New one on the tiller tree

[jaxenro]

Just doing the rough shaping

Satinwood back

Cocobolo core

Yew belly

[upstatenybowyer]

Looks beautiful so far. Keep us updated with the tiller. 

[FilipT]

That will be ELB like tri lam bow? Beautiful color choice.

[jaxenro]

I would call it aVictorian era tri-lam with horn knocks and leather grip

[shofu]

That looks great! How is the satinwood cut? What kind of glue for lams?
Thanks!

[jaxenro]

Titebond III

Like all my bows it's a miniature so about 25" knock to knock

[jaxenro]

So this is progressing more pics to follow

I finished the tillering and am adding coat after coat of a hand rubbed oil finish. Started on the horn nocks (only my second time and the first weren't all I wanted them to be)

Then I need to make some arrows and a string

[BowEd]

I always like a contrast of colors.

[jaxenro]

With miniatures aesthetics are important. It isn't like I am looking for a high draw weight when it it measured in ounces but something that looks "right". Wood is chosen as much for how it looks as how it performs. I have been researching Victorian era ELB's to get the materials and methods correct

[jaxenro]

The left limb doesn't look like it's bending as much but when I flip the bow on the tree the left limb (which is now the right) looks like it isn't bending as much. I think it's something odd with the picture it looks fine in person

I am working on antler nocks now

The finish doesn't show that great I am using red root oil and a traditional oil finish combination. Not happy with the leather wrap though

[jaxenro]

As the oil finish is drying on this one I glued up three more staves to try some different combinations

Belly - Core - Back

Lemonwood - Ebony - Satinwood

Rosewood - Holly - Cocobolo

Yew - Lemonwood - Holly

the first two I tried a light-dark-light and a dark-light-dark combo for higher contrast the last one from sort of a orange-brown belly to yellow core and white back trying to replicate the look of heartwood to sapwood

been looking at some Pernambuco and Boxwood for lamination's also