Help with juniper

[troutremble]

I harvested this piece of juniper a few years ago, I have it floor tillered now. It is 49" long and has 2"wide limbs. I read somewhere I think, that I will need to sinew the back. I have never played with juniper and would love some advice. I'm guessing it will have to be a fairly short draw too???

[Pat B]

With a sinew backing you should be able to get 25" to 26" draw from her. I've not made a juniper bow yet but I have heard they excell with sinew backing.

[Igor]

I had a juniper - Owl with sinewed back...very light - good performance....it was 62" and I could draw it to 29"


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Glenn

[Black Mockingbird]

That thing is screaming for sinew....flip the tips,get a good even low bend on her,then sinew back that bad boy...and i wood tiller no further than 25" and make it bend in the handle

[red hill]

Give Keenan a shout. He seems to be the juniper guru. He sent me a 58" sinew backed juniper bow last year that is awesome!

[troutremble]

Whats the best way to heat juniper to flip tips? steam or dry heat?

[Black Mockingbird]

Use steam or boil to flip or recurve the tips with the junipers...itll bend like butter

[troutremble]

Thanks guys. I will get to work on this over the weekend. Never tried boiling to recurve tips but I need to learn sometime.The sinew I have came off my hunting partners p&y elk he killed a couple years ago, he's gonna want the bow but I carried half that elk out of the mountains so I dont think so lol.