Something long and narrow, in hickory...

[sailordad]

well if that top limb is a little stiff, i personaly dont see it, just flip it over and make it the bottom limb and ya got a little
positive tiller on her then.

i still say it looks good, and like the handle.


                                                                                   tim

[dismount]

Beautiful bow!! and I love elliptical tiller. Got a Hick stave in the garage. Think I'll try one of those. Wish  I could find a lumber yard that carried hickory boards!
                                     Dismount

[islandpiper]

Here are a couple of pics of the nocks.   I sanded the bow today and stained it, then began oiling with Tung Oil.   The back part of this nock is rosewood. 




Piper

[ballista]

haha- you can never go wrond with hickory and a red wood, it always seems to look nice. I havent used rosewood, but ive used excessive amounts of padouk and canarywood. anaways- nice bow, especially for a third bow, it looks like a smooth shooer just from the pics! nice bow, keep em coming! haha -jimmy

[Gordon]

Hard to believe that bow is only your third. I expect we'll be seeing more great work coming out of your shop.

[islandpiper]

Really, I never owned a bow till I started making bows.  You all are a great help, without all the info and insight I wouldn't know what is right or wrong when it comes to bows.   My one arrow broke the day I got it so I still can't shoot the dang things.   I suspect they work just like bows should work.   

But, here's the deal.   I work with wood all day every day.   I saw and carve and bend and scrape full time, just not on bows.   I am a full time, working violinmaker, so I have all the tools and benches and lighting and dustpans I need to do this work.   It is a relief to build something out of one piece of wood.   Violins are comprised of up to 72 individual pieces, fitted and matched and scraped and tuned, etc.    So, bowmaking is a kick!

I have pics of the finished bow and handle close ups etc.   I'll get them up later.   

thanks, Piper

[cowboy]

Piper: you should post some pic's of your other works in the anything else section - I wouldn't mind seeing some of those violins.

[JW_Halverson]

Do it, 'piper, post some shots of your luthier work.

[islandpiper]

Since SOMEBODY  in this forum said they like LOTS OF PICTURES, here are a few more:

This is a Morocco tanned goatskin grip, it was all I had handy.   Usually fit this stuff in much smaller pieces on violin bows.   







Man, it is hard to take GOOD bow pictures. 


Piper