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General >> Other Primitive Weapons >> ERC ELB/OsageNocks https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1110749658 Message started by Johnny on Mar 13th, 2005 at 4:34pm |
Title: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Johnny on Mar 13th, 2005 at 4:34pm
Here is another ERC ELB with Osage nocks. 73 inches long, 75#@28inches. Has a nasty knot on the upper limb, so far so good! No snap, crackle, pop and my Fingers are crossed! Very smooth draw with a flat and speedy cast. I wish I had a chrony to measure the speed. I'm convinced my ELBs shoot faster than all my flatbows. Hope you folks like it!
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by tint on Mar 13th, 2005 at 8:03pm
Nice work Johnny!
what's the range of the arrows? I just saw a rerun of the movie "Robin Hood: the prince of thieves" the other night. Nice movie, bows look similar to the ones you make. |
Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Johnny on Mar 13th, 2005 at 10:18pm
I will do some range testing later. I need to make some arrows around 500 grains. The ones I've been using are over 600 grains. A little on the heavy side! Thanks for the comments.
Johnny |
Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Zorrro on Mar 14th, 2005 at 9:54am
wow!!! ! it looks really nice bow!! Good job!!
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by english on Mar 14th, 2005 at 2:33pm
Woah! Lovely bows. Really great. You are one rocking bowyer.
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Douglas_The_Black on Mar 14th, 2005 at 2:42pm
cool
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Hellfire on Mar 14th, 2005 at 6:19pm
I plan on doing something that cool eventually, maybe when i can afford it. (time as well as money)
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by britishslinger on Mar 19th, 2005 at 1:40pm
afford what? wood?
nice bow that knot shouldnt be a problem i know a man who has a bow with 26 knots and pinns he made it as a challange |
Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by english on Mar 20th, 2005 at 9:05am
Making a bow takes time, but more often than not costs no money at all.
Once again, brilliant bow. |
Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by sander_the_ranger on Apr 6th, 2005 at 2:49pm
Ist there to much sapwood on the back of the bow? But the tiller is great . How heavy is it and wath s it draw length?
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by sander_the_ranger on Apr 6th, 2005 at 2:51pm
Sorry I didn t saw you said already how heavy it is.
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Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by Johnny on Apr 6th, 2005 at 10:55pm
With Eastern Red Cedar, you can make a bow out of either the sapwood, heartwood or a combination, it doesn't matter.
Johnny |
Title: Re: ERC ELB/OsageNocks Post by english on Apr 7th, 2005 at 5:03am
Also, lots of sapwood in a bow can be a very good thing. Some bowyers have found that having as much as a third or half the width of the bow as sapwood (in a yew bow) can make the bow much more powerful than a bow of the same thickness made almost entirely of heartwood, with a tiny layer of sapwood on the back.
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