Quote from: Kirkll on March 26, 2026, 01:24:37 AM

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Quote from: Kirkll on March 20, 2026, 01:48:54 PMFor $53.00 a pint, i think i'll pass.   .. Glad it's working well for you. Too rich for my blood.

Yes, if you try and order it from the big online shopping site they sometimes ask a ridiculous price, I think the small bottle cost me about $30 Canadian. I have done at least 10 risers with it and only used half, again when you go to apply it you use as little as possible and you only fill the grain you try and wipe the rest clean. I've been using that small plastic squeegee. It's working well once dried it sands just like laquer.

I found some at a good price and ordered  it.  So what  type of finish are you spraying?

The finish iam using is Five Star Auto clear gloss and matte to finish.

I need to downsize my longbow design to make bows for 10 & 8 yr old nieces.
I'm thinking 15-20# ish, but don't have a starting point for bow length.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Andy

You can't beat good, straight grain hickory for selfbows and especially in dryer climates. There are plenty of self bowyers in the NW so they shouldn't be hard to get rid of. Shipping would probably cost what the staves are worth.
Kirk, if you'd like I'll post this on Primitive Archer and have folks contact you for info.

 I had a self bowyer i met many years ago at a long bow safari contact me saying that he has a bunch of shag bark hickory staves he'd like to find a home for. They were harvested in Missouri about 6 years ago and are very high quality straight grained staves.

If anyone is interested in having some these to build bows from, please let me know. He said he would drop a bunch off at my shop in the future. I have no idea what the value of these is. i never asked him what he wanted for them. But he doesn't want to mess with shipping. Said he'd bring me a truck load if i can find bowyers that want them.

let me know if you are interested.   Kirk

I have a foam kick target.  Square with the each corner point cut off to make it having 18 flat edges.   Use it with field points.  Careful with shooting more than one arrow at a time at the target.  I've had a second or third arrow in it and the whole target flips and breaks one of the earlier arrows that still stuck in the target.  Better to shoot one arrow, remove, and kick the target a little further away into the field.   Never tried it at night.

I don't know about  Samik Sage limbs, But retro fitting limbs can be tricky. Matching the same limb pad angle with the right shaped limb design can make a huge difference. Unless you are experienced in bow building, its nothing i'd recommend doing yourself. 

I build after market TD bear limbs for guys, but they send me their riser so i can get proper alignment.. If this is something you might be interested in, can you post a photo of the bow?
i may be able to build something for you.      I can be reached at kirk@bigfootbows.com

Kirk

Very clear!

Did you check the penetration when you butchered the sow? I hit one last Sunday same distance back but up high and couldn't understand why the arrow only went in 6" or so. Looks like yours did the same. Just curious where it stopped?

Practice Run

I think less fisheye and more widescreen will suffice.

Nice! I love lots of pictures,might have to check it out for myself.