Finished my Dryad blank!

[flntknp17]

My wife got me a Dryad blank (cool huh!) for Christmas and I finished it this week.  Ended up 65# @ 27" and I am extremely pleased with how it shoots.  It really likes my heavy ramin wood arrows!
 
I thought it would be cool to inlay a stone point into the handle.  I made a little window with a dremel tool and set a point into it.  The point is one I made in my first real year of knapping (1993) and is made of local creek cobble chert.  It sybolizes how far I have come and yet how I feel connected to both my past and the past of those others who hunted with wood bows and stone points in the past.
 
I plan to use the bow on a bear hunt in northern Saskatchewan this May and have the OK from the outfitter to use a stone point!

Matt

[ber643]

Outstanding job, idea, and look there, Matt. Best of lock on your Bear hunt.

[drewsbow]

very cool , nice work :0)

[Frenchymanny]

Beautiful!

These blanks are awesome.

Congrats. What is the finish on the bow?
   

F-Manny

[James Wrenn]

Very nice job! That is a fine looking bow.

[weld777]

what part of iowa ya from kevin

[4runr]

That is awesome. I hope mine turns out that nice. Those pics give me inspiration to go work on it somemore.

[Dano]

Beautiful, the inlaid arrowhead is a nice touch.

[Bucksnort101]

Wow, great job. Hop I can get mine to look like that. What type of finish did you use? And how about a pic of the back?

[flntknp17]

Buck, here is a pic of the back......I used tru-oil on the osage and boo with shellac on the cocbolo because nothing else would stick to it very well.

 

Kevin, I live in Ames. You?

Matt

[Bucksnort101]

I've got the exact blank and sealing the Cocobolo was a concern. Thank you for the idea. Got to get the scraper sharpened and finish mine now. Hope it turn out as nice as your did.