Hazel with flipped tips

[TBod]

Hi!

A little Hazel 62" 33#  28" 1,5" wide to 0,4" . One tip is static and glued due to crack when steamed the other is bending I think.
The bow is not outlined according to grain. I damaged the back some also so I sanded it a bit. In other words it's living on the edge, but I have god faith in Hazel I made 7 bows from it so far and none has broken yet.
I'm real happy with the tiller, the top limb (right in the pics) has two knots which I left thicker



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[Parnell]

Cool bow - how are you putting in the bends, with a form or by hand?

[TBod]

Thanks Parnell!

Bend with form, I didn´t get the curve I really wanted. Bending was more difficult than thought. Gonna make a new form.

Two more pics

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[aero86]

wow, look at that.  i like the way it looks!

[Del the cat]

I love Hazel, I think it's an under used and under-rated wood these days.
Have you stained that? It looks a lot darker than the Hazel we have in the UK it's really white here.
Lovely tiller, what's the grip made of ?
Del
(There's some weird optical illusion in that last pic , it makes it look S shaped!)

[walkabout]

very cool, profile is very nice. the upper limb looks like its twisting a bit when drawn, but tiller is otherwise good.

[Josh]

Nice bow!  Tiller looks nice on it as well as the finish work.  Glad to see your patch is holding up too.  I gave my bow that I patched to one of my bowyer friends and we shot a 3D course with it last weekend.  It is still going strong.   Overall great job on this bow!     Got it bookmarked for August Self Bow of the Month, too. 

[half eye]

Tbod,
      I'm old and cant see real good but I'm thinkin that tiller (including the recurves) are excellent and above all EVEN......cant see why you should have any problems......nice self bow, really like the birch bark grip too.
rich

[George Tsoukalas]

That tiller is excellent. Well done. Did you violate the grain on the back? Jawge

[elk country rp]

niiiiiice!

[TBod]

Thanks a lot guys!

Del:  It's Birch bark. I put some oil with a little pigment on it but the dark stuff on the back is some of the bark. I debarked after 2-3 days since cutting it, then the bark sort of stain the back. And I agree Hazel is excellent, maybe the best wood I can get around here about the same as Wych Elm (only tried Elm twice though).

Jawge: Not really violate I think my tiller rope broke and the bow landed bad. Got some pressure marks on the the back so I sanded them away and the whole back as smooth as I could. But if you look at the pic at the handle from the back you can see the grain going out at an angle at least I think they are..

[PeteC]

You've got a very nice bow there Tbod.I hope it will hold together for you.The handle is really neat.Great idea. God Bless

[ken75]

damn nice , beautiful tiller!!

[gmc]

Looks very nice in the hand, Tbod.

gmc

[RyanY]

Nice bow. Love the handle.