Sinew-backed Plum Shorty

[Trapper Rob]

Good looking bow.

[vinemaplebows]

Nice bow!

[barebo]

51" -- Yikes! Every bow you show us screams artistry. The combinations of materials that go into the finished product come together perfectly every time! Wow!!!

[Will B]

Great looking bow!  Nice profile and I really like the skins.

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects, love the finish work, outstanding.
 Pappy

[upstatenybowyer]

I really appreciate all of your comments guys. Most of what I can do I've learned from you. 

[Tracker0721]

That thing looks pretty cool! Great work

[hoosierf]

Love it. Love those bendy shorties. BOM contender there.

[Perkinator]

The belly almost looks like a healing would, being all read and shiny. I doubt the wounds inflicted by that bow will ever heal!

[Springbuck]

  Fantastic, dude!  That is a pretty, pretty bow, and looks like a quick shooter.

"Sinew really is amazing stuff. There's just one thin coarse of it under those skins and as soon as I slide the string down the wood just pops right back to where it was."

  I agree entirely, esp. on such a short little bow, but I have to put a plug in for the wood.  I had treated plum like any whitewood, or chokecherry in the past and had success, but only got to use a few larger pieces. But, recently (while reading some of Badger's posts) I re-considered it.   I think plum is amazing!  It's just SO freaking elastic.  It hates to break, and it hates to take much set.

 I like it so much, I am cutting just about anything useable, for any style of bow I can get my hands on.  I'm taking little 1" diameter suckers off fruit trees, lumpy / knobby stuff, knotty stuff, stuff with spiral grain, anything.  I'm willing to split and splice about any 3' X 3" diameter piece, no matter how it snakes and curves.  IT'S FANTASTIC.  I can't wrap my head around why it doesn't have a long and stories history as bow wood.

And your bow is gorgeous.

[Whiskeyjet]

Gorgeous bow Jeff!

[upstatenybowyer]

Thanks so much fellas.

I know what you mean Perkinator. Plum has a really magical quality about it.

I completely agree Springbuck. It's in a class all by itself. The problem is, like you mentioned, it's so tough to find a piece straight and long enough to make a bow out of. It's also not a very common tree, at least around here. I wish you the best of luck in finding a suitable piece(s). Billets may be the most plausible pieces to search for. Glad you like the bow.