Cedarsavage
WKR
Finally finished this hickory flatbow. I bought the board from menards, and used some antler from another project for the arrow rest and tip overlays. Sealed it up with some bear grease from the bear I shot last fall, and used silencers from a beaver I trapped. I think I’ve said it on here before, one of my big goals is to take a big game animal with a “scratch build” bow, arrows and broadheads. I can’t ever be happy with anything as is, so I’m testing a couple styles of everything before I go out and hunt with that setup. I’ve always been curious about these wide flat hickory bows. I’ve read a lot about them, but most of the longbows I’ve built have been around 1.5” wide, with recurves usually around 1.75”. This one is 2.5” mid limb, with ½” tips, 66” overall and 51@28. I was shooting for 45@ my 27-27.5” draw length. I think I’m a touch over, but pretty dang close, my jig has a positive stop at 28”. Now I’m back down the bow rabbit hole, I’d like to make a few different styles. But, next on the list is some “trade” style points, to haft on some arrows and try out hafting and self nocks. I’ll put a hot link to full step by step video of the build. Check it out, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
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