ugly and a wannabe with cherry bark

[huntersim]

Dustybaer, I really dont have a good standard of my own to go by as far as the speed on this bow. It seems to shoot pretty good for being just over 50lbs. I want to make my next one around 65lbs. Then i can compare it to some other hunting bows I have. I say give it a try. It will definitely hunt. Look at all the old deerslayers that Nels built and all the deer taken with them. And like anything, I'm sure you can have you're extremes....too large or very small. I could have thinned these down more but i wasnt really after a blazing fast bow either.

Cowboy, give em a try and thanks.

Frank, here are a few more photos for you. I'm not very good at this and i dont have a nice sunny day to take photos. The tips on the static are about 1/2" wide. The tips on the branch bow are closer to 3/8"

Again, thanks for the complements.

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[medicinewheel]

hey thanks, very nice!
frank

[Dustybaer]

man, your grumley nocks are a piece of art.  excellent workmanship.  thanks for the pics.

[DanaM]

Both bows came out nice and you should be proud of em. Well done.

[a finnish native]

very neat indeed. love that recurve.

[OldBow]

Hmm -what is the core wood for your Grumley?
Very nice bows - excellent tillering. Are the osage tips siyahs or did you plan ahead for one-piece construction when you shaped the wood?
Anyway -pretty impressive and we'll look at both again next week for Feb Self Bow of the Month (there are now 30 Bows entered!)

[AndrewS]

Two very nice bows. Well done in every detail.

[Pappy]

Very nice job on both,I like them a lot.
     Pappy

[Woodland Roamer]

Both of those are very nice bows. Good work.

Alan

[huntersim]

OldBow, the core is just some extra parts of bullet wood and osage spliced together in the middle. No siyahs, the osage slat was just bent like a normal static and then it is backed with hickory. The brush nocks are glued on the belly side of the tips. 

Thanks everyone, i appreciate it.

[Ryano]

Nice work. Is that that thunderbird epoxy finish? I like the dull textured look of it.

[huntersim]

Thanks Ryan.
I have some thunderbird but i didnt use it this time. I used clear coat epoxy from system three to fill everything in and build some depth. Then i sprayed them with some spar varnish. The epoxy doesnt have any UV inhibitors in it so you have to cover that with something that does. The textured look is just the way I spray the last few coats. I like a really flat finish.

[snedeker]

Great bows Matt.  A dark look on the branch bow.   Recurves are really lovely on the other.

I always wonder about bark backing.  Why doesn't it decrease the integrity of the back?  For example, on an asiatic composite, you've got that sinew back, and then they put bark on it.  I can't figure why it doesn't counteract high tension backing?

Dave

[koan]

Matt, those are Incredible....Brian

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice bows. I like brush nocks and used to make many of my bows with them.