Well...everytime i start working on a new bow my daughters ask me if it is for them. I finally decided to make a couple of Hill style longbows for my oldest 2. They are 5 and almost 3. They saw bows on another site that looked like these and loved them so i decided to go with it.
I had to use shims in my fullsized form to glue these up.
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I am very happy how they turned out and the girls love them. They go well with the quivers i made them for Christmas.
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I put some finger savers on the string to make them as kid friendly as possible.
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very easter appropriate quivers. Not my personal color of choice buyt I;m sure your girls will love those! nice job. They look perfect for the St. Judes challenge .....
niiiice. very nice! Now they'll keep ya busy!
I tell ya, I've never had more fun than making bows for my kids and grandkids. I shoot a couple of old Bear 'curves and an oak flat bow that has questionable cast but all my kids and grandkids shoot fine osage longbows! It's fun to spoil them ;)
The longer bow is 52"and and the shorter is 46". Draw weights are around 12@15.
This project was a lot of fun. And...my wife didn't mind when i spent hours in the garage working on these bows.
Very sweet...
Oh pretty sweet... my "oldest" will be three this summer- I guess I found the right present for her to start archery seriously.
Are they all purple heart or did you use stain?
Ed.: and what are those finger-savers? (how to do, where to buy...)
This is pink actionwood.
The strings have "Finger Savers". These are just like No Gloves. They slide on the string and into place.
Those are awesome!!
Whooooo Weeeeee!! Them's somekind of pretty!!!
Bet the girls are happy and songbirds!!!
Very Nice Eric!! My daughter wants me to make her 1!
Matt
I'm sure your daughters will love them. My daughter has a pink and white bow too.
Those are very nice!!
Those turned out real purdy! :bigsmyl:
Alright admit it, you made that one for yourself because you just LOVE the colors :D ...(though you might be over bowing yourself :bigsmyl: )
I bet your girls are loving those, good job!
-Jay
Cool!
Great job Eric!! Don't know how I missed these!!
Very Nice!
Awesome Job!!
super cool! I'm sure the girls love 'em
did Roy ask for one ?? :biglaugh:
Thank you all. The orders are stacking up. My nieces are begging for bows. Good thing i enjoy this addiction!
Eric
Looking good. Bue--. :)