"Dad and the Lad" hunting bows
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:06 pm
Haven't posted in here for a while. Here are two hunting bows I have made over the last few weeks for a friend and his young son. They are both stoked (big grins all round) so it was a worthwhile effort.
The Lad's bow is 52" NTN, 25#@24" and he is drawing it to about 17" pulling about 15# (it is 22#@22" and flings a 335 grain 22" BOP arrow at around 140 fps It is fun to play with)
The Dad's bow is 68" NTN, 53#@28" and he is drawing it to about 30" pulling about 59# (flings a 630 grain 28" BOP arrow at around 168 fps )
Both bows have black ULS glass back and belly, Black Wattle riser, Qld Silver Ash and Black Gidgea accents with Black Wattle/buffalo horn/Ringed Gidgea tip overlays. The riser overlay on the full size bow is Black Wattle/Ringed Gidgea and (not so) clear fibreglass.
Both bows are cut to about 1/16" before centre and have leather strike plates adding about another 1/16" before centre.
The full size bow is the one that I modelled on my son's bow dimensions and it came in 10# lighter and the only difference is I used coffee bamboo instead of natural and black ULS instead of brown????? It is a shame it was heavily overcast when I took the photos . In full sun the Black Wattle has beautiful honey/gold figuring that is just breathtaking. Maybe some other time I'll get another photo. The little bloke hasn't stopped pestering his Dad about going hunting so he can bag a piglet .
Cheers....... Rod
The Lad's bow is 52" NTN, 25#@24" and he is drawing it to about 17" pulling about 15# (it is 22#@22" and flings a 335 grain 22" BOP arrow at around 140 fps It is fun to play with)
The Dad's bow is 68" NTN, 53#@28" and he is drawing it to about 30" pulling about 59# (flings a 630 grain 28" BOP arrow at around 168 fps )
Both bows have black ULS glass back and belly, Black Wattle riser, Qld Silver Ash and Black Gidgea accents with Black Wattle/buffalo horn/Ringed Gidgea tip overlays. The riser overlay on the full size bow is Black Wattle/Ringed Gidgea and (not so) clear fibreglass.
Both bows are cut to about 1/16" before centre and have leather strike plates adding about another 1/16" before centre.
The full size bow is the one that I modelled on my son's bow dimensions and it came in 10# lighter and the only difference is I used coffee bamboo instead of natural and black ULS instead of brown????? It is a shame it was heavily overcast when I took the photos . In full sun the Black Wattle has beautiful honey/gold figuring that is just breathtaking. Maybe some other time I'll get another photo. The little bloke hasn't stopped pestering his Dad about going hunting so he can bag a piglet .
Cheers....... Rod