‚Bridled Dragons‘ - Penobscot, fumed BL/yew, 65#@28“, 69“NTN

[DC]

I'd forgotten about the short, that would minimise the stretch, thanks.

[leonwood]

That bow can be used in a fantasy movie right away! (Except for the fact that most pussy actors cannot draw a bow above 20 pounds ) but seriously: beautiful carving on those siyahs and besides the looks it is a wel tillered shooter as well, would love to learn to carve stuff like that.

[Aaron H]

Wow, very impressive carvings! 

[Dvshunter]

That thing is wicked awesome!  Plus the tie dye shirt is appreciated.  Well done.

[TorstenT]

@leonwood
Yeah - since Game of Thrones already featured a Penobscot-bow (unfortunately in the wrong hands), this one could probably serve as a Targaryen-bow... 

[ntvbowyer1969]

That is just a amazing bow. A lot of work in that beauty bud.

[upstatenybowyer]

That is too cool! Man, you never know what's gonna show up next on here. What a treat. Amazing work 

[Selfbowman]

Excellent carving! Lots of extra mass though. The cool factor is there though. Arvin

[GlisGlis]

beautiful dragons and interesting bow 

[rps3]

Awesome bow.

[Parnell]

I really enjoy seeing variety of bows and you've done an amazing job on what looks like a technical project.  And your third bow!  Wow.
You've really got a heck of a skill set, beautiful work...congratulations.

[TorstenT]

Thanks again, guys, for all your praise! I’ve grown so much, I have to be careful not to hit my head on the door jamb... 
Btw - today one of the yew horns of the head on the lower Siyah broke off (again), so I decided to give it horn horns ( ), too. The asymmetry bothered me anyway...

[RatherBinTheWoods]

Stunning bow. Love the colour and the carving, real work or art. I think there is an argument that this is a backed bow in the same way a cable backed bow is but whatever category it’s cool as hell. 

[TorstenT]

Thank you!
I know. Tom (aka Stickhead) consulted other admins to decide, whether this bow should be regarded as self or backed bow. They let it count as a self bow - but it would have been OK for me, if it were declared a backed bow as well.
I just hope that this decision won’t cause any ill will... ...because that was certainly not my intention!

[RatherBinTheWoods]

There’s not a whole lot of ‘ill will’ on this forum from what I’ve seen ;0)