Like Walt said....that, and the wife says she needs a "break" from all the hunting crap! Of course she thinks bowbuilding is directly connected to hunting....she's right I guess. She also seems to think the bills need paid.
I posted these two pics earlier this fall, during the season, and they probably got lost in the hunting thread, but I'll show them again for you.
These bows I started late in the summer, and it was October before I got them finished. They were both "experiments" of sorts by me.
The flatbow is backed with elk sinew from a previously "blown-up" bow from 10 years ago....the bow blew, but the backing held. I peeled the backing and saved it all these years, reapplying it to this bow. It worked fine! I killed three deer with it this fall. I named this bow "Frankenstein", on account it is made from previously dead parts!
The static recurve is also made from a previous bow that just did'nt cut the mustard...so I cut it down, bent the tips, then added buffalo sinew to the working part of the limbs. It has impressive cast and smoothness...I've yet to hunt with it, but it is also a real shooter. Both the sinew jobs I used titebond 3...first time for that, and I like the results! I named this bow "The Bride" since both were built at the same time. Both bows are 58 inches nock to nock, and pull in the mid-sixties at 28ish.
Here is my trusty, bug-eating, lab, assistant.
And a close-up of the tips.
I got several in the works....but won't get to them until after the holidays....I think.
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