MY new SElf Bow I just finished
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manhattan Kansas USA
Posts: 17
MY new SElf Bow I just finished
I call it the Holy Python cause I have it backed with Python skin and it has an Osage needle hole on the upper limb.
it is 66" long 50# @ 28" and is hard hitting I have already shot a dozen arrows off of it. here is photos.
Bow on tiller board
it is 66" long 50# @ 28" and is hard hitting I have already shot a dozen arrows off of it. here is photos.
Bow on tiller board
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
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RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
Beautiful! Excellent job! I envy those of you that have the time/talent/patience to make a selfbow, especially one that looks good and is a shooter to boot. Maybe one of these days...........
Chad
Chad
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mt.Pleasant Pa USA
Posts: 54
RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
Looks good. I shoot my selfbows at least 100 times before I finish them. The tiller will often change as the bow is shot in. Also it might just be the angle of the picture but the top limb looks like it has a flat spot about midlimb before you get to the knot? I agree with leaving it stiff around the knot, but it isn' t necessary to leave it stiff leading up to it. How many bows have you made? Regardless congrats on a great looking bow. Where did ya get Python skins?
Here are a few pictures of the first BBO I made.
http://users.zoominternet.net/~mas/bbo.html
Here are a few pictures of the first BBO I made.
http://users.zoominternet.net/~mas/bbo.html
#7
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manhattan Kansas USA
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RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
Nice looking BBO Bow Coop. You are right it is the angle of the photo that make the limb look flat at that one spot but assure it is not. I think I recall from reading the Bowyers Bible it states not to draw the bow or over flex limbs till you skin backing on. This is the way I have been doing it now for three years and it has never given me any problems with it. yet I may be wrong but It works for me.
I got the the python skin in New Mexico when I Moved My daughter there to her duty station for the Air Force.
I got the the python skin in New Mexico when I Moved My daughter there to her duty station for the Air Force.
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mt.Pleasant Pa USA
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RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
Don' t get me wrong, I didn' t mean to sound critical. I love taking to and sharing info with others who make selfbows. Sometimes I' ll stare at one of my own so much during construction that I overlook things. That’s the only reason I mentioned it, but figured it was the camera playing tricks with my eyes. That’s definitely a sweet bow.
I missed that part in those books. I put a rattlesnake skin backing on an Osage bow and waited until I had it totally shot it. Know anywhere I can get some Copperheads skins? I want to make another BBO and snake skin back this one.
I missed that part in those books. I put a rattlesnake skin backing on an Osage bow and waited until I had it totally shot it. Know anywhere I can get some Copperheads skins? I want to make another BBO and snake skin back this one.
#9
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manhattan Kansas USA
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RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
you might want to to try Moscow Hide and Fur at http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/Misc.html see what they have. as far as copperhead. I could check with some of my other sources but most of them are ratlers.
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Windsor Locks CT USA
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RE: MY new SElf Bow I just finished
Really niceeeeeee! Wish I could make a bow. Don' t have the talent or patience..lol.
I' m going to have to shoot one of these bows sometime. They look so nice. If they shoot half as good I' ll have to buy one!
I' m going to have to shoot one of these bows sometime. They look so nice. If they shoot half as good I' ll have to buy one!