As its raining today and I'm already into it, i will show you my 7th bow.
The 4th,5th and 6th i haven´t made enough pics, i will do after my holidays in slowenia, and show them as my family-quiver soon.
So this staves i cutted in autumn in about 1300m. I already knew i need more wood so i harvested Birch and Maple with about 15 cm diameter, to give it a try.
Some splitted nicely, especially maple, but some were twisted and i got a few splinters which were drying fast over the oven after roughing them out
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Not much wood was left on this ones, so this bows became kid and youth bows.
This one my nephew is shooting
Specs:
ttt:61", ntn:60", bh: 5.5", symetrical, mass 418gram with the handle wrap
handle bends a little bit, most of the bend at inner limbs, outer limbs steam bend, sidenocks are made of buffalo horn,arrowshelf some superglue infiltrated leather pieces.
Cross section is something like lenticular shaped, as there was not much wood left i had to fill two cracks with epoxy close to fade and two little pin holes outside the layered up and wrapped handle.
One crack is the underline for its name, and... ahh
yes and she is totally twisted. (By the way respect to simons lately propeller - so short and the tiller outstanding
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I finished her with some vinegar steel wool mixt. coating is resin dissolved in isopropyl 5 layers.
