Bows with all the bells and whistles (gifts for my friends)

[half eye]

Take it easy Don.....We got sinew, skins, and carving to go yet sir... I have been dreading the wait as well sir
rich

[half eye]

Hey fellas,
     After getting nurse-maided along by Jon W and Oglala Bowyer.....I tried my hand at spreading sinew. So after getting some ready ( glue/ sinew/small bows) I laid down some sinew....here are pics of how that turned out.
    I used back sinew and laid it down from center to tip, then a second layer 4" shorter than the first and overlapped at the center, then a 3rd at the center. I sized the bows first and waited 45min/1 hr then the soaked sinew laid down, then glued over and repeated till done.  After about an hour or so the whole deal was wrapped with cotton bandages in both directions, left for about 3-4 hrs, and then unwrapped......and took the pictures. These are not to my liking but I do feel good about the process so will sinew both of the "big" bows tomorrow.
rich

[Danzn Bar]

Rich..... nice looking sinew job right thar......
DBar

[PlanB]

Amazing amount of work Rich! That sinew looks really nice.

[half eye]

Thanks D Bar......if my bows turn as good as the arrows you made for me I'm gonna be a happy camper.

Thank you Plan B, this is my first sinew job, and had no idea what they were supposed to look like at this point......appreciate the feed back from both of you fellas.
rich

[Parnell]

Wow, Rich!  You are a machine!  Scalloped belly Osage?  Very clever all the way around.

[JonW]

Rich the sinew looks fine. If any problems arise just re-liquify the glue and make adjustments.

[half eye]

Thanks Jon, appreciate the look-over sir.  I am hoping that I was even enough on the pre-tiller and sinew application to make final tillering good good.
rich

[half eye]

Fellas,
     Just to update. I sinewed both of the "big" bows yesterday....one before and one after getting all my teeth pulled and the jaw bone ground down.....so here are the pics of the sinewed bows.
    Thought I would add in some "candy" so you can see what I'm gonna do for the next couple/ three weeks.....thats the second set of pictures.
   
    I was very lucky indeed to be gifted a quiver and 3 cased skins from Gutshot. The quiver is beaver and a very nice belt type for hunting and the cased skins are 2 fox and a river otter.....all just gorgeous.
    To top that off I was further gifted a very nice cased Coon skin, and a super quality Knife blade from Trapper Rob. So now I get to makes some high end quivers and skinner while waiting for the sinew to cure out.

    Thank you Gutshot and Trapper Rob from the bottom of my heart....wont forget you fellas.
rich

[half eye]

next set

[Knoll]

Will look forward to whatcha do with those skins.

[Stringman]

Love the colors in that grey fox! You are a rich man!

[JonW]

Wow! Very nice pelts.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Hey Rich are those some Dzan Bar arrows in that beaver quiver

[burchett.donald]

 Rich,
          That sinew looks really smooth from here...Your putting a lot into these bows man...Noticed the carved tip also ...All those hides and bows, looks like a scene out of Jeremiah Johnson ...Can't wait to see the end product!
                                                                                                                                            Don