A while back I posted a bow I made for my brother called “Blue Dragon Bow”.
I wanted one for myself so I made this one.
The idea is that this bow was made for a Nordic Warrior who travels through lands inhabited with dragons.
The boarder on each limb has words of wisdom taken from the Hávamál
inscribed in elder futhark.
The Hávamál (The Ballad of the High One) is part of the Poetic Edda. The Hávamál gives thoughts on wise living and retells the story of how Odin received the knowledge of the mysteries of the Runes.
More on the Poetic Edda here:
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_EddaEach boarder transforms into a species of dragon who’s tail wraps around the neck of another species facing each other.
The top limb says: Generous valiant men live best and seldom nourish sorrow but the cowardly man fears many things
And: The foolish man thinks he will live forever if he avoids battle; but old age gives him no peace.
The bottom limb says:If you long to travel over mountain or fjord, be sure you have ample food.
And:A man in the open country must not go more than one step from his weapons
Inscribed in the middle of the top limb are the words:Jared Son of Jon (the “J” in Jon is Y sound like “Yawn”)
Inscribed in the middle of the bottom limb is the name of the bow:DRAGONBOW
Artwork and Finish: The dragons are painted with acrylic paint. The runes are written in ink.
The bow is stained with wood ash and black walnut stain.
Finished with 6 coats satin wipe on poly.
I distressed the non working portions of the bow to make it look like the bow had seen some use. It is difficult to see in the pics but there are a lot of scratches and dents on the handle, levers, and some on the belly edges.
The handle is vegetable tanned cow hide tooled and dyed showing a dragon’s head on each side then joined at the neck in the middle at the center of the handle.
The tip overlays are deer antler.
Stats:Hickory
Mollegabet
60” tip to tip
58” nock to nock
63lbs @ 28”
Thanks for looking.
