Ash in the works (FD added)

[loon]

Got the string served up.  I picked this string up at The Classic.  Its turning out to be a great product.  Not quite the piano wire fast flight is but still performs real well with some forgiveness to it.  I didn't make a note about the maker...anybody recognize it?

Did you mix it with dacron for the darker stuff on the actual string or what? Strange that it's not a piano wire like fast-flight. I imagine it's among the 'best', lowest stretch stuff there is. And mighty expensive..

Nice bow!

Nice color choices on the string, too..

[DC]

It's only expensive if you look at the price of a roll. Per bow it's something like $2 a string.

[loon]

My 1/8# of D-10 has almost ran out, and I've made less than a dozen strings... ($28+shipping)
1/4# of BCY-X is $58, 1/8" is $33.25... that'd be around 3-4$ a string? Welp
wonder if bcy-x is any better than d-10 or d-97 for trad/primitive

[bubby]

You can get d-97 on ebay for $16 for that size spool. How many strands are you using i usually go 8 or 10 strands for up to 60# bow

[loon]

I went with 12 strands. yeah, I should go with ebay next..

[Parnell]

Getting close to finished up.  A few more scrapes on the top limb, maybe.  I found an old fur shall(sp?) at a garage sale and cut it up.  Makes pretty good silencers.  Not sure what it is, though.

Couple teaser pictures.  FD should be in the next day or two.

[Aaron H]

Now that's slick. 

[Eric Garza]

That's a very dark heat treatment. I try hard to avoid scorching the wood like that.

[Parnell]

I've had better results with "whitewood" giving it lots of heat for an extended time to get it black but without starting an ember, which to me is scorching it.  Then its ruined.  For sometime I'd get the wood toasted brown but that was just superficial and whitewood still took too much set.  Working with Mullet I learned to give it much longer slower deeper treatment.  This bow is shot in and still holding some reflex.  And, I like the way it looks!

[paco664]

dayummmmmmmm steve... i like it....

i also notice the total LACK OF PHOTOS BEING TEXTED TO ME!!!!     

[GB]

Looking good!
I have a couple small green ash trees that sprouted between my house and the driveway a few years ago.  Eventually they'll have to come down.  Gonna bookmark this for future reference, esp. the heat treating.

[osage outlaw]

That's looking really good Parnell. 

[Pat B]

She looks nice Steve. I've only made a few elm bows and was impressed with it, especially toasting the belly. My elm bows were short recurves. Let me know how a long, straight bow works out.

[Parnell]

The lighting decided to cooperate tonight.

[osage outlaw]

Good looking bend.  The color of the sky is beautiful.