Shagbark sapling bow-Got a re-work.

[Dvshunter]

Nice looking bow. I like the color job you did on it.

[DuBois]

I love sapling bows! Why wait until the tree grows all that extra wood anyway!  Nice job on this one.

Gabe

I am with ya. I basically hatcheted the belly side of this and had a clean back under the bark since it peeled right off when I cut it. The impression I get from others is that hickory does well with a flat belly and crowned back anyway so..

The bark from this dried almost stiff enough to make a bow all by itself so I think I will try one next with the bark on for backing.

[soy]

I would not leave the bark on for backing even though I would rather shave the wood then the bark....anyway cool colors turned out nice looking

[randman]

Very nice Marco! Love the color and what you did on the knots on the back. Looks like a blackthorn shillelagh or something. Some might say it's a tiny bit whip tillered (could be the pic angle) but I would call that more of a Sudbury tiller (IMHO) and I have a couple that have that tiller shape myself. Short bow (at each end) with a long unbending handle in the middle, Gives the performance of a shorter bow with the sweet stackless draw of a longer bow, to use the description in TBB.

[Josh B]

Nicely done Sir!  I'm a sucker for sapling bows.  Especially hickory!  Josh

[DuBois]

Very nice Marco! Love the color and what you did on the knots on the back. Looks like a blackthorn shillelagh or something. Some might say it's a tiny bit whip tillered (could be the pic angle) but I would call that more of a Sudbury tiller (IMHO) and I have a couple that have that tiller shape myself. Short bow (at each end) with a long unbending handle in the middle, Gives the performance of a shorter bow with the sweet stackless draw of a longer bow, to use the description in TBB.

Yeah, that's right. I was going for the Sudbury tiller  Thanks for the compliment Rand and I got that hackberry split. Any news from our man on Bainbridge?

Nicely done Sir!  I'm a sucker for sapling bows.  Especially hickory!  Josh

Thanks Josh, wasn't sure when I started it but sounds like hickory is a prety good candidate for saplings

[DuBois]

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