removed from a dusty cover.... one of my earliest bows

[dutchwarbow]

not long ago I found this bow somewhere between my staves, broken bows, and mess. I wiped the dust off it and recognized it as my first 'heavy!!' bow. Heavy ment 57#@28" by then. at my actual 'target' drawlength of 29" it draws a nice 60#.

this bow started as a cherokee-replica bow from an ash board, then I narrowed the handle, piked it, and made it looking a bit more like a choktaw bow. With it's ugly floppy, blue-cordage wrapped handle and rasp marks still around, it's one hell of an ugly bow. The wide tips provide some handshock, but I didn't mind by then.

I made it 4 years ago, I was twelve by then. This was my 4th bow I had made, and I was very proud of it    

 

 

 

 

(no unstrung picture, sorry)

Nick

[Apex Predator]

Don't see many that good built by a 12 year old.  Fantastic job, and thanks for sharing.

[vanislebowyer]

it's great...are the edges rounded over?  it looks like a rectangle

[marlon]

Nick thats a lightbow. Show you heavyier bow. Marlon

[dutchwarbow]

thanks Marty!
vanislebowyer; the edges aren't really rounded. There are lots of things I would've done different today. Including the rounding of the edges, but also create a more fluent taper, a better handle, and a better finish with less toolmarks, hehe  

Marlon, here you go. 130#@32"
 

[marlon]

Great picture easy bow to pull. Cheers Marlon

[Pat B]

Nice bow, Nick. Not ugly at all. My first 100 were worse than that.
   Hey Marlon. How's things?

[dutchwarbow]

yeahyeah marlon, but 220 behind the neck aint easy for me either  :p

Thanks Pat!

Nick