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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: OP-archer on September 02, 2015, 12:27:00 AM
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I am looking for a bowyer who makes a quality self-bow. I have checked the internet, but, I wanted to get the opinion of fellow TRADGANG members and rely upon your advise and recommendation. If possible, contact information would be valuable. Thanks......
Rick Crose
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Contact Carson at Echo Archery. He is a sponsor on here. I know him personally and have one of this bows. Quality guy and his bows are functional works of art. You won't be sorry!
http://echoarchery.com/custom-bows
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James Rempp's Hamstring Archery
Ryan Gill of Gill's Traditional Archery
Arvin Weaver here in Texas.
Mike Yancey, Pinehollow Longbows
There are many more....search the book of faces as well.
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My friend John Pruitt makes some nice selfbows and wood bows. He's currently making a bamboo backed osage bow that you shoot off the knuckle for $145 delivered to your door. If you would like his contact info, just send me a PM.
Darren
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Arvin Weaver
Ryan Gill
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Check up on Vinson Minor in Savannah, GA. I have one of his bows and like it.
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Id gladly build you one. Contact me if your interested.
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Probably the greatest of our current selfbow makers is James Rempp at Hamstring Archery. No kidding.
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I'd take Pearlie up on his offer in a second. He makes as good of selfbows as anyone.
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I think the guys above listed some great bowyers for you and Pearl Drums makes a great bow too. I've seen his work here and on PA and it's top notch, that said Id like to try and talk you into trying to build one yourself. You really don't need a lot of tools. Most of the tools you need at first can be scrounged up cheap from flea markets, auctions etc. It's a good time! My 1st bow was the most ugly crude thing you ever saw I hacked it out of a birch log cause it was handy and straight and I think it was listed in Paul Comstocks book "The Bent Stick" as serviceable bow wood. I hacked it out of log 1st with machete then Stanley shur form then pocket knife as scraper. I tillered it by drawing it in front of mirror. Like I said That 1st bow was a mess but the 1st shot from it put a Zwickey broadhead (the broadhead was handy and seemed like a good idea at the time for the maiden shot) high and right over my target and right thru my landlords shed! I couldn't believe the power!! I was hooked! It only lasted 100 shots before the belly started to crush but my next bows I took my time and got some real durable shooters. I relate this story to try to show that if a hack like me can make a decent selfbow ANYONE can and I know that for me anyway the decent bows I've made myself mean more to me than anything I could buy.That said I'd really like a Dean Torges bow but there rarely for sale. (Deans book "Hunting the Osage Bow" would be the first thing I'd buy if you think you might like to try building a bow) Good luck with whatever you do but think about trying to build one.
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Having Pearl Drums make you a bow would be something truly special!
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Thank you everyone. I have contacted PEARL DRUMS - he lives in the same area where I was born and raised. Small world.
Rick Crose
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Ryan Gill aka Twistedlimbs on this sight.
http://gillsprimitivearchery.com
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x3 on the pearlmaster!
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X4 on pearl drums, very nice bows
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X5 on Pearl Drums! His bows are beautiful.
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Mike at pinehallow has real nice DIY kits, I new nothing about making a self bow.
I got the Osage flat bow kit, it comes floor tillerd.
I watch some YouTube videos and mike gave some advice.
While it's not perfect mine shots like a champ.
I though self bows were kind of a joke.
Boy was I wrong, the Osage spits an arrow out.
Mine is 66" 42@28.
If I can make one anyone can.
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I have one on Pearl Drums all osage. It not only looks good, it flat out shoots an arrow.
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I have one of Jim Rempp's Yew self bows and don't know how one could be better. I saw him a couple of months ago at Dan Toelke's shop. He is a pleasure to deal with and still makes and keeps a number of stock bows as well I believe.
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All this x2 x3x x4 x5 stuff is very flattering, thank you for the kind words gentleman. It means the world coming from my peers.
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Originally posted by fishone:
I have one on Pearl Drums all osage. It not only looks good, it flat out shoots an arrow.
Mr. Craig, don't forget that picture you owe me this fall ;)
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Originally posted by Jim Wright:
I have one of Jim Rempp's Yew self bows and don't know how one could be better.
Jim, I will just say this. The "underground" self bowyer world is astonishingly large and ridiculously talented. You just don't see their names in magazines or books.
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Chris, I know there are a lot of guys making fine self bows that people have never heard of. I wouldn't consider Jim Rempp an underground bowyer. A number of years ago he was featured in an article in Traditional Bowhunter Magazine by his friend Paul Bruener and he has been making bows for quite a while now.
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I can't find the "edit" feature so I will just apologize for misspelling Paul Brunner's name. I don't know if he ever posts here anymore, I believe I remember that he moved to New Zealand?
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I have a rather large collection of self bows and have shot and hunted with them almost exclusively for the past 20years. A few that have not been mentioned are Ted Fry at Raptor Archery, Jay St. Charles and John Strunk, Spirit Longbows. When shopping for self bow be careful to not be drawn in by only finish work as the quality of tillering, wood selection and working the stave/billets up carefully cannot be overstated in insuring the quality of shooting and durability. I have seen and shot some self bows that looked beautiful but when strung it was clear that tillering was a secondary thought and when shot it was rather harsh. My oldest self bow that currently gets shot regularly was made for me in 1992, can't even imagine how many arrows have gone through it. Also, a good self bow does not come cheap as there are many hours of work that go into making one.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. I always say tiller is everything, the rest is just frosting.