Selfbows

[SwampRabbit]

Post up your selfbows... especially the bows you made.

(Arvin, sent you a PM...)

[Bisch]

I have 2.





The one on the left is an Arvin Weaver bow. It is 44@29.

The one on the right is a Rob Green selfbow. It is 48@29.

I do not have the patience to make one myself.

Bisch

[Dkincaid]

Mine is in the works but taking it slow as I'm not very good at it lol

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[Bisch]

Well, my first pic posted upside down!



Now the one on the left is the Arvin Weaver selfbow, and the one on the right is the Rob Green selfbow!

Bisch

[Green]

I've really been enjoying the self bow journey for the past year since the wife and I both got laid off. Each stave continues to teach me what years of reading/watching videos have led me to. Here's a pic of what I was finishing up last week as I prep'd to start a new career yesterday. The bow making is going to slow way down now, but once bitten, this bug runs deep. There are soooo many talented folks building self bows these days, everytime I get to handle one that someone like Arvin or James Rempp has created, I marvel at what can be done, and realize I have a loooooong way to go!

[4dog]

Got a few ive made..working on three now......but cant post pics for some reason.

[caughtandhobble]

Dang Rob, I had no idea... Not only do you make great arrows, you make a pretty nice bow as well. Nice Work!!!

Arvin helped me widdle one out that I still enjoy. Tod still shoots his all of the time, it's his go-to for now, girls are right around the corner.

[SwampGhost]

Well I have two in the burn pile, one that I just finished that I thought wasn't going to break but the top limb cracked when my son was shooting it lol
Water oak is not working out for me. On to my Hackberry stave next......

[4dog]

Elm makes a darn tough selfbow !!

[Dry Bones]

Sad to say I have had my share of Elm fire wood after failed bows. Just can't get it figured out quite yet. I made a few for my son, his current is elm and only draws about 15'ish pounds. Once I start trying to make any real weight they come apart.

[SwampRabbit]

Sad to say I have had my share of Elm fire wood after failed bows. Just can't get it figured out quite yet. I made a few for my son, his current is elm and only draws about 15'ish pounds. Once I start trying to make any real weight they come apart.

If you get a chance, post up a pic of the one you son shoots that you made.

[Dry Bones]

Here is the junior weight Elm bow and then the last is a cedar bow. It's about 20 # at 28" and 80"AMO. Made from a long stave just to see if I could make cedar flex..

[SwampRabbit]

They look great.

[SwampGhost]

Here's the last one I built. My oldest son (21) was shooting it and the top limb cracked. I ordered some rawhide and backed it, but that top limb is weak now. My youngest son shoots it (13) well so it's his to play with. Will start on my hackberry stave this week

[KenWood]

Sorry only pic that that will load. This is the first one I built and my favorite.
57#@28, 64". Osage billets cut in 1956.