HHB Character Bow

[Parnell]

Absolutely a good job.  That does look like it was a tricky one.  Way to go!

[The Gopher]

I really like HHB although i have noticed that unless you have a perfectly straight piece tearout when using cutting tools like spokeshaves can be a real problem. After the bandsaw i pretty much used only a farriers rasp on this bow until i made it to the scraper, and even that had problems with the swirly grain so i used a lot of sandpaper on this one for final tillering.

[DirtyDan]

Tons of character!  It proves that less than beautiful pieces of wood can make great weapons in the hands of a skilled craftsman.  A very special bow.  Congratulations.

[The Gopher]

I'm starting to appreciate a good "bow wood" (and i use that term loosly) stave more and more. when i started building bows i made a lot of board bows. Nothing wrong with that i still think it is the best way to learn the craft without a lot of investment and really work on tillering and technique. But in the long run i've had several board bows lift a splinter or just break even when i could see nothing wrong with it. Today, i had a board bow with a linen backing give out on me after well over a 1000 shots through it. I have yet to have a stave with a clean back break on me, even a character bow.

[AncientArcher76]

HHB can make some good bows and u did excellent working around some tough spots!  Congrats!

AncientArcher

[hammertime]

Really,really nice,, cool character ,tiller looks fine to me and if it shoots sweet-well then awesome job.Hammertime

[Jmilbrandt]

That thing has some character. Very nice, good job on such a tough piece.