A buddy of mine was in a archery class with me last semester. Needless to say I tried to convert him to hunting traditional the entire time. I have only been hunting this way for a year now but I figured that I should try and get more involved in the sport. So I told him that the first traditional bow that I hunted with was a long bow I made for myself this past summer. He liked the idea of traditional hunting so he asked if I could make him a bow to his specifications. I told him that it was no problem but I had only built one bow before so I wasn't going to promise anything.
So I ordered most of my materials for the bow from Kenny M. (By the way he is the best guy to work with especially when you are not a professional.He really knows his stuff.) The materials arrived and I was ready to get started. It took me from Christmas to last weekend to get it completely finished but I was happy with the result and timing since I am a full time student only able to work on the weekend. I am hope that this summer I can get some more orders so I can pay for next semesters books too!
The bow is r/d and is composed of walnut limbs, clear glass, osage, and walnut accent strips, and cocobolo riser and tips are from a 4 pt. I killed this past season. It draws 48# and 28" and is a sweet shooter... now I wish it was mine but I can always make another for my self. By the way I was extremely happy with the results. Enjoy the pics.
Andrew
Topic: Bow for a Buddy... (Read 485 times)
