"New bow" weapon of choice this season.

[pugpen]

Cowboy, ya' done real good on this'n. At least you won't have to hunt big critters with that "ol' chicken snake" bow this fall. Good luck with them doves.  David

[Papa Matt]

Cowboy,

Killer piece. How does a person go about taking a crooked stave like that one was and gettin' it as straight as you did? I never have seen how to straighten a stave if its crooked left to right.

~~Papa Matt

[sailordad]

i'm not really sure myself as i have never attempted this as of yet.

however i have read on here that to remove side to sdie bends to use moist heat.




                                                                          tim

[TRACY]

That ought to knock down a few doves. Very nice looking bow.

Tracy

[George Tsoukalas]

Excellent tiller. That is  beautiful bow. Jawge

[cowboy]

Wow! Thanks ya'll . It's a joy to shoot and a real thumper .
 Papa Matt: What I generally do is rough out the bow, steam in the recurves and use dry heat (heat gun) to straighten out all the bends. Just eyeballl down the stave and start heating and straightening, usually wind up losing some of the recurve if thier's a bend in that area - if so I heat on the other recurve till it matches. Not sure that's the best way but it's working for me - think I'm going to start straightening before recurving though, would be easier.

[PeteC]

Very nice recurve, cowboy!! I really like those tip overlays.I missed the article on that "crumpled bag finish".How do you do that?   God Bless

[cowboy]

Thanks Pete! And this is really simple . Take a wall Mart sack or some such and tear off a small peice, kinda crumple it into a wad, then dip it into your dye, blob it onto a 2X4 or something to get off the drips and start dabbing it onto your bow back. Looks great..

[OldBow]

Wow - I like the tiller on this one. Great jobs on the tips. And bookmarked for Aug Self BOM!

[PeteC]

Thanks for the info on the finish job.I've got a HHB and a hickory bow in the works right now,and I don't want to leave them white.I'll have to give a try on one of these.   God Bless

[cowboy]

Thanks Don.
 Not a problem Pete - good luck.

[Ranger B]

I'm glad this thread is still around because that is a beauty I would have hated to miss.  Beautiful bow Cowboy.  Now show us one of them red breasted robins you've been plunking   
Ranger B

[D. Tiller]

Jeesh! I missed this one Paul. Great looking bow there. Now go get yourself a deer with it, maybe some hog and a javilina to boot!

David T

[Little John]

Congratulations Paul, Beautiful work as always. Wish you good luck, are you going after any big game this year?     Kenneth

[cowboy]

I'm goin after dove right now - will post pic's later . Yep Kenneth, hopefully stick some nice whitetail with it . thanks Ranger B.