(Prunus divaricata Ledeb) bow 62@27inch. 135см ntn

[Rafael]

Beautiful curves but you have it tillered like a horn bow.  Nice work with the birch bark! What kind og glue did you use for that? Thanks for sharing your work.

   

Thanks for watchin'! I used a carpenters glue. Once I've used a hide glue but I've founded torturesome to work with a birch bark.
Yep, I need a hornbow so bad 

[DuBois]

quote author=burn em up chuck link=topic=40313.msg538473#msg538473 date=1370805861]
   i like the bark idea,but shouldn't you have put the bark w/the longitudinal grain (or fibers) running in the   direction the limb is bending? I've done this w/cherry bark, and it strips off the tree the same as birch.
   
                                                                                       chuck
[/quote]
I was just posting about this and it was put to me that with brch bark you do it as
Raf has done here.
I like your bow a lot and thanks for the post. I have a couple of pine halves like yours and it looks like we have the sane method of bending

[soy]

Looks awesome, I would love to see some pics of that backing finished!

[rossfactor]

Cherry plum! All the plums are excellent bow wood. Good choice.

Gabe

[Hrothgar]

Good looking bow, very unique backing, I like it!

[Pappy]

Cool bow and very cool backing, does look pretty stiff first 1/3 of the limb but if you like it I like it.  What does it look like un strung,that may tell a different story.
   Pappy

[BowEd]

Diddo on what Pappy said.

[Buffalogobbler]

Nice bow, the birch bark is cool!

Kevin

[Carson (CMB)]

That is a lot of bend in those limbs! Nice work, I like your green wood clamping technique.

[Rafael]

                                                                                       chuck
[/quote]
I was just posting about this and it was put to me that with brch bark you do it as
Raf has done here.
I like your bow a lot and thanks for the post. I have a couple of pine halves like yours and it looks like we have the sane method of bending
[/quote]
 
Thank you! Wish you good luck man!

[Rafael]

Cool bow and very cool backing, does look pretty stiff first 1/3 of the limb but if you like it I like it.  What does it look like un strung,that may tell a different story.
   Pappy

   

Thank you! Yes there is some .  Ok I will make a photo of unstrung.

[John D]

I really like what you did with the birch bark!  Did you need to soak first, or just apply it?  Putting thoughts of reinforcement aside, I think the orientation you chose looks better (aesthetically).

Great work on the bow; thanks for sharing it.  Your work space looks really cool, too.

[Rafael]

I really like what you did with the birch bark!  Did you need to soak first, or just apply it?  Putting thoughts of reinforcement aside, I think the orientation you chose looks better (aesthetically).

Great work on the bow; thanks for sharing it.  Your work space looks really cool, too.

Thank you very much! Nope no soaking. I cooked the bark in water(2-3 hours) with foil in a bottom & around the bark, then pill of layer from layer, the thinner is better easier to apply.

[Rafael]

Here is an unstrung bow picture. The bow now is 65#@27 due to moisture drop & more seasoning time