Cherry bow for me this time.

[H Rhodes]

That is a great looking bow.  I have a cherry stave in the shop and it is on my list of things to try.  You do great work!   What type finish is that? 

[danny f]

thats a great looking bow nice work, well done.

[Pappy]

Very nice bow,Tiller looks dead on. Nice.
   Pappy

[dwardo]

thankyou Danny, Pappy, halfeye, bubby, osageoutlaw, twisted limbs, Eric, Jon, Adam, Kenny, beetle, misslemaster, sa, george, turtlecreek.

That is a great looking bow.  I have a cherry stave in the shop and it is on my list of things to try.  You do great work!   What type finish is that?

Thanks, the finish is a rosewood stain with a polly finish. Also had to dye the silk from white to a brown with leather dye. Next time i will use a fixing agent!

That's a stand out dwardo, very nice!!!

Have all your cherry bows been realitivly flat limbed, belly and back?

Just curious I've got some cherry seasoning...

Good thing about cherry is its oval crossection. This means that it lends its self quite nicely to a flat back and belly if split right. It is very nice stuff, prunus avium to check its proper name.

[Del the cat]

Great bow, is the back of the bow the outer face of the tree or has it been taken down, following a ring, or decrowned or what?
I have some iffy bits of cherry, but I'd figured it needed backing as people have said it's a bit brittle.
Makin' one like yours would be a cooler than backing it
Del

[dwardo]

Great bow, is the back of the bow the outer face of the tree or has it been taken down, following a ring, or decrowned or what?
I have some iffy bits of cherry, but I'd figured it needed backing as people have said it's a bit brittle.
Makin' one like yours would be a cooler than backing it
Del

Hi Dell, just reminded me i need to post a picture of some yew for you to take a look at, more knots i know what to do with.
In regards to the cherry, i think our cousins over the pond have a completely different cherry to our "prunus avium" ours is japanese i beleive, planted for its looks and fruit but it gets around pretty quick. So either i have been very lucky or ours is a completely different beast in compression and tension.
All of these cherry bows have made have been just under the bark for the back of the bow, with one actualy still having the cambuim still on. All were silk backed for 2/3 of the limb ish but i dont think any of them needed it to be honest, just looks cool and adds some protection from me. The silk backing was done right at the end so they were surviving on the board without.

[Del the cat]

Ta for the info .
I've got one more ELB to make, then I'm into the other woods I've collected over the last few years, all sorts of odds n ends mostly scruffy bits of stuff I've picked up in the woods, should be some interesting stick bows and primitives.
Del

[Hrothgar]

Nice bow! Cherry is beautiful wood.

[HoBow]

Nice job and pretty bow!  What kind of cherry was it?

[dwardo]

Nice job and pretty bow!  What kind of cherry was it?

Prunus avium boss, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_avium

[dragonman]

very nice bow, congratulations you must be pleased with it.  I've made a few cherry bows from UK wild cherry , it makes a good bow...

[Gaur]

really lovely bow you made there.  Maybe since it Japanese in origin it was just crying out to you to be dressed up in silk

[soy]

That is sharp

[Jodocus]

how sweet!  It looks very light and slim. Really, really lovely. I like the decoration on the limb, is that metal or metallic paint shining there? Cherrywood looks fantastic, I'd love to get some one day. Also, cherries taste so well they even lend a slightly erotic association to the wood, I think. There are not many things in life that are as nice as sitting in a bearing cherrytree, eating till your almost drunk. Unfortunately, it is also a priced wood for furniture, so owners are reluctant to let me cut their wild cherrytrees while of good bow-making size... And the fruit trees don't have straight pieces long enough if they have been tended and cut well.

[Steve Milbocker]

Wow that's a pretty bow!