begin the tillering process. I'll get a photo or two later on today.
I put some string notches on and have a tillering string on it now. I need to work on evening up the limbs as well as smoothing out the wood. The drying process made a little bend in one of the limbs but it still looks fine so far. It has taken on a bow like appearance.
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Here's two shots for now. Jay has another one of it on it's first bend. Pretty much standard issue and not fancy.
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Very nice! Ask Jay if Cherry wood would work? Thanks, Annette
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That is really cool... thanks for sharing...
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