Just finished this set. The bow is a 43" Odawa, draws 47#@23 inches, has a physical weight of 7-3/8 ounces. Wood is a very old ironwood sapling from a corn crib roof purlin. The quiver set is all tanned buckskin, even the bandolier (stained buckskin). The knife is deer antler and knapped blade from black-butter obsidian. The arrows in the quiver are my 2012 hunting arrows and they are too long to be authentic Greatlakes Riverine so if ya look close you can see a 2 fletch arrow (white knock end) which is the correct length (center of the quiver). The decoration is a Lynx face, a white mink tail, and what looks like beads are painted spots....sort of my take on a pre-contact set-up.
Consulted two local bands regarding a bow case, and both said that the vast majority of the time the bows were carried in the hand, and while a bow case was not unknown it was very rarely used. The bandolier is fitted with 2 sets of tie-down straps which is what they used for carrying "bundles" of different kinds or upon occassion they might tie the bow down.
Hope you like it, questions and comments are allways welcome. Allmost forgot the bow wood was not alteredt in that the drying checks/cracks, worm marks are all original.....no glue, no heat, no steam. Also the "purlin" had about 1" of deflex and currently the bow has 1-1/4" for a total of 1/4" of set.
rich
