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Reply #15 - Nov 27th, 2020 at 8:42am
 
Ok just went through your Instagram again and once again I'm shocked at how prolific you are with projects. So cool.
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Reply #16 - Nov 27th, 2020 at 11:26am
 
I have far  too many hobbies and not nearly enough time for half of them. I still have a half finished steel gauntlet I need to complete at some point...
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Reply #17 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 10:11am
 
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Reply #18 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 11:06am
 
Once upon a time I found these fiberglass tent poles laying around an abandoned campsite and a destroyed tent, the poles themselves were of great quality.
They were ideal for a ~50''/128 cm bundle bow. So I assembled them together with layers of ducttape
It draws around 40 pounds at a short draw length of 23''.
The nocks are just build naturally into the construction due to the way I configured the bundle.
I've just cut a piece of paracord for the bow string and done.
Since then, I've been shooting more with this bow than with my professionally build hickory longbow or my recurve, and it costed me almost nothing.

Because, I can just take it with me in public, no one will think it's a bow.
It's short. Its tough as nails and  I am not afraid of damaging it
I love it !
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Reply #19 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 12:25pm
 
Those horn bows are really amazing. They have so much power for being so small. Hell of a long process though. That tent pole bow looks awesome! I still really want to get a wooden one made. It's a little difficult now with it being so cold outside now.
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Reply #20 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 3:14pm
 
Looks good J! Great recycling idea.
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Reply #21 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 3:21pm
 
A great post- apocalyptic bow design. Love it.  Wink
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Reply #22 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 5:10pm
 
It gets the job done
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Reply #23 - Dec 12th, 2020 at 10:51pm
 
This guy  makes some amazing composite bows, quite short. I really liked this build.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULVQuCbkFjQ
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Reply #24 - Dec 13th, 2020 at 2:33pm
 
Something very likeable about these short bows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmZHgvaSBLE
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Reply #25 - Dec 14th, 2020 at 10:40am
 
Short video showing the tentpole bow I made.
The arrows are a bit too heavy for this bow but they shoot
https://youtu.be/x--s4gP8xfk

edit: link should work now
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Reply #26 - Dec 14th, 2020 at 3:20pm
 
Nice!
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Reply #27 - Dec 17th, 2020 at 9:10pm
 
That's neat.
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Reply #28 - Dec 18th, 2020 at 10:09am
 
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Reply #29 - Dec 18th, 2020 at 10:33am
 
Unstrung lenght somewhat over a meter and max draw length somewhere around 21 inches
Its made of a piece of well seasoned hawthorn. Not the most efficient pair of limbs but its what I had to work with
I made it with a hatchet, a knife and some flint for scraping. The string is paracord.
I m confident It could take a grouse or duck at 15 meters.The skill ceiling for such a shot is much lower compared to the sling or atatl, its a different realm altogether, and you can be very stealthy

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