Sioux style Hackberry Special. (not for BOM)

[DEllis]

Thanks for all the compliments guys, the arrows are 23.5" not counting the tips, The bow was straight limbed when finished, it did not take set, but I did put some slight deflex in the limbs to give it an appearance of being shot alot, some of the old bows have that deflex from years of shooting so I added it to give it a used appearance when unstrung. I know thats not efficent for shooting but I like the look of the old bows. I usually enduce reflex! not deflex 
I am currently finishing a horn belly reflexed recurved bow, i will post pics of it soon.

Eric

Cool idea, probably reduce strain too allowing a bit longer draw, like the deflexed tip bows of the southwest.
Darcy

[Bill Skinner]

That is a beautiful bow.  Do you also make your paints?  If you do, how do you get them to cure?  I tried hickory oil and earth pigments, it took about a month for them to dry.  Bill

[ricktrojanowski]

Another beautiful bow.  I love your work.

[sadiejane]

That is a beautiful bow.  Do you also make your paints?  If you do, how do you get them to cure?  I tried hickory oil and earth pigments, it took about a month for them to dry.  Bill

dont know how indian guy does his pigments, but i use hide glue. works great!
my understanding is this is the old native way.

[swamp yeti]

Beautiful bow good job.

[PaulN/KS]

Another great looking bow Sir. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us.
(And also, thanks for posting the photos in a format that I can view them here at work...)

[IndianGuy]

Pigments....I do collect rocks and make some of my own pigments, others are historical parfleche paints however I do not apply any of the paints with hide glue to the wood or sinew. If you use hide glue it will come off with moisture and a few rubs of the hand....or even worse it will smear.

Eric