New hard maple flatbow

[jcougar]

Wow!  Thanks!  This was my first hard maple bow, and its not going to be my last.  I think I have thre or four mores staves from the same tree.  I used maple because I thought it would be better for my humid climate than hickory.

[OldBow]

Admirable work, there, jc. Bookmarked, too, for May Self Bow of the Month

[Stickhead]

Great looking bow.  I'll never look at a maple tree the same way again.

[Pat B]

Very nice bow, J. I have not yet tried hard maple but I have heard good things about it for self bows. It also makes good backing strips for wood that is weaker in compression.    Pat

[snedeker]

Smashingly successful.  Made me get out the Norway maple stave I've been drying and layout a line on it.

Dave

[tom sawyer]

Excellent bow, I like that you got it to work with a fairly skinny limb profile.  Bows just look better when they aren't so wide in the limbs.

[jamie]

excellent. maple is definetly underused. it makes a great bow.

[Kegan]

Absolutely gorgeous! Nice outline, good weight, perfect tiller, and nice handle wrap. That is an all around good looking bow!

[Gordon]

Oh wow. I just got back from my trip, opened up my browser and saw this gem. She's a beauty!

[DanaM]

Everybody already said what I was thinkin so i will just say way to go man.


DanaM

[jcougar]

Thanks again, everyone.  Did I mention that it is wicked fast?  I'll be starting another one real soon.  Maybe a little longer and narrower!

[Pat B]

Dave(Snedecker), I have a piece of Norway Maple that Hillbilly gave me. Let me know how it works.   Pat

[DanaM]

Pat isn't Norway maple soft maple? I'm sure it would make a bow but maybe a little wider etc
That is if its soft maple.

Dana

[Hillbilly]

Norway is one of the hard maples, I think it has very similar properties to sugar maple. I remember a nice norway maple bow that Don (Oldbow) made a few years back.

[DCM]

Beautiful bow.