New bow #3, finished with PICS

[warden415]

Well I finished bow #3 a week or so ago. This is the first one with homemade ground laminations and also the first one with snakeskins. It is bamboo core with osage veneers. The skins are Texas rat snake. They seemed to go perfect with the osage and redheart colors. The riser is cocobolo with osage and paduuk stripes. The heel is bocote and redheart and the overlays are bocote and redheart. Limb tips are bocote over white glass and redheart. It is 56" 51@25"
 
 
 
 
 
 

[warden415]

 
 
 
 


A few more pics, warden415

[vermonster13]

Nicely done. Hows it shoot?

[bbassi]

wow, nice work. need another lefty to do a product review for you?  

BTW - I love those skins. real nice color. where did you get them?

[billy shipp]

Very nice Steve....That thing wouldn't be kin to a Centaur would it. **8**....great job on matching the woods and the skins really set it off.

Billy

[Mike Bolin]

Steve ole buddy, ole pal! If you make a 60"er that comes out at 54#@28" + or - a pound or two, I will be more than happy to take it off your hand for the cost of materials!!    Serioulsy, a beautiful job, you should be proud of her! Mike

[warden415]

Thanks all, I got the skins from online. A place called American Headhunter I believe. They have several varieties and got here very quick. It shoots good, came out a couple lbs heavier than I am used to shooting. Billy it is modeled after a Centaur. I love the Centaur design so when I decided to try and build a bow myself, I incorperated many of the features of it.  Handshock is as minimal as any bow I have shot with the exception of the Centaurs. Jim's bows are the best IMHO. I thought I knew what shock free was until I shot one of the Centaur double carbons. After owning one of them, I believe I now know what it means. Building these has been alot of fun and a great learning experience. Several headaches along the way though. It certainly gives you a greater respect for some of the work that todays bowyers do.
I compare it to watching pro baseball players throwing or hitting, you watch them play but can't appreciate how good they are unless you have played some ball yourself.  Steve

[Izzy]

Very Centaur looking.Way to go.

[JEFF B]

hey man that is one sweet bow and i bet it shoots nice to.  

[W.Tim]

nice looking bow......like the color combo's

[jesse cales]

great lookin bow steve!

[Over&Under]

Very nice!!!!!!  I really like the shelf design.

Jake

[john gerrard]

I've seen the bow in person and believe me the pictures just don't do it justice. Steve is a very skilled craftsman in his own right and I can tell you that he has the utmost respect for Jim Neaves and his Centaur bows. I got to watch Steve do alot of the work on his bows and I can tell you he is a perfectionist. He is also one of the best custom knife makers that I have seen. I hope that he doesn't mind me telling you but he does all of this beautiful work with just one eye. He lost the vision in one eye due to a accident a few years ago.  Keep up the good work Steve.  Brokenwing

[pseman]

Seriously sweet bow. If I could make a bow like that, I would never have to buy any other bow. That looks like a bow you'd see in a custom catalog.

[BenBow]

Very Nice

[Charles Sorrells]

Nice bow.  Keep at it.  Hope you find time to hunt with it.

Be Safe,
Charles

[TOM SHALVIS]

steve, that bow is a beauty!!!!! i think i should have bought a bow from you. i'll be talking to you shortly.  just got back from charlotte, nc. things are finally starting to fall in place. take care.

[ARCHER2]

VERY NICE ! GREAT JOB !

[Chuck Fawcett]

What a beautiful looking bow. Excellent job. I wish I had some of your talent.