new elm recurve finished!

[recurve shooter]

....wow. nice job. id like to shoot a wooden recurve. all i has ever shot is self bows, long bows, and plastic recurves.

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

marc-  yup gave me a bit of trouble. i had wider sweeping turns originally and they pulled out just enough that the string would just touch the belly of the bow, so i re- steamed quick and bent just the very tips which of course gave me the tighter turns.  thats white wood for ya...lol

[Ryano]

Very, very, nice Job Ryan! I love it! Glad I was able to help you out in some small way.
Eddie, Come on brother lets see what you can do with that hunk of Elm. That thing should be very well seasoned by now!

[Jesse]

Excellent job. Cant believe how little string follow you got.

[Woodland Roamer]

That is a realiy nice looking bow Ryan. Tiller looks great, you sure got a lot out of that stave.

Alan

[radius]

is the backing just the outside layer of wood on the stave?

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

Radius-  yup, the bow is un-backed, i just peeled the bark and that was it, single grown ring

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

also, its a bit darker b\c i stained the back a little darker so it wasnt so bright in the woods- Ryan

[radius]

cool

[Shooter]

Very nice job. I like the leatherwork and the overall look of that bow.

[FlintWalker]

Now that's my kinda bow! Short, sweet and recurved. Should be perfect for hunting.  That's the second nice elm bow I've seen in the last few days.  We got lots of elm around here, why ain't I using some of it   Saw Filer

[Pat B]

Shannon, cause you got osage! You are spoiled!      Pat

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

yeah jerk , you got all the good wood...hehehe    you want elm?, i'll trade you for osage.. -  Ryan///mwah ha ha ha ha

[david w.]

i might actually consider that sometime...seriously

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

what trading osage for elm?  i suppose its not an outrageous idea, as they say-  when you dont have something on hand it turns into high demand.