OK, as promised here are pictures of the sister glue-up to my bow ("Ol' HB") that my bowmaking mentor, Mike Brooks, made into a bow and then turned over to me to sand and finish. This one got kind of nasty with Mike and tried to do a pretty severe limb twist. He tried everything he could to straighten it out - to no satisfactory result. So he decided to back it with Bamboo. That took care of it quite well and made a fine tri-lam out of it - Massaandruba belly, Hickory core, Bamboo Backed. The tip overlays are Bloodwood like mine, but the riser not only has the Brazillian Cherry like mine but also a couple pieces of Purpleheart. Shoots dreamy and as one would expect, the Bamboo makes it faster than mine. After I sanded it, I finished it with five layers of Polyurethane Gloss. I have a coat of past wax to put on it yet. We decided not to wrap the handle in any way to better display the woods. The bow is 67" ntn, 45# @ 28" and Mike told me Sunday to hold on to it and shoot it. He'll get it when he wants to share it - LOL. I really like the bow and think you will too.
Riser (forgive reflections from the gloss):
Limbs Top and Bottom:
At Brace (3):
Full Draws (2):
The arrow is the beautiful Japanese Boo arrow that Art B made and shot, and then presented to me at ATAR this year - it's a real shooter!
Topic: Sister Bow to "Ol' HB" (Pics) (Read 330 times)
