Rawhide backed ash recurve... UPDATE...

[medicinewheel]

Thanks again to all of you!

@Turtle: the belly was tempered, but the bow gained to much weight, plus the tiller bounced twice. So, not much of the tempering is left. The recurves are done with dry heat, also I forced a bit of setback into the fades, which really gives the bow a nice profile!

Btw. the rings are small but the wood is really uniform, so I'm pleased with the way the bow turned out.

[Prarie Bowyer]

Did you back those bends when you did it?  I'd love to learn more about that process.

[Prarie Bowyer]

You think a bow like that can be made from hard maple?  I've been hankering to make a recurve but a little afraid of the bending process.

[medicinewheel]

No, the bends were not backed in the progress and are not backed on the finished bow. I've steambend recurves to hard maple, and that worked well, too.

[TurtleCreek]

  I love it, great job.

[swamp yeti]

That is one nice bow Frank ,good job.

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Frank,very nice work.
   Pappy

[Parnell]

Very pretty.  Nice to see one of your bows again.

[druid]

Very good bow!

[medicinewheel]

Again: thanks a lot to all of you!

[hammertime]

Nice,very nice--really like the profile and sweet paint job!ok whos the better shot you or the lady?-Hammertime

[adb]

A very nice bow! I love the art work, it's stunning. Something special for an old flame!

[ken75]

you havent lost your touch Frank , nice bow

[medicinewheel]

Glad you all like it, thanks guys!

[medicinewheel]

Update... well upGRADE rather...:
Sabine shot this bow for a while but soon grew out of it's draw weight and picked up a 40# pyramid. Yesterday she began shooting my old bamboo-backed Osage and she shot it an hour in the morning and one in the afternoon; it's a bit less than 50# at her draw length and I only noticed a fatigue in her stance at the very end of the shooting.
Should have seen her jumping up and down hard over the extra punch! - Loved it...