The "Longhorn"....(tri-lam bow)

[rossfactor]

Ok Chris... what I want to see now is a bad boy like that with working curves    I've tried to make self bows with really working curves before... and I got to admit, I've never pulled it off to my satisfaction. I bet you could do it with a lam though...

Great work on this bow... I've checked it out more than once.

Gabe

[blackhawk]

Geez guy..that's a huge compliment. Thanks a bunch buddy!!!! Way to humble me...OR make my head even bigger 

Thank Josh buddy ole pal

Ahhh yes Gabe.....the ole Wilcox duoflex working curves..yes a lam would make it easier as long as everything was perfectly in plane from tip to tip,and i dont just mean a straight chalkline straight..i mean the belly n bsck would have to be free of any subtle twist one way or another,and perfectly straight string tracking to of course...that would help it want to fight the string coming off....I remember Marc tried one a few years ago or so and had some issues with it to where he had to chop off some of the tips to gain stability...I think its doable,but not easy at all....I did think about that when making this one...and I will try one or two someday and see if I can get it to work ...

[rossfactor]

Yup... its a bit of a challeneg to say the least. 

page two of this post shows a profile of a working recurve that that Ryano built.  This profile is pretty close to what you've done here... except the curves are unfolding a bit.  Doesn't show full draw though. I always wonder how well those working curves held up to 1000 shots (e.g. did they start to take a bunch of set?)

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,1930.15.html

Gabe

[blackhawk]

Yup those are the ones they did....notice how the story never ended? It didn't turn out so well,and like I said one of the blanks is still up in there rafters above there heads in those pics...lol  and Ryan did post a photo of one of his at full draw on that thread...wish Ryan would come back around,he's only an hour forty mins north of me,but he's got some other priorities to deal with right now...I always liked Ryan's bows...he was working on one a lil bit a few years ago up at his shoot in presque isle...those monster curves of his are awesome

[Buckeye Guy]

Boardhawk
If you start getting all swell headed I will slap it right off for you !! 

[Hank]

Blackhawk, ole buddy, you went and did it this time. Absolutely gorgeous man. You have my vote!

[Bowman]

Awesome bow. Masterpiece. Like it a  lot. Nice color in the snakeskin. :-)

[swamp yeti]

Man that is nice.

[wapiti1997]

Stunning piece of work there Chris! Beautiful bow! 

I have a question regarding the skin.  Did the scales come off for you like NA snakes do?  Mine lost few, even with steel wooling backwards most stayed intact as part of the skin.  I went ahead and started finishing it...

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow in all aspects,very nice job and love the picture settings. 
   Pappy

[Gsulfridge]

 That is a nice bow!!  How did I not see this before?  You are setting the bar up a few more notches for sure.  Great work man.

[blackhawk]

Thanks Hank... good to hear from ya..its been awhile

Thanks bowman and swamp yeti

Yeah joe...the scales really don't come off of these bad boys,and it does offer some protection to the back due to its thickness and strength...most of the pythons n boa skins I've seen or had are usually always thicker than rawhide...if they make shoes,purses,and other accessories out of them then you know its a strong material against ripping and abrasion...

Thanks pappy ..pics taken in good ole sweet home pennsyltucky . and did ya know when West Virginia split from Virginia pennsyltucky was one of the name considerations for the state? And the other one was westylvania....lol...sorry for the lil bit of history trivia..lol 

[blackhawk]

Thanks Greg...ya must've taken a loooooooooong nap 

[Gsulfridge]

When I awoke, my beard was grown out

[Atlatlista]

Incredible bow.  Pennsyltucky looks like a pretty place too.