idea for snake skin

[recurve shooter]

i have a really small copperhead skin, not large enough for a whole limb of my short bow, but i was thinking about putting on a 1 or 2 inch ring of it every 3 inches or so up the back of the limbs. do yall think this would work?

[ricktrojanowski]

I think it would work fine.  Just do it like you would a whole skin.  If you have not done snake skins before check out the build along section.  Gordon's Hazelnut build along has great info on applying skins.

[african man]

maybe two short pieces from the handle outwards with binding where they end... 

Chris 

[recurve shooter]

i already have sinue rap around mid limb to hold down a splinter and another on the other limb to make it look uniform, so that could work. 

[Hillbilly]

One of the community bows we built had a short section of coral snake skin at the last few inches of the tips-it looked good.

[JW_Halverson]

I like the idea.  Do it and post some pics!

[Hillbilly]

Here's a pic of the community bow tips:



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[recurve shooter]

wow that dose look really nice. i'll think on it some more and show yall what i end up with. thanks fellas.

[Aosda]

How about cutting skin in half lengthways and doing a loose spiral wrap full length up the stave, so as to look like the snake is climbing the limbs.  Two snake heads on the tips would really complete the look.

[recurve shooter]

  that would look extreamly cool, but the skin is only like a foot long. aint got enough to do that. will try it with a longer skin one day though.

[Aosda]

Try to get a full Rattlesnake skin.  Rattle on lower tip and head on upper tip.  Now that I think of it....I might try that

[recurve shooter]

dont see so many rattlers any more. mostly copper heads and watter moccasins. ALOT of water moccasins.