Lemonwood and Boo longbow

[Gordon]

Here is a bow that I built for a gentleman that lives on the East Coast. He contacted me wanting to know if I could make him a bow to replace a treasured yew longbow that had finally given up the ghost.  He did not want to go back to fiberglass and asked if I could build one out of bamboo and lemonwood like the old Howard Hill bows. Lemonwood is not easy to find, but I did have a couple of boards in storage so I agreed.

The bow is made from lemonwood and backed with bamboo. The handle and powerlam are made from black walnut. Tip overlays are made of African blackwood. The bow is 66” ntn and pulls 37# @ 28”. The bow is finished with 9 coats of Tru-Oil. This is the second bow I’ve made from lemonwood and I have to marvel at how nicely the wood works. There are no knots or grain swirls to worry about and the wood comes off in long flowing curls. I broke in the bow by shooting it and fell in love with it. It is so pleasant to shoot a smooth drawing and low poundage bow. And it does wonders for your accuracy! Now I have to make one of these for myself with my last lemonwood board.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

[blackhawk]

PERFECTO!!!!! Nice one Gordon 

[Lemos]

 Another perfect bow Gordon. One of these days I'm gonna have to talk you in to making one for me so I can stop drooling on the computor screen ,maybe some extra coats of Tru-oil on mine please

[Zion]

Looks great, nice tiller, how does it shoot with that low poundage?

[Gordon]

Thank you Blackhawk.

Thank you Art. Sure, let me know what you want.

Zion, with a light spined arrow it shoots beautifully. At 15 yards I can consitently put arrows within a 3" group. I can't come close to that with my hunting weight bows.

[RyanY]

Gorgeous. Does it have a slight reflex deflex shape in the unbraced profile?

[Badly Bent]

Your bows are stunning in their beauty, grace and quality of workmanship this one is no exception Gordon.
Greg

[Keenan]

Beautifull Gordon. Love the color contrast and the handle wrap is a perfect match. Tiller is perfect as always. What is the handle wrap? 

[Bryce]

Ooooooh yeeeeaah.

[Gordon]

Ryoon, the owner wanted a perfectly straight bow. I put in a bit of reflex thinking that it would tiller out, but it didn't. After seeing pictures, he's okay with it though.

Thank you for the nice compliment Greg.

Thank you Keenan. The owner wanted a beavertail handle. As you know, beavertail is not very flexible and I could not get it to form properly around the handle swell. So I found some leather that "Evil Dave" gave me that had a similar texture and used it instead. I have no idea what it is however.

Thank you Bryce.

[killir duck]

cool bow, i've always wanted to try lemonwood

[Carson (CMB)]

Sweetness 

[rps3]

So perfect. Thanks for sharing.

[Will H]

Very nice as always Gordon! Everything about that bow is stunning!

[Arrowind]

Beautiful....Amazing.....WOW....AWESOME!