Author Topic: Bowyer's 1st Christmas (Read 1916 times)

Loope · « **on:** December 25, 2013, 07:38:17 pm »

Made my 1st bow at this year's TN Classic. Made my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th for Christmas presents. They are a beginner's effort, but were still a hit. This bow-making stuff is addictive... All three are hickory board bows: 56#@28, 42#@27, and 34#@25. My attempt at red oak blew up.

Merry Christmas everybody!

VicNova · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:41:14 pm »

Love that green stained one! Keep it up man!

Badger · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:46:54 pm »

You did a nice job on those bows, they appear to be bending nicely.

tattoo dave · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:53:00 pm »

Good work there Loope!! Keep it up. It is very addictive for sure. Red oak makes a great bow, but boards can be a little finicky. Anyway, merry 1rst christmas to ya.

Tattoo Dave

burchett.donald · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:55:22 pm »

Loope, I don't know where you live but somebody's been barefoot in December...Nice looking bows for starting out I'd say...Looks like you been at it for a long time. Love the colors...

Loope · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2013, 08:37:00 pm »

I thought, "these pictures will only take a minute, and I am only going onto the deck." Barefoot in a light frost in East TN will make you hurry up the photos.

Here are some more pics and stats. The reddish brown is 56#@28, 66" ntn, 2" wide, purpleheart overlay, and offset handle. The natural hickory is 42#@27", 63" ntn, 2" wide, cocobolo overlay, and straight handle. The green (wife's favorite color) is 34#@25, 59" ntn, 1.5" wide, bocote overlay, and offset handle.

I made the reddish brown bow first. Next came the green bow with a double nock for a stringer. The last bow was the natural hickory. I think you can see my progression, at least in better looking nocks. Unfortunately, I don't have any full draw pics.