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Loaded for bear.....BOW PICS added :)

Started by robtattoo, May 10, 2014, 09:04:00 AM

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robtattoo

May 10, 2014, 09:04:00 AM
I'm just applying the finishing touches to my first home-built selfbow, rawhide backed Osage, 73" & 60#@31" and in my downtime I figured I really ought to make up some proper (non carbon) arrows.......

 

 

Full length tapered cedars, 3 fitted with Snuffers weighted up to 200gn, 3 that I hafted with beautiful knapped points made by my good friend Woody Blackwell.
Keep your eyes open in June & hopefully I'll be posting a story about how well they perform!
"I came into this world, kicking, screaming & covered in someone else's blood. I have no problem going out the same way"

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Blueridge

#1
May 10, 2014, 09:09:00 AM
Looks like your ready Rob, those stone points look amazing!
Pics of your bow???
Isaiah 1:18-20 Come now let us reason together, says the Lord.

mcgroundstalker

#2
May 10, 2014, 11:25:00 AM
Only way your arrows would look better if there was some blood on them!  :thumbsup:

... mike ...
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

Josh Perdue

#3
May 10, 2014, 11:59:00 AM
You should have no problems seeing your arrows. Those stone points look awesome. Those look great.

ron w

#4
May 10, 2014, 12:02:00 PM
Pretty cool......
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

cacciatore

#5
May 10, 2014, 01:28:00 PM
Very nice arrows and flints
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GRAYBEARD

#6
May 10, 2014, 03:40:00 PM
Good stuff there, Rob! Now all you need is the bear!
Regards,
Jed
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#7
May 10, 2014, 03:57:00 PM
Those look real good...........esp the ones with the rocks on the end!

Good luck on the bear hunt! I am headed to Alberta next Sat and can't wait!

Bisch

tradhunter

#8
May 10, 2014, 08:54:00 PM
Man those arrows are lookers, but you forgot a pic of your bow bud.
The wishbone will never replace the backbone.

Longbow917

#9
May 10, 2014, 08:59:00 PM
Those stone heads look awesome!  That will be a cool feeling sending one through a big bruin's chest with that selfbow you just carved up!  Good luck on the hunt Rob.

Whip

#10
May 10, 2014, 10:23:00 PM
I'm a card carrying member of the WBSPBK Club.
(Woody Blackwell Stone Point Bear Kill)

Hope you pass the initiation rites soon!
The hardest part will be choosing which one of those beauties to put on the string.  I vote for the light blue one.
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Mike Vines

#11
May 10, 2014, 10:50:00 PM
looks like you're ready Rob.
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Fletcher

#12
May 10, 2014, 11:21:00 PM
Looking good, Rob.  Good Luck!!
Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement.

"The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing."

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Sam McMichael

#13
May 11, 2014, 11:01:00 AM
It gives a totally new meaning to throwing rocks at the deer. All  the arrows look great but the ones with  stone points are especially fine.
Sam

Pat B

#14
May 11, 2014, 01:15:00 PM
I've seen Robs bow in person. I was at the Tenn Classic as he finished it up and shot the course. With these arrows it will be his bad if he misses the opportunity to put one of these arrows into a bear but my money is on Rob.
One suggestion, if I may Rob...add a bit more wrap behind the stone points. I would suggest an inch long sinew wrap. Better safe than sorry! d;^)
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

Killdeer

#15
May 11, 2014, 05:07:00 PM
PKHS
(Pat knows his stuff)

Adding Woodie's work into the mix adds to the chances that a bear will give itself to you. Good man, major mojo.

Killdeer
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

~Longfellow

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Pat B

#16
May 11, 2014, 11:38:00 PM
Hey Killie. Nice to see you around.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

robtattoo

#17
May 12, 2014, 12:35:00 AM
:wavey:  
Hi Killey!
Pat, I followed Woodey's instructions for hafting these heads. Epoxied them in place & tightly wrapped & bound them with unwaxed dental floss. Coated the whole lot with TB III. I'm 100% confident in them, which Ithink is 99% of the battle  ;)
"I came into this world, kicking, screaming & covered in someone else's blood. I have no problem going out the same way"

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Guru

#18
May 12, 2014, 05:50:00 AM
Good luck buddy!!
Curt } >>--->   

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robtattoo

#19
May 12, 2014, 05:49:00 PM
Okay, so a few folks asked about the bow, well, here she is.

73" tip to tip, rawhide backed Osage with buffalo horn tip overlays & a beaver tail grip.
I stained the rawhide & did a little camo job. It came out a little more orange than I expected, but I like it!
It draws a hair over 60#@30"

Be gentle, this is the first selfbow I've built!



"I came into this world, kicking, screaming & covered in someone else's blood. I have no problem going out the same way"

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>>---TGMM, Family of the Bow--->
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