My Raider Bow

Great Job! Do you have any plans? I am looking to make a bow over the winter so I can shoot in the spring.

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Looks awesome. I’m looking for bow plans as well.

Nick

The bow looks great! I’ve never heard of anyone making one out of oak. Was it hard to work with for this type of project?

A red oak board bow is actually the best choice for beginners—This link has a most excellent tutorial: http://poorfolkbows.com/oak.htm

There are a few bowmaking forums out there too, the Paleo Planet site has some great information. Be careful though, it is highly addictive!

-- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.

In Denver, we’re working on a bow also “Te bow” Not quite done yet, but when it is, it’s suppose to be a pretty good weapon :-)

Seriously – nice work,

-- Cal Noguchi

Dont put your eye out! ... Cool bow!

Nice work. Any idea of what the draw weight is?
Mike and nfang: Scott Phillips has an episode that you can download from his website on bow making.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

SASmith: It pulls a little over 40 pounds, which is about all I can handle comfortably.
Daiku: Yeah that boy’s a horse, hopefully he will do well when his time comes!

-- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.

I forgot to ask, but what is your draw length and and the overall length of the bow?

Still very cool project. The website breaks down the project really well.

Mike

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