Sioux style Hackberry Special. (not for BOM)

[IndianGuy]

Well I just finished a hackberry bow modeled after some Northern Plains Indian designs, Its 48" long not counting the horse hair tassel and is painted with earth pigments. Finished with oil and rubbed to a nice shine. It has 4 dogwood arrows with it and pulls appx 40 # @ 22"

Eric

[Polar Bear]

That is a good looking bow but I have a question.  Most people decorate the back of the bow.  You decorated the belly.  Is there a reason for this?  Not trying to be a smart..., just curious.

[NTD]

Very Cool Bow.

[ken75]

nice bow and arrow set ! really like the stuff you have available on the website

[IndianGuy]

That is a good looking bow but I have a question.  Most people decorate the back of the bow.  You decorated the belly.  Is there a reason for this?  Not trying to be a smart..., just curious.

The decoration on the belly is based on historical examples of known bows.

[ErictheViking]

like the whole set. the designs are cool too.

[DEllis]

beautifull little bow, very authentic looking, I'd swear it was made by a real live indi...........oh wait never mind
You do awesome work.
Darcy

[LEGIONNAIRE]

very cool bow. this is a great representation. your arrows are great too, they look like they went through a buffalo.

[tetaxidermy]

Very nice, got love the hackberry. One of my favorites easy to work and very light and strong.

[hillbilly61]

Nice looking short bow ..What web site?

[Parnell]

Very nice set.  I really like the colors and design.  What do you use for pigments/paint?  Great tiller on that bow.  How long are the arrows - 24/25"?

[Cacatch]

Awesome bow! No sinew on it? I would have imagined a 48" hackberry plains style bow to be sinew backed, interesting that they did not, even with the short 22" draw. I have some hackberry, I just might be inspired to try a 56 or 58" bow for a 26" draw and perhaps a slightly higher draw weight. Did this bow take much set? Thank you for sharing 

CP

[gmc]

I totally agree with the way you've tillered this bow. Very nice all around.

[IndianGuy]

Thanks for all the compliments guys, the arrows are 23.5" not counting the tips, The bow was straight limbed when finished, it did not take set, but I did put some slight deflex in the limbs to give it an appearance of being shot alot, some of the old bows have that deflex from years of shooting so I added it to give it a used appearance when unstrung. I know thats not efficent for shooting but I like the look of the old bows. I usually enduce reflex! not deflex 
I am currently finishing a horn belly reflexed recurved bow, i will post pics of it soon.

Eric

[aero86]

wow!  looks cool!  cant wait to see the horn belly bow!!