Torturing sticks again.

[dwardo]

Hi All,

It has been a long time since I tortured some sticks so in an effort to reduce my pile of "maybe" staves I made this. Its a bit of wych elm that must be 10+ years old. It has sat covered in dust trying its best not to look like fancy kindlin for a long time and just managed to scrape its self into being a bow. Pulls around 30 ish at 26 so a joy to shoot. Natural slight RD profile and takes about an inch of follow that disappears after a few minutes. Water buffalo horn tips and a leather grip. Finished with several coats of Tru-oil to make the most the less fancy white wood.

Cheers all,

 

[Broch]

Absolutely beautiful! I have switched entirely over to flat-bows now, so much more satisfying. I have a number of woods seasoning as possibles but, sadly, no wych elm. I do have wych elm in the wood so maybe one will come down in a storm sometime soon

30# is a nice weight I think - probably close to what the Meso folk would have used for small game like geese, hare, etc. based on my studies.

 

[Mesquite]

That's a lovely looking bow Dwardo

 

[C_Claycomb]

Very nice looking design. Bet it is pretty fast for its weight. Nice light tips...modernised Holmegaard

 

[bobnewboy]

What, no full draw picture?

Very nice.

 

[dwardo]

Absolutely beautiful! I have switched entirely over to flat-bows now, so much more satisfying. I have a number of woods seasoning as possibles but, sadly, no wych elm. I do have wych elm in the wood so maybe one will come down in a storm sometime soon

30# is a nice weight I think - probably close to what the Meso folk would have used for small game like geese, hare, etc. based on my studies.

Thanks.

I usually end up with flat bows due to wood selection. That and I just prefer the look of them, the different things you can play with such as recurve type etc.

30# is more than enough as if I'm honest with my self I'm just not an archer. Yes I love to fling a few arrows when in the woods but I wouldn't really just go out to shoot all day. I have bows at 40 ish which I can shoot for a little bit before form falls to bits and bows in the 60s which are just a gimic in regards to my draw abilities,

I would magine 30 being more than ample for small game.

 

[dwardo]

That's a lovely looking bow Dwardo

Thanks Mesquite.

 

[dwardo]

Very nice looking design. Bet it is pretty fast for its weight. Nice light tips...modernised Holmegaard

Cheers, it is pretty quick but still a bit over built as I wanted something new to archery can pickup and try. Extra length for those who can't put their muscles away

 

[dwardo]

What, no full draw picture?

Very nice.

I shall get one of the kids to take a photo

I would usually have one from on the tree but it was mostly made by feel which is easier to do at this weight. Also has a bit of limb twist so from one side one limb looks stiff, turn it over and the other limb looks stiff lol.

 

[Gabri]

Nice work bringing that old stave to life, wych elm can be stubborn, but looks like you got a real shooter out of it.