The family that makes bows together stays together!!!

[Arrowind]

very cool

[SLIMBOB]

Very cool Chris.  Looking forward to seeing the progress.

[blackhawk]

Thanks guys...like I said progress will be slow,and hit or miss...I'm hoping we get some time in this weekend tho 

[DuBois]

That' great Chris, Good to see a whole family involved. The 2 kidos are interested but I am doing good if my wife snaps a pic for me. I'm gonna keep workin on her until she comes around or snaps altogether 
Looking forward to seeing them come along.
Doobs

[blackhawk]

Got the wife n kids back down in the shop yesterday...the wife continued to chase a ring on her stave as my 5 year old boy swung the hatchet like a lil mad man at a scrap piece of erc making him n his sister swords....lol. she did great following a ring and got half of one side all finished up,n the other half is at one ring above...so the ring is almost chased...we left two sapwood rings in it to give it a cool look(about 3/16" thick)...from the side its pretty white and from the back its yellowish white transitioning colors...it'll contrast nicely to the dark orange heartwood it has(Clint knows what I'm talking about)...so..anyways..another update... more to come..slowly

[osage outlaw]

That will make a cool looking bow.  Its nice that you can combine family time with bow making.

[Buckeye Guy]

Looking good girl !
Youngens keep on growing no matter what it seems.
Most any resource becomes a weapon of some sort in the hands of a young boy !
Good to see you folks on here but sure hope to see ya in person soon !!
Give them all a hug.
Guy

[blackhawk]

Yeah Clint it is def time well spent...and makes me proud and smile 

Soon guy...soon I hope will do

[Blaflair2]

Sweet Chris, I'm sure she'll make a fine bow. With a great teacher

[blackhawk]

Thanks Bruce....let's hope n pray the wood cooperates 

[Blaflair2]

It looks like a pretty solid stick, I wish my old lady would try it. Then maybe she would stop asking my why I'm covered in sweat when I get in from the shop sometimes. Lol. Apparently when it's 9 degrees out one is not supposed to sweat. Women, go figure  once I get some more wood my stepson wants to make a bow with me. My 3 year old wants a bone and arra. I plan on making her one sometime as well. Good for u man. Beautiful family.

[Gsulfridge]

I wish my wife would get into it more.  All she will do is watch me and the boys shoot.  Good thing ya got going there, Blackhawk.

[Carson (CMB)]

Got the ring almost chased, looks like she is in for the long haul now.  Way to get everyone in involved Chris.

[mrs. blackhawk]

I'm really glad we get to work on this together, I'm starting to appreciate ALL the work that goes into making a bow!
I'm not gonna lie, my arms and hands are killing me right now and I'm sure my back will be sore in the morning, but the 3 and a half hours in the "man cave" today were pretty awesome

[blackhawk]

we had another family day in the shop today,and everybody was getting on the action 

heres my two lil helpers sweeping up and cleaned up all the chips..they both got some money and a piece of candy 



I let the oldest break some of dads rock 





he drove a pretty cool flake he was proud of...looks like a lil knife blade  we might haft it up for him..but he did cut himself 




meanwhile the wife was chipping away at the bow...she finished off the ring and I had her draw the centerline 




we then laid out the dimensions to the front profile 






then came some more physical fun...as much as I wanted to cheat and take it to the saw to cut it out I wanted to get her to at least reduce some of the meat off by hand to appreciate what goes into making a bow...

first we tried the hatchet but she wasn't to comfortable with that




so we put it in the stave press and started to drawknive out the front profile instead




she got one half of the front profile cut out before we called it quits for the night...and since everyone did so good I rewarded them to a night out to dinner.....at mcds