Several months ago, I came across this site:

http://groups.msn.com/ferretsarcherywebpage/buildingbowsfromboards.msnw

I made a board bow from Red Oak with a handle of walnut and maple laminated on.  It was fairly simple, and not overly time consuming.

Well, the grain was bad in the oak and it broke after about 150 shots.

I am just finished with board bow #2.  Hickory with walnut and maple handle.  Lot of fun to make.




I also made a quiver.  This was a fun project.  I saw one like this about 8 years ago at a bow shoot.  Really liked it so I decided to try to make one.  I used the leather swaches I have plus a piece of latigo for the strap.  The stick is maple with a light coat of mahogony stain.  I also made the arrows in the quiver.  This quiver is worn over the opposite shoulder from the norm.  The arrows are taken from the bottom of the quiver rather than the top.  This keeps your hand low.



I also shoot a recurve.  This is probably my favorite sport. Specifically target shooting, I'm not much of a hunter.

jeff <>< - who likes to throw stuff

Well,  my second board bow is complete as of today.  It is made with a hickory stave, with walnut and maple laminated on as a handle.  It pulls about 43#.

Shooting my heavy wooden arrows, it is not quite as accurate as I would like. Guess I will have to get some more arrows, eh!?

Jeff <>< - who really likes throwing sticks

see pics i just added to original post

jeff <><

Martin,

I have not used the quiver in really heavy brush, just thin to moderate.  You could make one like mine that hade a taller top to keep the fletchings quiet.  This would also help keep the quiver from snagging.

I love this quiver design.  I saw it several years ago and thought I would make one of my own..  The stick is maple flooring cut down to size and stained with a light coat of mahogony stain.  The strap is latigo from Tandy Leather. I used brass scews from Tandy to attach it to the wood,  The other leather is from some swatches I have of furniture leather.  This leather is strong, but very supple.  So, I used exterior grade carpet tape and attached it to the straight middle section of some one liter plastic bottles.  I capped it off with the green, also taped on, and laced it for looks.  I put an extra piece of thick leather in the bottom, but would use some foam for broadheads.

The access to the arrows is great.  I have come to prefer it.

jeff <><

p.s. check your e-mail for a link to some quiver designs.

Very nice looking bow.  I make a lot of different bows, using all greenwood collected from the local forest.  Greenwood is easier to carve and shape with my primitive tools (namely, a stone axe, a saw on my penknife, and a pen knife blade.)  I make many different designs, such as native american flatbows, of various designs, ancient Egyptian doubly convex bows, various recurves, and many simple segment bows.  My pet project at the moment is an Inuit cordage bow, using cotton, nylon or hemp string in place of sinew.  I will post pics soon.

interesting looking bows, smart quiver - the only problem I can see with bows is that these days it's a fairly safe bet someone would call the police if I were to go wandering my local woods with a decent bow :-(

i like it too