New Hornbeam Bow

[GregB]

Just finished this bow last week, the first I've made since last spring. This is the third hornbeam bow I've made, the first two were made as gifts. There is a spot between one of the grains just below the fade of the lower limb that I had hoped would go away by the time I finished tillering. But it didn't completely. I think it will be fine...hard to find a perfect piece of hornbeam.

The bow is 61" ntn, and 52#@27". It shoots really hard for it's draw weight, already been to the stand hunting with me a couple of times. I plan to close the season using it. Hope yall like it!

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[GregB]

Used up to much memory I guess, had to make a second post for the full draw pics.

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[david w.]

thats awesome. that hornbeam is good stuff i would like to try it soon

[Ryano]

That came out real nice Greg.  Thats american hornbeam not hophornbeam correct?

[Ryano]

Looks pretty good to me. 

[mullet]

  Looks real good to me,Greg.I'm finishing up an elm backed HHB.Man that wood is hard to get tool marks out.

[Pat B]

Nice bow, Greg. I just started working on the HHB stave you and Pappy gave me.      Pat

[George Tsoukalas]

Awesome bow. Congratulations. Jawge

[GregB]

Thanks! Ryan, from pictures I've seen of the bark, I think it's hornbeam not HHB.

[Pappy]

Nice bow Greg I think I have seen that before. ;)Well done and good save.
   Pappy

[DanaM]

Greg I merged your two posts, hope ya don't mind. I'm glad I didn't mess it up as it was my first time

Awesome bow Greg has a really nice braced profile and the tiller looks well done. At 61" I'm curious as to how
wide the limbs are??

[Woodland Roamer]

Really nice looking bow Greg.

Alan

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice bow Greg

[Hillbilly]

Good looking bow, Greg. I like seeing bows made from lesser-known woods, and looks like you did a fine job with a challenging stave. Most of the hornbeams around here look like giant pretzels with leaves   

[GregB]

Thanks all for the nice comments!

Greg I merged your two posts, hope ya don't mind. I'm glad I didn't mess it up as it was my first time

Don't mind at all Dana..thank you! Would have done that myself if I'd known how...

Dana, the limbs are 1-1/2" wide to just past midlimb, then tapering to 5/16" tips. The bow has natural crown on the back at places, and fairly flat at other spots.

Thanks Pappy, yes you've seen it before and have even loosed a few arrows from it as I recall. I'm off today for vacation and am working on the other hornbeam stave you gave me...been taking my time on the tillering and it is extremely even at this point...53#@21".

Hillbilly, the three hornbeam bows I've made have all turned out as good shooters...not so much from any skill on my part rather then it really is a good bow wood. I personally think it is a close runner-up to osage. I haven't made an elm bow yet, heard they are good as well.

I stained this bow with red mohogany and steel wooled after drying to get the grains to show up well. It has in this order...mohogany stain, 2 coats of tung oil, 2 coats of truoil, and 2 coats of polyurethane clear satin and lightly steel wooled between coats.  The polyurethane clear satin was Pat's suggestion to get rid of the gloss left by truoil in order to hunt with the bow. Worked great Pat, I like the results!