Jay Sam 48" Ottawa w/ war arrows (not for bom)

[Dane]

hey Dane,
       The black color is actually "soot" and some rendered deer fat....just enough to make it paint. The red came from sumac berry heads that were ground and mixed with alcohol then thinned with a little fat. The green is watered down artists acrylic water paint as is the "yellow oxide" (it is in the bottoms of the "V" cuts but doesn't show real good....just a hint if the sun's just right.
       The patterns on the bow are Annishinabee/Ottawa That's the lines, colors and dots. That is an eagle on the grip (Mr. Sam's clan sign) and the oversized arrow represents (either) a strong bow, and/or a strong warrior. Turtles are held in very high esteem, having to do with the Ottawa creation stories.
       The arrows were decorated in a color/pattern scheme to match the bow. I fletched them 2 ways to show how far they sometimes went to be "stealthy". The splinter arrows with tailfeather fletch and the charred front end....is nearly impossible to see coming through the air.
       I gave the raw bow two coats of minnwax "golden-oak" and then rubbed it down and lightly roughed it up with some 200 grit wet of dry paper. Next was the paint colors and when dry they got a light sanding to put some "age" on the job. Then everything got 2 more coats of the minwax right over the paint and all. the stain went on with a soaked rag, wiped right off, then buffed....then over-again...........after that I gave it a coat of brush-on lacquer (dilluted 50/50 with acetone) that "set everything" and the wood pores were still "open" enough to keep it coated with some "bear fat" or wax etc.
     hope that answered the ? if I forgot something please let me know ...
half eye

Good info, Rich. You should work in Hollywood aging props. It looks like a very old bow and arrows.

Again, beautiful set of arrows and bow. The future owner is going to be very pleased, I think.

Dane

[Traxx]

Wanted to bring this thread back up for those who may have missed it.Also,i keep wantin to look at it again and this way i dont hafta find it.LOL

[George Tsoukalas]

Very nice. I love looking at your creations. Jawge

[Postman]

beautiful stuff, as always. Love the info too.

[Grunt]

I like seeing your little NA bows, the carving and painting are true to the spirit of the bow. Your work inspires a lot of us.  I've got a couple of quartersawn white oak slats waiting on me.

[LB]

looks good and man i like thows arrows

[Pappy]

Very nice work,great looking set up.
   Pappy

[AndrewS]

Outstanding work. i like it.

Never seen this type of arrowpoints before....

[Hillbilly]

Excellent. Great looking set.

[Wulamoc]

Beautiful work!!!

[LEGIONNAIRE]

Hey Halfeye

beutiful and inspiring. I made two like this, one ash ine black walnut, one broke while floor tillering, i guess the board was too dry and the other one broke because I was tring to put some heat it ended up breaking without me touching it.. But hey it happens.. great bow Im going to make one like this. Anyway thanks for posting this inspiration.