First attempt at "stippling"

[Ragnarok Forge]

That look awesome.  Great work.

[bolong]

Looks good to me!  

[Hooked]

Looks great!  You can also get different size ball shaped tips to make different size dimples.  I have never done it fora bow or gun handle, but have done it on some of my woodcarving/woodburning projects.

[joekeith]

 
I may have to give that a try.

[lt-m-grow]

Snag.  


That looks niiiicccce.  Frankly, I think I like the looks better than checking even.  I like the lack of a pattern.  I have one riser with a pine cone on it and one with a shed antler (which is great looking btw).  I think stippling would be nicer as it would be the right mix of texture and not.

Regarding the feel, I remember a comment Bob Morrison made once regarding the "need" for pine cone carvings in the handle.  His comment was something like, "if a customer never ordered another one, I would have one on my bow as it helps my feel of the bow".  Sorry Bob  if I bashed that too much.

But the point is, having something on the grip does make a difference.

I just resanded and reshaped one of my risers and put one coat of finish on, I am thinking it is coming off and getting stimpling...

thanks for the extra work :-)

[snag]

I would have to agree with Bob. When I did this I purposefully left kind of shape edges on the stippling. What I mean is I didn't sand it down much. This way when the finish was applied it would fill in a little and kind of round off the edges. That was my thought anyway. Obviously having never done this before I wasn't sure if this was going to work. It did. Amazing.

It-m-grow, I like the "random" look instead of a set pattern also.

[KentuckyTJ]

David, tell me more about how you refinished it.

[snag]

TJ, the finish is conversion varnish from Sherwin-Williams. It is a two part material that was sprayed on. There is 5 layers on this bow. You can take steel wool and buff it up. But I like the satin finish and low sheen for hunting.

[KentuckyTJ]

Did you re-spray the entire bow?

[snag]

Yes I did TJ. There was some milky areas in the finish on one of the limbs. So I wanted to sand it down and reshoot it anyway. Now the bol. rosewood grain is visible and b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l....  

[Bjorn]

Nice job Snag-remarkable what we can do when we set our minds to it!          

[Over&Under]

Excellent job Snag!  Looks Profess-o-nale!

[limbow]

David,

How did you apply the finish?

Thanks!
Kevin

[Bonebuster]

Nothing like attacking a treasured bow with high speed power tools to find out how brave you are!!!

Turned out great!  

[stickhorse]

Great Job, very nice!!!! What about doing this to a phinolic handle?

[walkabout]

looks great. i dont think there is really any general "right" or wrong way to do stippling,only whether its evenly spaced etc. if its added for grip then a lack of pattern would be better than  one with a pattern(kinda like non directional tread on shoes)but awesome job, i certainly wouldve done worse my first time.  

[snag]

I like the way you think Walkabout as far as no right or wrong way...only whether its evenly spaced.

Limbow, the finish is a conversion varnish that is sprayed from a gun...not a can. There's 4 or 5 coats on it as I remember.

It was very nerve racking taking a power tool to that grip! But I played around with trying it out on a 2X4 before I tried it out on this bow...then just jumped in and gave it a try.

[JC]

Originally posted by snag:
...then just jumped in and gave it a try.

Yep      Knew you could do it! Looks great Snag.