Good day everyone, I would like to present a bow I just finished. I bought this stave in April 2021 and at the time the seller said it had been cut around 8 years prior. I roughed out the bow blank in mid-2021 and spent quite a bit of time getting the stave bent into shape before I could brace it. Once at brace I set it aside until January of this year when I decided to sinew back the bow. I let it cure for nearly 4 months before I worked on it.
The bow took some work getting the tips aligned both before and after making it a takedown. I also ended up cutting off some bad wood in the riser and gluing on a new laminated handle. I had to full a void in the fadeout which was done with a mix of osage dust and glue.
This was one of my first tries working with an osage selfbow blank and my second attempt at sinew backing. It was quite a bit of work but everything went pretty smoothly
The bow is 62 ntn and draws 51# at 28. It has 3 of rested reflex and holds close to 2 of reflex after a long shooting secession.
It has a fiberglass takedown sleeve which works perfectly and fits very tight. There is no indication its a takedown by looking at the bow, everything is flush and hidden under the leather grip.
The bow has buffalo horn tips and timber rattlesnake sheds glued over a thin rawhide backing. A true oil finish was applied before adding the deer leather grip and beaver tail leather shelf plate. The string is a 20 strand X99 string with beaver fur silencers.
Overall it was a great build and a bow I am very proud of. I have wanted to build a sinew backed static recurve and I am happy to say this is a good representation of what I had in mind.
Cheers,
Taylor
