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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 7, 2022 15:03:45 GMT -7
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Post by brokennock on Oct 7, 2022 15:31:04 GMT -7
With the way you've been going lately, maybe nerf arrowheads would be a better idea?
Great job on everything though.
Don't forget a glove on your left hand the next time you shoot it though.
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Keith
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Post by Keith on Oct 7, 2022 18:24:22 GMT -7
Love it, well done Hawkeyes. Still working on mine bit by bit.
Regards, Keith.
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Post by paranger on Oct 7, 2022 19:20:50 GMT -7
I especially love those cane arrows!
Nice work.
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 8, 2022 3:23:27 GMT -7
Thank you gentlemen, much appreciated.
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Post by spence on Oct 29, 2022 8:57:39 GMT -7
Hawkeyes, and any others interested, in scanning through _David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations of Western America, 1784-1812_, for a discussion in another thread, I ran across this description of the bows and arrows used by Eskimos. It's is very different from any bow I've ever read about. "Their Bows are made of the Larch found on the beach, they are from 3 to five feet in length, made of three pieces of wood of equal lengths, and morticed into each other, at the back of each joint, or mortice, is a piece of Morse tooth [walrus] neatly made to fit the Bow, of nine inches long, a quarter of an inch thick, on each side thinned to an edge: the back of the Bow is a groove of half an inch in depth, leaving the sides for an inch thick along the groove; this is filled with twisted, or plaited sinew, running alternately from end to end of the Bow, each layer secured by cross sinews. In undoing a large Bow, about four hundred fathoms of this sinew line was measured: their arrows are twenty eight to thirty inches long headed with bone, or iron; but being made of Larch, for want of better wood, which occasions them to be too large in proportion to their weight, and lessens their velocity; yet such is the strength of their Bows, they pierce a Rein Deer at one hundred and twenty yards: almost all their weapons are barbed." "...and the Misaskutum berry, perhaps peculiar to north america ; the berry grows abundantly on willow like shrubs, is of the color of deep blue, or black ; the size of a full grown green pea, very sweet and nourishing, the favorite food of small birds, and the Bears. They are very wholesome, and may safely be eaten as long as the appetite continues ; they are much sought after by the Natives, they collect and dry them in quantities for future use ; and mixed with Pimmecan, becomes a rich and agreeable food. The wood is of a fine size for arrows, and where this can be got, no other is employed ; it is weighty, pliant, and non-elastic." When you make a replica of this bow, please be sure to post pictures, I'm not sure I understand their method.  Spence |
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 30, 2022 4:49:11 GMT -7
Hawkeyes, and any others interested, in scanning through _David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations of Western America, 1784-1812_, for a discussion in another thread, I ran across this description of the bows and arrows used by Eskimos. It's is very different from any bow I've ever read about. "Their Bows are made of the Larch found on the beach, they are from 3 to five feet in length, made of three pieces of wood of equal lengths, and morticed into each other, at the back of each joint, or mortice, is a piece of Morse tooth [walrus] neatly made to fit the Bow, of nine inches long, a quarter of an inch thick, on each side thinned to an edge: the back of the Bow is a groove of half an inch in depth, leaving the sides for an inch thick along the groove; this is filled with twisted, or plaited sinew, running alternately from end to end of the Bow, each layer secured by cross sinews. In undoing a large Bow, about four hundred fathoms of this sinew line was measured: their arrows are twenty eight to thirty inches long headed with bone, or iron; but being made of Larch, for want of better wood, which occasions them to be too large in proportion to their weight, and lessens their velocity; yet such is the strength of their Bows, they pierce a Rein Deer at one hundred and twenty yards: almost all their weapons are barbed." "...and the Misaskutum berry, perhaps peculiar to north america ; the berry grows abundantly on willow like shrubs, is of the color of deep blue, or black ; the size of a full grown green pea, very sweet and nourishing, the favorite food of small birds, and the Bears. They are very wholesome, and may safely be eaten as long as the appetite continues ; they are much sought after by the Natives, they collect and dry them in quantities for future use ; and mixed with Pimmecan, becomes a rich and agreeable food. The wood is of a fine size for arrows, and where this can be got, no other is employed ; it is weighty, pliant, and non-elastic." When you make a replica of this bow, please be sure to post pictures, I'm not sure I understand their method. Spence I'll do some investigating on this one. I've got a few places to reach out for information. When he speaks of the mortise joint I'm very curious... That may be a reference to a scarf joint of some kind that was used for arrows and spear shafts, aka atlatl darts. However, I'm not particularly sure that joint would hold up over the span of the bow given the forces that act on the limbs, tension and compression. Very interesting citation, thank you for sharing. That walrus tooth is likely the key factor of that joint... |
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 30, 2022 4:54:36 GMT -7
For anyone curious about the accuracy of cane arrows, here's an image from about 15 yards or so.  photo upload sites |
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Post by brokennock on Oct 30, 2022 6:00:44 GMT -7
I seem to remember reading of this Alaskan Native bow, quite possibly in, "The Bowyer's Bible." They discuss a few methods of how natives in various places dealt with not having good wood native to their area to make a bow from.
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