BBIH - FIRST BOW

[bubby]

it look's like you cut the nock grooves thru the boo back, you might want to glue on tip overlays, on my first boo bow I did like you andafter a while the string lifted a long sliver from the nock to the node. ended up pikeing the bow  and added tip overlay's, couple a thousand shot's latter, no problem, any how that's a very nice bow

[Hexrod]

Thanks for the kind words and especially for the constructive comments.  As you all know, when a guy is starting out, not knowing what's going on, having a first effort come out may have as much to do with luck as skill 

Medicinewheel - just so I learn, could you explain the thinking behind not tempering a bamboo back?  Thanks.

Bubby - thanks for the observation on the nocks.  Makes sense.  My original plan was to cut up an antler shed I found and use 2 of the blunt points for overlays.   Wanted to see if I was able to make a "shooter" before going that far.  Another solution might be to wrap the tip, just under the nock, with some thread, sealed with varnish.

PatB - thanks for observations on woods - I'll look into ipe for a belly

TBod - yes, you can make fly rods out of wood.  Before bamboo came into common use, that was the standard.  Then as bamboo was being introduced, they made rods with wood butts and bamboo tips.  Then all bamboo.  There is a new-ish book by John Betts on making a flyrod out of wood.  Check it out.

Thanks again, all!

lee

[swamp yeti]

             Killer bow,nice work.

[bubby]

their are several ways to do the tips in the archive section, I do mine similar to Gordons

[TBod]

Thanks! I ordered the book just now, exiting.

[Hexrod]

I shot the bow the other night, and it seems to shoot just fine.  I'm not enough of an archer to analyze a bows behavior but a couple of guys at the range familiar with wood bows said it is light, fast, and smooth, with no handshock.  Sounds good to me.

So I added antler-shed overlays at the tips


And I put a couple coats of tru-oil on the bow - brought out the colors a bit




Thanks once again to this forum for sharing your knowledge.

[youngbowyer33]

That's spectacular, one of the nicest, if not the nicest first bow I have ever seen. Excellent work

[dragonman]

beautiful bow, amazing job for your first bow. (If you'd put that ipe on the belly instead of in the centre it would have been even better!!!!...)

[Josh]

very beautiful bow!  Looks more like a 10th bow than a 1st!    Adding those tip overlays should make it last for a long long time.  Got it bookmarked for January Backed BOM contest! 

[Kitsu]

very beautiful bow!  Looks more like a 10th bow than a 1st!    Adding those tip overlays should make it last for a long long time.  Got it bookmarked for January Backed BOM contest! 

agreed, i cant believe this is a first, and i really hope to see more heh