My new sinew static recurve...

[OldBow]

Ghengis Khan would hire you for his chief bowyer on this one. Outstanding. All set up for March Self Bow of the Month, too.

[Sidewinder]

Great job and I love how you "think outside the box" that took guts. . I am intersted in seeing how it shoots. Danny

[akila]

Thks a lot guys..it means verry much to me to see that my work its realy apreciate buy people that know abute bow building......to be onest whenn i decide on this finish with leather, and rabit furr and all that,,,, i wass not so confident on how it will look....but in the end i think its realy nice...i  realy like it my self...it has an Indian aspect kinda look...i dont know ...im glad you like it....thks again...here is some bonus pictures, with the string that i made for him..the string its made from silk...

[mullet]

  Fantastic and classic looking bow ,Akila. I love that style bow and will have to build another one. I broke the first one I tried by not using enough sinew near the handle.

[Hillbilly]

The more I look at that bow, the more I like it. Have you had a chance to shoot it yet?

[akila]

Nope ..im afraid not...it wass bad weather here..raining all day... ...i will shot it soon i hope...

[PK]

Akila, That turned out real cool, the Leather keeps the bow temp regulated no,yes? Did ya seal the Leather with ?

[akila]

Akila, That turned out real cool, the Leather keeps the bow temp regulated no,yes? Did ya seal the Leather with ?

No i did not seel the leather with anithing...i wass thinking that maybe i could put something on it..maybe some grease or something..i dont know....its the first time whenn i cover a bow in leather so i dont have verry much experience with this tipw of finish..if i can call it like this....i realy didnt sealt the leathe with anithing....you think i should do that???

[PK]

no because of condisation I was wondering about that, Im still workin on that mystery and Chrystals.

[Hillbilly]

What type of joint did you use to glue the siyahs on? I may have to try one of those! 

[akila]

Hi i use a v shape....here are a fiew pictures...



Here is a picture with the syiah...you can see how i draw the shape first...and thenn i use a rasp to shape the syiah..


Here is the syiah after the rasp...

Here is a side view of the syiahh...you can see the line that i draw...and then i use the rasp again...to shape the syiah...



Here is a picture of the syiah...with a little sanding on it...to be a little rounde on the corners....the final  syiah where a little more narrow, not  so wide like in this picture....

Whenn i put the sinew on the back of the bow , i also wrap the joint with sinew, to be more strong...the V joint is 4" long...

Here is the final syiah....you can see that is a lot narow .....the bow is only 45#....so the syiah seem to be ok with this dimension....

[Hillbilly]

Thanks, Akila.

[PK]

Good Technique and very resourceful. Don't mind if I try that one.PK

[akila]

PLz do....im happy that i can help....