Thanks again everyone.
Brad, one of my favorites too. Perfect design for juniper and sinew
Simson, yes if you get the powder blueing you just add a little water. Some blueing is already in a liquid form. I have applied just the liquid to bows and arrows and it works just like any other dye. It tends to run a little so for detailed arrow crests I make it thick and mix a little hide glue or pitch. As for the sinew wrap, yes and yes. I learned long ago if you wrap the same time as the sinew is put on, the backing shrinks much more than the wrap and it's loose and ugly.
PatB and Beadman, Thanks. I hope so
Bob, your stick is from the very same tree as this. I had to return to this tree 3 times before I could bring myself to cut such a perfect, beautiful tree. It will live on as many bows. Just under 1 7/8 widest point of the bow.
Haha! Maybe your right Marc
Carson, I cut maybe 1 to 2 juniper trees a year. They grow everywhere here. I wait till I can find the perfect one. Juniper and sinew are capable of so much more bend than this. These days I want to get a lot out of the combo, but also want a long life for the bow.
