Zebra Osage

[scrub-buster]

I just finished this osage selfbow.  It is 64" ntn and 55lbs @ 26".  I used PatB's tissue paper backing trick.  There was a knot near one tip and some other humps and dips that I had to work around, but the tiller ended up pretty good.  I will be shooting this bow at Cloverdale this weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jess stuart]

Looks good to me, you wood bowyers really impress me with you ability.

[ductape]

Nice looking bow, love the stripes!

[Rich Evans]

beautiful job on the backing. i gotta try that too.

[walkabout]

very nice, very smooth looking finish to.

[Osagetree]

SWEET BOW!!!!!

[Sam Harper]

That's pretty cool.  What is PatB's tissue paper backing trick?

[Leo L.]

Wow that is simply just a beautiful work of art!

[Paul WA]

Good job, the top limb looks a little stiff...Paul..could be the angle I'm looking at it

[scrub-buster]

The backing is tissue paper glued on with watered down TB3.  The paper wrinkles and tears very easy as soon as it hits the glue, so it can be hard to get it on straight.  Also, the paper isn't long enough for the entire limb, so you have to match up the pattern and splice it.  Here is a picture of it in progress.