Locust D

[Dean Marlow]

Now that is a beauty. I love the tiller on your full draw pic. I have been working more with D bows myself lately. Got a couple of Locust staves so now I know what I will do with them. Thanks for sharing.

[TRACY]

Primitive, simple and effective! Very well done Alan. Best of luck with it on the whitetails this fall!

Tracy

[n2huntn]

Spectacular work,
 Love that style , the finish, everything. Hats off to you sir.
Jeff

[n2everythg]

Very very nice allen. I really like it.
Funny I was just playing with some yucca this weekend teaching kait how to twist up fiber and was thinking on making a bow string.

Your tiller looks great. Nice bow. Hope you take a deer with it this year.
wade

[Wolgen]

Beautiful bow! Simple elegance.

[uwe]

I like those easy, but nice bows! Well done.
Regards Uwe

[George Tsoukalas]

Awesome, Alan. That is just plane awesome. I love the tiller! Jawge

[Hillbilly]

Sweeeeeeet! Fine looking bow, Alan. Looks like it would be right at home in the hand of a Cherokee or Catawba. Looking forward to seeing it in person.

[Boots]

thats sweet !!!  very simple d-bow...   my favorite

[bigcountry]

Hello everyone, here is a replica Eastern Woodland bow that I just finished up. It is Black Locust, 63 inches long and pulls 45 at 26. It is 1 1/4 wide at the handle and tapers down to 3/4 at the tips. It keeps just a bit of reflex after unstringing and relaxing. I burnished it and stained it with some red clay. I stained the tips and handle area with blackberries and have heated it and rubbed in several coats of deer tallow for the finish. I made the string from yucca fibers. It's the first I've tried and it is holding up fine so far. I'm going to experiment with other strings also, rawhide, sinew and dogbane. I plan to hunt with it this fall with replica arrows of course!
Alan

I would love to build this exact bow.  You said its 1.25" wide at the handle.  How far up the limb did you keep it 1.25"

[Woodland Roamer]

Thanks again everyone!

bigcountry, the limbs are 1.25" out to almost midlimb so just about 14 inches out from the center of the bow.

Alan

[PeteC]

That's a beauty.Great job. God Bless

[Traxx]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!
Thats what this is all about.

[Cacatch]

Yep, what everyone else already said!  This is the type of bow Locust is meant to be IMO.  Is the back completely flat and if so, did you have to de-crown it?  Thanks for sharing!

-CP

[Mark Anderson]

Stunning! Absolutely A+. 
How 'bout a build along for the yucca fiber string? I would be interested for sure!
Mark