Ok this is my 4th completed selfbow. sinew and snake skined backe osage. It was a short stave 61 inches long after being recurved it is 56 inches N2N when strung. the fades are 1 3/4 inches wide and tapers down from there to 1 1/8 inches at the start of the recurve and from there tapers down to 3/8 inches at the tips. It has deer antler knocks Texas diamond back skin backed and wrapped around the recurved section. I wrapped the handle with brown tanned deer skin and made deer skin pads for the arrow rest as well. The arrow rest is as close to center shot as I could get it and still feel I had enough wood there for durability. this is the one I had the rattles mounted on the handle but when test firing be bow many times before finishing I bumped the rattles kinda hard on the target when pulling the arrows out and broke them in half. Oh well I like it better with out anyway. It pulls 50 pounds at 28 inches I pull it to 48 pounds as my draw is not 28 inches. at 48 pounds it shoots as fast or faster than my typical longbows of 55 and 60 pounds so I am happy with the light draw weight. I though it would take longer for the sinew to cure but my shop is very dry, I run a dehumidifier 24/7 and it stays pretty hot in there during the day. I tested it with my moisture meter and it read out at 3 percent so I went on ahead and finished it up. when I unstring it after shooting for a while it takes about 1/4 inch of sting follow which supprised me with all that bending it does, must be the sinew. Only takes about 10 minutes to go back to normal. does sinew help in that way? Any way tell me what ya think?
