Siouxbow replica

[Pappy]

Nice job,sweet looking bow.
   Pappy

[uwe]

uwe now that you have that nice sinew souix replicate bow done . you shall send it to me in Missourri.
 good lookin bow nice job
                                 Dennis

Well, would do it for a good trade. But the postage to US is f...y high!
Anotherone of this bowtype is on my workbench. I had a very rough piece of osage, which others may have send to fire, but I`ll make a bow of it!
Its length is about 96,5 cm, what should be around 3 ft. or 1 yard, 2", if I`m correct.
Regards Uwe

[uwe]

Nice job UWE. The question of "weight" on these NA bows has been around for some time. In the mid 70's I had a plains bow, allegedly Cheyenne, that had a similar profile but with recurved curved tips on it. It had a sinew string and was sinew backed. Before we knew better,     it was tillered to 24". It was 42# at 24". It was in a Buffalo hide quiver. Remnants of the arrow case were still on the bottom of the quiver. I will try and locate a photo of it. (found "kinda" one). The bow now resides in a private collection in Colorado. The other items in the photos are a plains Indian "skinning set" two knives in a dual beaded sheath. The shirt is a "war shirt", Lakota Sioux" about 1870's. It had eight "scalp" locks on it, four front, four in the back. The other photo is the gold and silver Bowie knife that was on display at the 76 blade show in Chicago. This is an old scan and just a bit of trivia.

Dick

Thanks a lot Dick! Now I have an idea of that my works seem to be on the right path. The feeling of shooting with this bow is agreeing with your "drawweight discription".
Even thanks for the nice pics. of original items.
Regards Uwe

[El Destructo]

Uwe.....shipping isn't that bad.....as long as the Bow meets the length and girth measurements....this Bow under 60 inches packaged in a Tube....sent to the States....should not weigh more than 6 American Pounds....this adds up to $41.00 shipping ....plus Insurance....I ship Bows all over the World and use the Postal Service....so Unless the Postal Service in Germany is Outrageous....then it really isn't too bad.just make sure to read the Fine Print!!

[kayakfisher]

its a nice bow havent sinewed backed any of mine yet they all have been rawhide. Plan an getting some sinew next weekend I have a osage plains style cut out may put on it. Would like to make one out of ash and sinew back it if I can get some ash next weekend
                                                                        Dennis

[uwe]

Interesting Dennis!
I`ve heard in US there is different ash to european. The indians bows were made of prairieash? Is it correct? They have better attributes than european. But I think they must have wider limbs than osagebows.
Good success in your plan.
Regards Uwe