What a pleasure it has been to bring these two old girls back to life. This first one was aquired from Cody Roiter. Cody had gotten it in with a group of other bows he had purchased. It had been abused and mistreated almost to the point of worthlessness. The tips were chopped off just inside the overlays, and new string nocks were haphazardly filed in. The coin was missing and there were marks left from prying it out. It set around here for most of the fall waiting for deer season to come to an end. I sanded all the old finish off and the Rosewood in the site window looked promising.
I added new Phenolic tip overlays, then decided the green glass needed to have a covering. I ordered D'back skins from Mike Yancey and went to work making my version of a cool looking bow.
Having been shortened by an inch and a half on each end, I was concerned about how well the bow would perform. After installing the tip overlays, I narrowed the limbs slightly to transition into the new tips, then filed new nocks. I had a string that fit and gently strung it for the first time. I checked the tiller and did a little more work on the limbs to get things right. I shot the bow several times and was impressed by the performance. I didn't want to go through the labor of skins and finish if it was going to be a dog.
Here are some before and after pics.
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