Bamboo backed crabapple

[stonecarver]

Kegan,
I know exactly what you mean by rasp and draw knife don't play nice with the grain.
I ended up hand sanding  with 24 and 36 Grit sandpaper (4 1/2 in.disks) for a lot of my reduction and a lot of scraping too.
I really like your bow and have been thinking of backing a decrowned stave in the future.
Great Job!

sc

[Kegan]

Thanks everyone .

This bow is absolutely a doll. Long range, short range, it's just a great weapon. More than that, it also showed me what's capable from a bow even with amrginal design (I've learned to stop overstressing the woods ) and how nice a bow is when you put the care into the details.

Funny, a name never occured to me on this one in construction like some of my other bows do. Odd .

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

Beautifull, no nonsense bow there, I like it,....... it has my vote for laminated bow of the month 

[OldBow]

Where did you find crabapple? Great bow and set up for June LBOM , too.

[Kegan]

That means alot Manny, your bows are absolutely amazing !

Don- it was twenty feet in front of the garage. I guess I'm really lazy when it comes to getting bow wood .

[stonecarver]

Kegan.
Do you know if the Crab apple you made this bow from is a domestic tree with fruit 1 1/2 to 2 inches
 or  if it is  a wild Crab apple with really small fruit that is only about 1/2 in?
Or maybe it is another type that I'm not familiar with. I have been using Oregon Crabapple (Malus fusca)
Just curious
Great bow,
 I really want back a ca bow myself
The bowyering bug bites hard
if ya know what I mean.

sc

[stiknstring]

Didn't I read on another forum that this bow busted?

[Kegan]

Didn't I read on another forum that this bow busted?

Yup . I'm busy repairing it at the moment. No more super narrow bows .