Black Locust RD

[leonwood]

Thanks for the compliments!

Impressed you deflexed that handle with a little dry heat.

I do this with osage and black locust only. Tried it with yew and some white woods without succes so with those I cut a wedge out of the handle to reduce the bending thickness

[silent sniper]

Nice to see your back at it! Beautiful bow!
-Taylor

[SLIMBOB]

Classy.  Your bows are recognizable as your bows.  Like this one a bunch.

[George Tsoukalas]

Very impressive!

[Arrowind]

I clicked on this and saw the first pic....   "Ooo WOW!"  Nice bow dude!  Love the re-curves. Love the color.  Full draw looks great too!  What a sweet bow!   

[johnfolchetti]

Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?

[leonwood]

Thanks guys!

Leon that is beautifully done....graceful curves, great tiller. What is the limb width?

At the widest point about 1.5" tapering to 3/8 at the very tip

[Selfbowman]

Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin

[leonwood]

Leonwood that is a great looking bow for sure. Hope you don’t show at a flight shoot that I am at. Cause I am pretty sure that’s a contender! Arvin

Thanks! One of my goals is to attend the flight shoot at Wendover some time, will take me a while to save up enough money though so don't expect me there any time soon

[Parnell]

What a beauty.  Elegant work.  I don't think I've seen a grip like that before.  You come up with that?

[leonwood]

What a beauty.  Elegant work.  I don't think I've seen a grip like that before.  You come up with that?

Thanks! And nothing special about the grip, it's just a slight bulbous grip with a little groove for the hand cut out so it fit's better in the hand. No too much so it will still be allowed in our "historic bow" class for 3d competitions. Wrap is part of the sleeve from an old jacket

[dolgima]

What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ?  Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects.
 Pappy

[leonwood]

Beautiful bow, very well done in all aspects.
 Pappy

Thank you!

What a great bow. By the way what is "osage scrap stain" ?  Using tannin inside osage scraps ? if so can i use any material that contains tannin ?

It is just that. I put the osage I scape off during tillering in a bucket with vinegar and ammonia. It will work with any high tannin woods like oak and black locust as well.
It still amazes me how good this stain works though!

[backtowood B2W]

Made a BL bow with somehow same dimensions lately. I´m proud about it, but seeing your bow I am stunned whats possible when a master is doing it!!!