It's been a while since I've posted a bow and figured this would be a good one. A friend of one of my buddies decided he wanted to try a wood bow since he's been using a glass for a few years and wanted as uncharactered piece as possible. The only thing I had that was close to perfectly straight and knot free was some white ash. With this bow I think I made him a convert, this bow was much lighter, faster and quieter than the bow he had been using. This made him very happy. The stave had a little kink in one limb that I bend out with dry heat and since it already had a little bit of a natural reflex/deflex shape i decided to exaggerate it a little more. I gave it an inch of deflex and 2 1/2" of relex from the bottom of the curve and heat treated it on the form. It ended up with an inch of total reflex straight off the form. And by the time it was finished tillers it took about 1.5" of set with another 1/2" of string follow. Most of the set was the reflexes portion straightening. The guy wanted the back to be black so I ended up backing it with cotton for looks. The nocks are deer antler with a second set of string grooves to use with a stringer. This gave a little handshock but nothing major.and in trade he is going to mount up a few muskrats for me since he does taxidermy as a hobby.
Thanks for looking,
Kyle
