My Last 3 Wood Bows.(Pics this time!)

[vanillabear?]

Sorry, pics were too big. will try again later

[vanillabear?]

[vanillabear?]

[bjansen]

Wow.  The finish work on those bows is extraordinary.  Great job.  

What kind of backing is on the first bow?

[vanillabear?]

[vanillabear?]

[Shore08]

Nice! Good work.

[scottm]

Nice!

[vanillabear?]

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[ChristopherO]

Just stunning bows.
My first thought on the farm country picture was, "That is coyote calling country!"  Pretty background.

[DVSHUNTER]

great looking bows! I wish you lived close so I could shoot them. Very nice job.

[4est trekker]

You've got talent, man!  Thanks for sharing.  I wish mine would turn out that nice.  Keep it up, and keep posting!

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Good looking stik flingers Man!

[carver]

holy crap, eh.

so another guy who posts on hear, Moen, told me that ash doesn't like dry heat.  Guess it varies from species to species.  He's in Norway, and uses a different kind of ash, i imagine.  I've got a bunch of ash staves on the go, all cut from a 1x6.  They are all going to be elb style, as earlier this year i saw dozens of rift sawn white ash bows made in this style.  They were all very taut, high weight, and solid.  

So, heat treat, eh????

[vanillabear?]

[carver]

have you made deep-cored bows of ash?  

When you heat treat, do you apply a varnish, the way marc st louis talks about?  I did that several times last year on flatbows made of white oak, and overall the effect of heat treating them was very good.  I see you have really cooked the snot out of yours.  How thick was it when you cooked it, how much came off when you tillered it, did you tiller it before tempering it, and the obvious question:  did you temper the belly wood before applying the hickory backing strip?

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[glenbo]

Great job on all three.Each one is nicer than the other.

[metsastaja]

Very nice looking bows.