Hey guys, can't sleep atm, so I thought why not present a bow.
Actually , I have to thank Keenan for the lovely bows shown on his webside, copied the decoration idea from him.
It's a bow for my girlfriend, the stave was from L. Bartels via ebay.
30 # @ 28 ", N2N 70 " , silk backing with dow rose (rosa canina) leaves, which were collected and dried in winter so they would have a colour that harmonizes with the core wood, arrow pass is mother pearl. Little fancy , I know.
The width is 3 cm on the working limbs and 8 mil on the tips. Set is below 1 " in total, the stave had like 10 mil deflex.
Finish is 4 coats of my oil-mixture (tung, linseed and orange-oil) under 3 coats of glossy pu varnish ( spar varnish). Usually , I prefer the oil finish, but as you guys may know, the nice color of the wood turns dull when exposed to the sun so I did a little color preservation test in advance with some leftover pieces and the oil mixture + some varnish was the oustanding winner.
I'll hand in a full draw pic later, it's a christmas present, hope, she'll like it.
Here we go:
brace height and right after unstringing
upper and lower nock, overlays made from mahagoni underneath a sort of kingwood
plz feel free to comment
merry christmas from Germany,
H
