Ironwood sapling hunter / first stave bow (not for bom)

[Lee Slikkers]

Simplify. Simplify. Simplify..... Henry David Thoreau..

Beautiful:)

Wow...He lives!  I was just gonna put up a post asking where you (and WildKatt) have been.  Looks like you are here now...good to have ya back~

[Parnell]

Very nice bow.  Cool to see a stave bow, Rich.

[andy thomas]

nice looking bow rich

[HoBow]

Very nice Rich!

[beetlebailey1977]

Nice, I like it!

[bubby]

I like it Rich, how did ya like the stave compaired to your quarter sawn woods, Bub

[seabass]

nice work Rich.you did good my friend.don't let the short jokes get to ya.i am 5'4",so i have heard them all.i tell them that i am like a fine sportscar,low to the ground for speed lol.

[half eye]

Thanks to all of you for the nice responses. One bow sure dont make me a stave bowyer, but it was fun and nowhere as though as I thought it would be. With my woodcarving background I actually found this project went pretty easy and like the "free-hand" aspect of the work.

Bubby, I really dont see any difference in the two as far as the performance, but in all fairness this bow is really long by my standards, wouldn't want to say till I try it with a real short one. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a "soft-spot" for the quartersawn only cause I made bows that took a lot of abuse from the stuff and cant say the same for the staves......hell if it wasn't for the white woods and just knockin the bark off, I still wouldn't be makin staves at all. Guess I'd have to say I really love makin bows and when it gets down to the short strokes it dont matter how a guy goes about it......hows that for "skirtin" an issue?
rich

[Del the cat]

Nice tiller...guess you were getting bored with board?
Del

[PeteC]

Good job on that ironwood Rich.I like it. I've got one ready to tiller in the next couple of days as well.   God Bless

[fusizoli]

Nice to see that! Simply great 
Like sapling bows.
Is there any reason for the long tips?

[wvarcher]

That's a looong bow for you Rich.  Thanks for showing it to us.

[half eye]

Zoltan,  no reason....it's just that pin knocks let ya keep cuttin the bow down to get shorter without too much work.....I aint cut them off as I might make it shorter yet.
rich

[randman]

Just goes to show ya, a Master can make a bow out of anything! You know Rich, this opens a whole new realm of sources of good bow makin stuff.
Next thing you know, you'll gettin into the snakey, wiggly stuff.

[ErictheViking]

good example of a sweet simple bow