46" backed birch called bear (not for bom)

[MWirwicki]

Nice shortie there!  I'm partial to them, you know.  Woulda never thought of paper birch.  My kinda draw weight and length. 

[druid]

Good work half eye!!!

[jonathan creason]

You coaxed a lot of work out of that wood, Rich.  Great looking bow, man.

[randman]

Great little bow Rich! I always like your paint jobs and color schemes also. What's your formula for that light milky olive/khaki green I've seen on a few of your bows? Were you a sign painter at one time or something. That looks like a real sign guy color with the black and would look good with a little maroon also.

[half eye]

Thanks again for the wonderful comments, everyone.

randman, the dye I use on the bow is real simple, it is just food color in rubbing alcohol and rubbed on with a cloth rag. Lets the wood show through but you can give it several coats and get as dark as ya want. The black is really several coats of dark brown (RIT dye) over the top of the green.
       If you want really intense colors just use the food color straight out of the bottle. Just to let ya know that stuff will dye skin REAL good as well.
rich

[Arrowind]

When I saw that first pic I said WOW!.   Need I say more? 

[Primitive1]

That is a wonderful bush bow!  I'm so used to long-bows...I'm tillering a shorty out now that's sinew backed and I gotta tell ya, it takes some getting used too, I keep thinking the bow is going to blow in a big way...just not used to that short of a length...again, killer job on the birch shorty.  Cheers, P1.

[half eye]

Thanks Arrowwind.

Primitive, I know exactly what you are saying about the "anticipation" part. I think there "force-draw" curve is steep also but I have a short draw anyways (26") so it's not that much of an issue. What finally helped me shoot them a lot better is looking at them like a hand-gun and not a rifle. Ya got to believe that the bow has the power and speed at the short draw and try to not think in terms of pullin it back to your ear.....I put mine out in front and draw right straight back to my face and concentrate on the "spot" and release, and to this day it amazes me how fast them arrows can cover 15/20 yards..........thanks for your nice comments
rich

[coaster500]

What a cool compact powerhouse!! Nice shooter !!

[4nolz]

Perfect!