Well, here we go...about 2 years ago Bobby Keller(boo)asked me to build a bow for him and gave me the stave to build it...two years later I finally got to it!
I had to do quite a bit of straightening on Bobby's stave and by the time I had it almost fully tillered out I noticed some checks and stress cracks due to the amount of heating and straightening sessions. I didn't feel comfortable making the bow Bobby wanted(55#-60#@29") because of these issues. I told Bobby I would make him another bow using the wood that Patrick (Lil Pat) had given me from his Dad's bow wood stash after Tom B passed away last year. Bobby knew Tom but not well but I figured Tom would approve!
The bow is 66"t/t(64"n/n) and pulls 65#@30"(I'm only pulling it 26" in the pic). The snake skin backing is from a large Oklahoma timber rattler skin that Tim Lathum gave me earlier. I cut it in half, lengthwise, and used half on each limb. The tip overlays are some unknown wood and Am. bison horn, the handle wrap is hemp cord set in epoxy with a floppy rest. This bow shoots my 600+gr hill cane arrows very well. It is finished with 6 coats of Tru-Oil.
Here are the braced and full draw pics...
