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Offline pnwarcher

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Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« on: January 21, 2018, 12:52:14 am »
I finished this bow a while ago, and am finally getting around to posting it. I intended to make it a selfbow, but I wasn't careful enough while removing the bark and scratched the back, so I backed it with rawhide. I only had short pieces, so I used one per limb, and left the handle section un-backed, which actually turned out looking kinda cool. The stain is a dark brown leather dye, and the tip overlays are buffalo horn. She is 65" long and draws 53# at 28". The claw-shaped upper limb tip makes stringing exciting.
I'm fairly happy with the tiller, but not sure it's perfect. Comments welcome.













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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 01:53:32 am »
Nice bow, I really like the finishing touches that claw is fierce! 
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Offline kbear

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2018, 02:00:26 am »
Beautiful in its' simplicity. Nicely executed. Thanks for sharing!
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Offline Jackpineboyz

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2018, 08:16:28 am »
nice color contrasts.  is the handle just stained wood?
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Offline pnwarcher

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2018, 11:05:44 am »
Jackpine,
Yes, all one piece. I did a black stain on the tips and handle, fading into a brown stain in the limbs. The rawhide backing takes up the stain differently from the wood, creating some nice contrasts. Tried to use the ombré effect to visually break up the line of the bow in the woods, and it actually works really well.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2018, 11:45:17 am »
Very nice work
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Offline DuBois

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2018, 12:03:28 pm »
Man that's pretty!!
Tiller looks great to me.
Thanks for posting her.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2018, 01:09:51 pm »
That's a fine looking bow. VM sure does dye nice.  The backin stripes donadd a nice touch.
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Offline willie

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2018, 05:32:00 pm »
Sweet looking bow, nicely finished.

Was your stave decrowned? Perhaps you found a larger than usual tree?
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2018, 07:05:56 pm »
Nice looking bow.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2018, 07:31:33 pm »
Nice! Where was the wood from?
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2018, 07:37:03 pm »
Sweet bow brother. Love the finishing touches.  ;)
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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2018, 07:40:34 pm »
That is a pretty sweet bow there. The tiller looks pretty darn good to me. I really like the dye and finish work. Very nice bow Thanks for sharing
Bjrogg
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Offline pnwarcher

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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2018, 09:23:45 pm »
Willie, vine, the stave is one I harvested from one of the many vine maple treasure troves we have here in Western Washington. It was about 2 1/2" diameter, maybe a little more. I left the high crown as is. Thanks for the kind words, all!
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Re: Rawhide-Backed Vine Maple
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2018, 06:11:36 am »
That is one nice looking bow, very well done. :)
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