My submission for bowS of the month

[8up]

I know it "Bow of the Month" But I built 2 this month. I built one for myself and one for my son Ronnie. I only have him for the summer months. He lives in Michigan with his mother. He immediatly took an interest and ask me to make him one. So I did a father and son pair. If possible I would like to submit them together because they were built as something to bond the two of us together. Two bows means twice as many flaws but they belong together like me and him.

   I built my son one from hickory its 61 1/2" nock to nock. He chose puritan pine stain to make the skins show up a little better and still keep the lighter wood color. We sealed it with Spar urethane. Limbs are backed with prarie rattler and rattles attached to grip. Black tip overlays. Leather grip is stitched with black and white serving thread thats been braided. Its 43# @ 27" and he shoots it well. It also has the first string on it I had ever made and served.

 
 
 



I will try to add a braced and unbraced as well

I built mine out of hickory also and it is 64 1/2" from nock to nock. Its stained with a light coat of black walnut minwax and sealed with Polyurethane. Limbs are backed with prarie rattler. When I put the skins on they come out extremly different colors which had me bummed and then while removing the scales I ripped one skin. I stripped that skin off and ordered another skin to match the remaining one. Tip overlays are cow horn Its 55# @ 26"

 
 
 
 
 


Thanks, Ron

[duffontap]

Beautiful bows and a great story.  Archery is family recreation at its finest.  Very fine craftsmanship.  You son looks very proud of his bow.

         J. D. Duff

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

WOW,...those bows are niceee!!!!!

[Justin Snyder]

What a sweet pair of bows. Justin

[1/2primitive]

Nice bows, your progress from your first (not all that long ago) is incredible! Great job and keep it up!
       Sean

[DanaM]

Way to go Ron, yer son looks like a fine young man thats is proud of his bow and of dad that
made it for him. Nice looking bows. Where in Michigan does he live?

[FlintWalker]

I especially like the tip overlays om the second bow. They look translucent.

[koan]

Man those are great lookin bows, you really caught on quick......the single Dad thing is tuff  but it looks like your makin the most of your time together.....Brian

[8up]

Thank all of you for your kind compliments on my son and the bows.

1/2primitive, You are right my first bow was started at the TN Classic this year. This is #2 & #3 and #4 is floor tillered. My progress in not entirely of my own doing. I owe a big thanks to Pappy for taking me under his wing. He is like having a book with all the answers You can learn a lot from it and when you have a question the answer is not far away. Thanks to GregB who taught me how to twist my strings, and has helped with tillering advice as well. I also owe some of my progress to PA and this forum where I can learn from all of your successes and even the failures.

DanaM, He lives just outside of Ann Arbor. I lived within 40 miles of Detroit most of my life.

Koan, I'm not single (remarried) but it is definitely tough not having him close. I get him for 2 months of the summer and a week during deer season. I do my best to make good long lasting memories for us both with my limited time.

[Pappy]

Job well done Ron.I have already told you in person but they turned out nice,now if you can just learn to shoot it.
   Pappy

[Woodland Roamer]

Beautiful pair of bows Ron, great job on both of them.

Alan

[MattE]

Your bows look great!

[AndrewS]

A great pair of bows. Very good work in the details.

[OldBow]

Good looking bows. Looks like a really worthwhile Father & Son project.

[Hillbilly]

What everybody else said. You've come a long way in a short time. Great pair of bows.