I made a 2 red oak board bows that were pretty nice shooters until they snapped. I cut this white oak down myself and actually tillered it green (big mistake, I know) I was in a rush and just wanted something to do. This bow tillered out to 75lbs at 28 I left the tips real thick because of a knot near the top tip. I didn't really like it much, and it sat around drying for over a year..A few months ago I was working on an Ash bow that blew up when I got aggressive with the tiller string..which left me nothing to work on; so I decided a few weeks ago I'd narrow the tips and see if I could make the white oak better. I made the grip smaller and lowered the poundage down to 65. Did my hardest to work a lot of the propeller twist out. got most of it.. Its got massive set since it was tillered green but it still manages to shoot a 485gn arrow at 150fps. Its got a leather grip from a old jacket and I stained it with two different colors of minwax and sealed with tung oil. I really love bow making; have some Hickory staves being seasoned as I type this and Im going to take a ash limb that looks like it will make a good bow. Here's the only two pics I have of it so far.
