Your favorite snakeskin backing?

[RM81]

I like they way my cottonmouth backing turned out over charcoal colored limbs.  I like copperheads too but don't have one with that yet.

[Prairie Drifter]

Originally posted by MTArrowLauncher:
i love them all, but my favoirite is prarie rattler only because in MT thats all we have, and they are a pretty snake, if not as vibrant as some of the others

Plenty of bullsnakes here in Montana also!! We also have hognosed snakes. They are really cool, but hard to come by. I've only seen 2 in the 18 years I've lived here.

[Tom Leemans]

If I could get blue racer skins the right size, I'd consider putting them on my dark purple bow.

[Dirtybird]

I love all snakeskins, just a very pleasing look with a natural camouflage.

[Pat B]

This is a coachwhip snake skin I recently put on a 53" sinew backed osage. Wasn't sure I'd like a "plain" skin but I think it came out great.

[RAU]

I love copperheads.

[YORNOC]

GREAT looking bows everyone. I love this stuff!

[Tom Leemans]

Ooooh Pat, that's cool! I was just looking at pics of coachwhips. If a fella had two of them that went from that dark to light, that would make a bow look sweet! I'd have to get a red one for my wife's bow though.

[wooddamon1]

I like 'em all, but I've only done diamondbacks so far...

[Otto]

Copperheads over osage always gets my blood to pumpin.

[YORNOC]

Heres a Super Diablo with bullsnake.  Look at the color of this bullsnake, this is over black glass!
Usually fairly transparent, you can keep the original color pretty close by using tanned skins instead of dried against popular belief.
You can either use a quality dry tanned skin, or even use glycerin tanned by "carefully"cleaning and degreasing the skin. This was a glycerin base ,oily, soft tanned skin, but after proper prep...here it is! With all its bright yellowish tail color even over black glass.

[wooddamon1]

That is sweet!

[rainman]

I Like Corn snake and Bull snake best of the snake.  I really like grass carp skins the best.

[JJB2]

That's sweet David...didn't realize tanned vs. dried would produce that kind of difference in finished product.

[East Coast archer]

My favorites are canebrake and diamondback(eastern or western) as long as Bob is putting 'em on.  In fact I have a set of Morrison limbs with each one  

[YORNOC]

Heh, Bob does "okay" I guess!  

[onewhohasfun]

I would like to see some blue racer skins on a black bow. I have some six footers in my boulder wall in my yard. Something different.

[Possum Head]

Kris, your moccasin skins are nice. The moccasins in the southeast are much darker. Also I really liked those partially skinned takedown limbs as you dont see much of that. Yornoc, your work is impressive! Nice post too.

[Prairie Drifter]

Copperheads and cottonmouths are my favorites.

[Steve B.]