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Traditional Firearms => Traditional Archery => Topic started by: rollingb on January 27, 2019, 11:46:34 PM
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Just got word from Steve Donker in Cheyenne Wyoming (The Wicked Limb), with the latest update of the progress on my new osage orange Horse Bow,....
Rondo
Just wanted to show you the skins I got in the mail friday. They are western diamond back rattlers from eldarado KS. For some reason I was thinking the guy I get these from was in Arizona but I was mistaken. Anyway he always has first rate skins. They are always in perfect condition and the pattern is really nice. The more I work on this bow the more excited I get to see the end result. This whole bow building thing really is an addiction.
I have also done some rough tillering and even took a few short draw shots with it this afternoon.
I'll keep you posted on the progress.
(https://i.imgur.com/QAbppbf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fHM2azz.jpg)
This bow will be backed with sinew and rattle snake skins. :applaud
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That's looking good Rondo. We've both known Steve for a long time and one thing about the Donker's is if they're doing something for you - it's gonna be done right! I can hardly wait to see it at the Rendezvous this year. :bl th up
Heck Rondo, I'm surprised you didn't go down on the Cimarron River and wrestle yourself a couple sidewinders to send Steve... :o
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That's looking good Rondo. We've both known Steve for a long time and one thing about the Donker's is if they're doing something for you - it's gonna be done right! I can hardly wait to see it at the Rendezvous this year. :bl th up
Heck Rondo, I'm surprised you didn't go down on the Cimarron River and wrestle yourself a couple sidewinders to send Steve... :o
Joe,.... if'n I ever get close enough to a rattle snake to "wrestle" him,.... there ain't gonna be enough left of that slitherin' critter to "back" a toothpick. :o (I hate snakes)
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Thats looking to be a beautiful bow! What poundage are you aiming for? Btw, Eldorado is only 20 miles from me but I didnt know they had rattlers there😳
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Thats looking to be a beautiful bow! What poundage are you aiming for? Btw, Eldorado is only 20 miles from me but I didnt know they had rattlers there😳
Hi Dan,.... Steve is aiming for 45-50 pounds draw weight. :bl th up
I've always wanted a "snakey" horse bow, and it looks as though this is going to be good one,.... if nothing unexpected happens. :bl th up
I bought an osage orange bow (backed with silk) from Steve last summer, and gave it to my son and he loves it.
My next project is make a couple of early-1800's (western plains and rocky mountain) quivers for both bows, but I'm having trouble finding out EXACTLY how they were made. I have found a few pictures of Apache, Crow, and Sioux, quivers in museums, but not much else.
I want to make the quivers out of brain tanned deer and elk hides. :bl th up
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Joe,.... if'n I ever get close enough to a rattle snake to "wrestle" him,.... there ain't gonna be enough left of that slitherin' critter to "back" a toothpick. :o (I hate snakes)
I hear ya Rondo, but I wouldn't be able to hear ya for long as I'd be a quarter mile down the road... :lol sign
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Joe,.... if'n I ever get close enough to a rattle snake to "wrestle" him,.... there ain't gonna be enough left of that slitherin' critter to "back" a toothpick. :o (I hate snakes)
I hear ya Rondo, but I wouldn't be able to hear ya for long as I'd be a quarter mile down the road... :lol sign
:hairy :lol sign......Joe,... I don't remember if I ever told you the story (while we were *cough, cough* drinkin' coffee around the campfire), 'bout when I was a young'un (a bit younger'n Lucas), and I was swingin' on a limb of an old apple tree my folks had behind their house, when a big ol' snake (20-30 feet long :o) dropped down across my neck and shoulders. :o
After runnin' a spell, I noticed the snake was GONE, and after my heart slowed down to about 300 beats'a minute, I finally had time to do some thinkin',... and figgured I must'a jiggled that critter loose from a limb higher up above, while he was on his way up to a bird's nest lookin for baby birds. :o
I never swung on that apple tree limb agin, without havin' a gun in one hand. :hairy
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That's looking good Rondo. We've both known Steve for a long time and one thing about the Donker's is if they're doing something for you - it's gonna be done right! I can hardly wait to see it at the Rendezvous this year. :bl th up
Heck Rondo, I'm surprised you didn't go down on the Cimarron River and wrestle yourself a couple sidewinders to send Steve... :o
Joe,.... if'n I ever get close enough to a rattle snake to "wrestle" him,.... there ain't gonna be enough left of that slitherin' critter to "back" a toothpick. :o (I hate snakes)
My goodness, there is hope fer Rondo! :applaud
Ain't never going to be no snakeskin on anything I have to hold in my hand, period....
I realize it's a very popular thing to do, and there's much to be said about doing this, but personally, I would end up killing my own bow before I shot the first arrow.
I hate snakes! Live ones, dead ones, even sticks that look like snakes.
Snakes, much like electricity, seems to always make me hurt myself!
At my age, ya just don't take that chance.
Russ...
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Joe,.... if'n I ever get close enough to a rattle snake to "wrestle" him,.... there ain't gonna be enough left of that slitherin' critter to "back" a toothpick. :o (I hate snakes)
My goodness, there is hope fer Rondo! :applaud
Ain't never going to be no snakeskin on anything I have to hold in my hand, period....
I realize it's a very popular thing to do, and there's much to be said about doing this, but personally, I would end up killing my own bow before I shot the first arrow.
I hate snakes! Live ones, dead ones, even sticks that look like snakes.
Snakes, much like electricity, seems to always make me hurt myself!
At my age, ya just don't take that chance.
Russ...
:lol sign :laffing,...... Russ,... smashin' my bow to death IS one of my concerns. :hairy :lol sign
I can just picture,.... me'n Joe sittin' around the campfire at night (drinkin' *cough, cough* coffee),.... and after the coffee bottle is empty, I go stumblein'/staggerin' back to my camp and fall into bed,.... and when I wake up the next morning, I see my brand-new bow all "kinked and crooked" on the ground, where I must'a accidently stepped on it when I went to bed,... so I pick it up and place it beside me on the bed, while lovingly and carefully straightin' it all back out.
As the fog in my brain begins to lift, and my vision starts to clear,.... I then,.... notice my wife has already hung my new bow from the tent's ridge pole, where it is safe and out of the way. :) :bl th up
The first thing that usually pops into my hed, under such circumstances, is,...... "hummm,..... I don't 'member buyin' 2 bows." (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/scratching-head-smiley-emoticon.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/) :o
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:lol sign
I'm a just a prayin' :pray: when it gets dark, and we've been a'drinkin' so much (*cough, cough* coffee) thet weezz don't start a'seein' two of them wooden bow critters. :o Why I don't know what would happen with the two of us'ns runnin' through camp in the dark with our jug (I mean coffee pot) and a shootin' our pistol's at the ground behind us... :laffing
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:lol sign
I'm a just a prayin' :pray: when it gets dark, and we've been a'drinkin' so much (*cough, cough* coffee) thet weezz don't start a'seein' two of them wooden bow critters. :o Why I don't know what would happen with the two of us'ns runnin' through camp in the dark with our jug (I mean coffee pot) and a shootin' our pistol's at the ground behind us... :laffing
:lol sign,.... I reckon we could tell everbody, that we was doin' the "Hopi Snake Dance". :bl th up :toast
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Hopi+Snake+Dance
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Well heck Rondo, I'm in since the rules say;
"nowadays they usually wear underwear and cut their hair short."
But I'm a thinkin' if'n it a comes to snake fleeing - well,,, this old boy may have no choice but to chuck the undies 'cause they might be a bit ripe... :laffing
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I love snakes, personally. They make great pets.
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I love snakes, personally. They make great pets.
Then I should probably give each of my new-found "pets" a proper name,.... since they're going on my bow. :) :bl th up
Maybe somethin' like,..... "Top",.... and,... "Bottom"? :lol sign :lol sign :hairy
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Awwww, give some class. How about Upper and Lower. :laffing
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Awwww, give some class. How about Upper and Lower. :laffing
:lol sign :applaud
Russ...
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Awwww, give some class. How about Upper and Lower. :laffing
"Upper and Lower",.... it is then! :applaud :bow :bl th up
Thanks Nessmuk,.... I owe you one. :hairy :)
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For the record, I like snakes too ......... in the backyard ..... eating gophers, moles and voles .... then leaving. ;)
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For the record, I like snakes too ......... in the backyard ..... eating gophers, moles and voles .... then leaving. ;)
I strongly suspect I like 'em leaving best. :bow
Russ...
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For the record, I like snakes too ......... in the backyard ..... eating gophers, moles and voles .... then leaving. ;)
I like'em on my new bow! :lol sign
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I too am in the camp which likes snakes. Been that way ever since I found out my ex mother-in-law was afraid of them! :o
But to return to the original post, it seems appropriate that a snaky bow like that would have snakeskin backing! :toast
~Kees~
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It is a work of art. :hairy
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I just finished this replica of a Mescalero-Apache arrow quiver today,.... the original is in the Denver Art Museum.
It's made of smoked brain tanned deer skin, and trade wool. :bl th up
It's going to my son for the Osage Orange bow I gave him, and I like it enough to make another one for my new "snakey bow" that is in the makin'. ;D
Don't pay any attention to the fiber glass arrows in the quiver, they're just some kids arrows that I dropped in it temporarily for the picture. :laffing
(https://i.imgur.com/pNZWZiX.jpg)
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I like the looks of that quiver Rondo! :hairy
I wish the archery contest at Chadron Fur Trade Days didn't overlap so darn close in starting times with the shooting matches... I've only been able to shoot in one of their archery contests, and that was many years ago when starting times for events where spread out a bit more. Also, have you heard any talk of a winter meeting date for Fur Trade Days? If I recall, the winter meeting use to be in February as so to plan for the July Rendezvous, and it was held at the Museum - but this may have changed as well?
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I like the looks of that quiver Rondo! :hairy
I wish the archery contest at Chadron Fur Trade Days didn't overlap so darn close in starting times with the shooting matches... I've only been able to shoot in one of their archery contests, and that was many years ago when starting times for events where spread out a bit more. Also, have you heard any talk of a winter meeting date for Fur Trade Days? If I recall, the winter meeting use to be in February as so to plan for the July Rendezvous, and it was held at the Museum - but this may have changed as well?
Joe,.... I haven't heard anything.
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My wife purely hates and fears snakes.Me? Their just another of gods creatures,I had to fight a few and killed a rattle once that I probably did not have too but I was young and he rattled at us in a swamp.never heard one before for real but instantly new it was danger and a micro second later new what it was before I even saw it ,I just knew and jumped away without skipping a beat so he never got a shot at me,a 5’ timber rattler.we killed a few in the Marines,big ones ,a Bushmater in Panama,a big Copperhead at my old house that almost bit me ,but never hated them .I just hope a poisonous one don’t bite me,that can be bad,my friend got bit by a Copperhead that was no worse than a bee sting for him,but they can control the amount of poison I’ve heard and if they recently killed there can be less poison
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Hey Rondo, I forgot to tell you that at this years Fur Trade Days Camp, Steve Donker was working on a Cross Bow for some feller... I watched him test fire it, and it was rather impressive. :bl th up
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Hey Rondo, I forgot to tell you that at this years Fur Trade Days Camp, Steve Donker was working on a Cross Bow for some feller... I watched him test fire it, and it was rather impressive. :bl th up
Crossbows are too "high tech" for this child! :laffing :hairy
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I bought my first on last year ,it looks more like an AR then a bow but it is bad ass and a little high tech and out of my norm but if I found a planet blaster that fell off a UFO I’d keep it too! I just dotes on weapons!