all bark and a lot of bite!

[adb]

Very cool little bow... nice tiller, too.

[MaceG]

Yeah. I like wide and thin.

[sailordad]

very nice looking bow

now i gotta ask ya how ya managed the curves in the hhb?
i have several staves sesoning and would like to try a recurve with atleast one of them.

when you say you left some bark on it.do you actually mean that you left some cambium on it?
i dont see the actaul bark on the back.

regardless its a sweet looking stick

[Shadow Walker]

thanks guys!
sailordad, I work exclusively in the hhb, becuase that's all we really have around here other than maple. I have used dry heat as well as steam heat to bend the wood. I always temper it.
The bark is mostly cambium. When you cut hhb in the early spring, the bark can be peeled in one piece from the log.
I actually dried, flattened and heat treated the bark.
The rough part of the bark, I actually filed off wich left me with wide flat strips that I laminated (with hide glue) onto the back and belly of the bow. The bark seems to add about 3pounds of pull for each layer.
 Hope that helps!

[Justin Snyder]

Nice looking bow.

[OldBow]

Really neat bow and bookmarked for Oct Self BOM fun.

[hawkbow]

That is one nice looking bow... would be great for horseback bird hunting.. great job.. Hawk

[Shadow Walker]

LOL...thanks for the compliments, but, I just got a mental image of me shooting on horseback...It aint pretty!! At least 911 is easy to dial even with broken fingers!

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice.  You did a good job with that bow

[medicinewheel]

COOL BOW!
That's some serious bend for a wooden bow!

[PeteDavis]

Great use of the old Iron Wood. I'm amazed.

PD

[Shadow Walker]

Thanks Pete and Medicinewheel.
I really like the old ironwood, it takes a lot of abuse and it's ideal for short bows ( for short people) and it sends an arrow like a rocket!
I am very thankful as well to all the fine boweyers on this forum. Before I found this forum a year ago, I knew nothing at all about building bows. I am proud of to say that when I have success with a bow, it is the success of everyone on this forum, as I surely could not do it without their expertise and guidance.