Thorn apple long bow

[GregB]

Ryan, that is realy a fine looking bow. Great job all around as we've all come to expect from you! Good luck hunting with it this fall.

[DanaM]

Sweet bow Ryan, I'm impressed that the two stains didn't bleed onto each other. I've looked for rattan but can't find it up here, it sure makes a nice grip.

[Marc St Louis]

Nice bow Ryan. I made a Hawthorne bow last Winter.  The wood does indeed heat treat well and makes an excellent bow.  To bad all we get up here are 3" max diameter trees that are for the most part twisted and gnarly.  If the trees had better growth I would use it more often

[shamus]

beautiful tips. A real nice bow, ryano.

[Ryano]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Thanks Frank that means a lot Buddy. There's  a lot of fine weapons posted here.....

Greg, I feel like this bow has some good mojo, I don't think taking a deer with it this fall should be a problem !

Dana, I apply the second color around the edge of the tape with a q-tip and use just enough stain on it for it to come off on the wood. If you apply it to heavily it would bleed through for sure.

Marc, I remember you posting that bow Marc. I didn't know Hawthorne was the same thing we call thorn apple at the time. This tree was about 4" through..I sawed it in half on my band saw and got two nice staves out of it. The first one I screwed up when debarking it and slightly violated a small knot and it pulled up a splinter there. This one I was more cautious with and it came out pretty good. We have quite a bit of this wood around our property but its hard to find clear enough wood for full length staves but billets wouldn't be a problem. Ive seen some trees with trunks as big as 8" probally but they don't grow very tall before branching out.

[HoleinthebowChuck]

Very nice looking bow Ryan.
Good luck with it hunting.
Chuck

[Gordon]

That one turned out particularly nice Ryan. I really like the lines and the stain job is eye catching.

[Ryano]

Thanks Chuck!   
Thanks Gordon! 

[Badger]

Really a nice bow there Ryan, I hope I can try that wood some time. You are really doing some good work. Steve

[OldBow]

Very impressive. If Thorn Apple is the same as Hawthorn, you get double congrats
Long time until July BOM so we get to enjoy this one for awhile.

[Mechslasher]

sweeet!  i had been thinking of dying a bow with black chevrons up the back for camo.

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

thats about the same dementions of the hawthorn we got around here too. the one ive got drying was a 9" tree. the stave i got is actually 80" long, but it came from the center of a cluster of them. i had to cut through 3 trees just to get to this one stave. its got a bit of a jog in the one end but its pretty strait for the most part.

great job on the stain man. you should bring that one to denton hill....and give it to me!!!

Phil

[koan]

Very sexy bow Ryan, I really like this one......Brian

[Ryano]

Thanks Steve.

Thanks Don. It is Hawthorne.

Thanks Chris, Sounds neet.

Phill, thats a big hawthorne.....Have you split it yet? Does it have much twist?

Thanks Brian. 

[The Burnt Hill Archer]

Yup i split it in half. i did a bit of a kerf the whole length of it befor i split it, but i dont think it was necessary. the bark ran pretty true. it split stait, hardly any twist at all, which i was very surprised with, given the way they normaly grow. i think its because it had to grow strait up to get any sun. ill get some pictures and put em on here.

Phil