I have just completed this bow based on an original on page 3 of www.digitarc.com and thought a few of you may like to see it. I know myArmoury is mainly a blade site, but although I am an avid knife maker I am going through a bit of a crossbow stage at the moment! There are a number of differences which are principally there due to budgetry constraints, but I tried to capture the essence of the bow and hope I suceeded.
The stock is of walnut with bone plaques and inlay, the bow is of steel and is in fact a quite modest 180llb but it is still quite a goer and the string is linen and is bound on with hemp cord with a leather top binding. The nut is antler and is bound on with waxed/greased hemp cord. The bolt clip is from an antler tine that took some searching to find.
I made a change to the shape of the trigger bar partly because I didn't like the original, especially the after market binding and it was also positioned too far out to be comfortable.
I hope you like it.
Tod
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