bow from campfire wood.

[bigbob2]

Few shots here of a bow I've just made with the riser wood salvaged from a campfire wood pile.Riser is black wattle [salvaged] and some species of acacia with natural 'boo accents.
 

[bigbob2]

another shot of riser, black wattle is a great wood. thing is there are about 12 types in Australia all going by same name!
 

[bigbob2]

Bell lams are simply natural 'boo which look good to me.
 

[bigbob2]

bow is 66NTN and 45# @ 28''
 
 

[Sam Harper]

Good save!  That's pretty.

[Trux Turning]

You won't be burning that bow- I like the looks of it!

[soy]

Atta boy Bob!

[Pheonixarcher]

Very nice! Good work.

[bigbob2]

thanks Sam, Trux, Thad and Pheonix, always good to make something useful out of others discards!

[Buemaker]

Looking Good. Bue--.  

[fujimo]

very very pretty!
that black wattle sure does make good firewood though!!!

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok:)

[LittleBen]

Great work Bob. I really think you are making some of the finest straight limb longbows around. Haven't seen even one you've made that I didn't really enjoy.

Which of the woods is the black wattle? The dark center stripe? or the lighter colored pieces?

[Todd Cook]

Really nice bow Bob. I love making stuff from leftovers.

[KellyG]

Sweet bow bob.

[cunruhshoot]

Very nice - I really like the color combo and the contrast with limbs.

[Dmaxshawn]

stunning and classy looking bud

[bigbob2]

thanks so much Gentlemen, it means so much from you guys here!. Little Ben the black wattle is the two outer pieces on the riser. The center piece is some obscure piece of Acacia with a name like Doolalia[ which I cant find reference to] Black Wattle is also a species of acacia of which Australia has over 900 species!

[wood carver 2]

Even the wood from your burn pile is gorgeous!
With all those different species it must be fun buying wood down under.
That's a beautiful bow bigbob.
Dave.

[red hill]

Great looking bow, Bob!