finished some black walnutz ,snake skins pic heavy

[ken75]

heres two i finished today both black walnut 66inch tip to tip , one is a mild reflex deflex the other is just a recurve, the r/d one has a bull snake skin that i split in half ,the recurve has oak snake skins. in the full draw pics is another straight longbow i built today without a finsh or hand wrap.these bows finished r/d 45 @ 28 , recurve 48 @ 28. sorry bout the fuzzy fulldraw on the r/d ill try and fix it tomorrow

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[ken75]

few more

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[bryan irwin]

nice i like them both

[JW_Halverson]

Wow, nice work. 

Got questions about black walnut...do you chase a growth ring?  Is that even possible with diffuse porous woods?

[profsaffel]

Those are some nice'ns there, ken me boy! 

[ken75]

thanks bryan, thanks professor, JW you can chase the rings on black walnut ,or use the light sap wood as the back. i dont have black walnut locally( only one tree i know of in this county ,and i aint that brave) so these are board bows the r/d  and recurve are quarter sawn and the longbow is rift sawn .

[JW_Halverson]

Thanks, Ken.  I have a source for walnut boards, too...no trees that are fair game, unfortunately.  Any backing other than the snake skins on those quartersawn boards?

[ken75]

nope just tite bond 2 and skins

[adb]

All nicely done!!

[NTD]

Very Nice bows Ken!

[Thwackaddict]

Very nice ken!!Love your recurves.I got 3 black walnut bows that i'm workin right now How wide did you go for the limbs?I'm goin to do one molle and i think i may make a  recurves out of the other 2.

[half eye]

Jesus Ken, ....ever think of making a ugly bow....maybe just one?    Very nice bows for sure, Ya really do have them double curves down pat my friend,
rich

[ken75]

thanks adb,thanks nate, thanks randy lookin forward to see ur black walnut bows, thanks rich and ill make an ugly one if you do ! i love the curves

[youngbowyer33]

those are all very nice.

[n2huntn]

Good looking bows, as usual.
Jeff