Show me your Selfbows!

huskyarcher · June 05, 2011, 09:28:00 PM

I just got done ordering a Selfbow through "Kegan"

some of you may know him, from what i see he does excellent work. Its gonna be 60" 55-60#@27 Hickory, its a Flatbow. Man im so excited! What can i expect performance wise compared to stock longbows and recurves? ive never had one. Im working up half a dozen dowell arrows for it fletched from a bird from last year. I will try to hunt with these but i have Alum. and carbon back up!

If you dont care post up your works of art! with specs and such, get my blood flowing! I would love to be able to build my own one day, but until then i would like to drool over yals! God bless you all, my brothers and sisters!

Dalton

joekeith · June 05, 2011, 09:59:00 PM

You should go check out the Bowyers Bench....

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 10:15:00 PM

Here's mine 61" N-N and draws 57#@28"

Osage with sinew and rawhide backing.

Gene

Bjorn · June 05, 2011, 10:16:00 PM

66" Osage LB 52@28

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 10:17:00 PM

A close up of the one I posted above.

Gene

Bjorn · June 05, 2011, 10:26:00 PM

Here's Adam with a character bow he made when he was 14.

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 10:43:00 PM

Bjorn · June 05, 2011, 10:49:00 PM

And that is a 'Raptor arrow' Adam has in the bow! LOL

Keith Zimmerman · June 05, 2011, 10:54:00 PM

Hey Gene, email sent.

ductape · June 05, 2011, 11:02:00 PM

This is the first one that I made. I love to bend and shape wood!

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 11:37:00 PM

Im'going to post a few for Keith Zimmerman....he can fill in the details

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 11:39:00 PM

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 11:41:00 PM

L. E. Carroll · June 05, 2011, 11:43:00 PM

He's got a beauty for sure...I can not believe the limb tips on this one

StanM · June 05, 2011, 11:49:00 PM

Been a long time since I've taken the time to work on a selfbow. Here's one of the last one's I made a couple of years ago.

'Bout time to start another

Bjorn · June 06, 2011, 12:00:00 AM

Here'a a takedown BBO and a 1pc Yew backed with BOO

They both broke fairly early in life..........it happens.

Keith Zimmerman · June 06, 2011, 07:58:00 AM

Thanks, Gene.

It's a Ryano Osage selfbow with antler tips. It is a 60" drawing around 65@28. It's very quiet as all selfbows and light as a feather.

huskyarcher · June 06, 2011, 08:17:00 AM

MAN!!! :eek: :eek:

All of these bows are GORGEOUS!!! Anybody want to highlight performance? compared to a Laminated bow? With a 2 blade head and aluminum behind it, will i be fine on deer? 55-60@27) will i have enought juice to sling dowell arrows? Thanks in advance!!!

Dalton

StanM · June 06, 2011, 09:34:00 AM

Dalton,

You will be fine on deer at those weights and can definitely shoot dowels.

Here's a picture of a blacktail doe I shot with a hickory backed eastern red cedar bow in an ELB style. I believe it was pulling around 50# at 28". The shot was from a tree stand and I used a 5/16 ramin dowel with a Ribteck head, I believe it was a 145 grain version. Shot broke a rib high and stopped after fracturing the opposite leg bone. Bow wasn't even completely finished at the time. Later she got a different handle and horn nocks.

June 06, 2011, 10:46:00 AM

Here is a pic of mine with the only critter I have taken with a selfbow. The buddy of mine who made it named it "The Rulebreaker" because he chopped it in half and put a bow bolt in it to make it into a takedown. It is an Arvin Weaver selfbow, 45@28 (my DL is 29.5 so about 50#@myDL).

Bisch