Fire Hardened Hickory Bow with Copperhead Skins

[SamH]

Hey y'all, this is the 2nd successful bow that I've made, and the first one that looks any good aesthetically. 65" NTN, 60#@28", fire hardened hickory, antler overlays, copperhead skins, and sinew wrappings.  I've recently narrowed the limb tips to bring the performance up a bit. In this photo, they are 5/8" at the nock, and I narrowed them to 3/8".  Before narrowing the tips, it was shooting a 618 gn arrow at 134 fps, and after narrowing it is shooting at 155 fps.
IMG_7799 by Samuel Hartline, on Flickr
IMG_7802 by Samuel Hartline, on Flickr
IMG_7801 by Samuel Hartline, on Flickr
IMG_7421 by Samuel Hartline, on Flickr

[bentstick54]

Very nice looking bow. Well done.

[superdav95]

Beautiful tiller.  I like it. 

[Pappy]

Beautiful work, man if my second even my 10 or 20th had looked anything like that I would have thought I had died and went to Heaven. Very nice work. beautiful in all aspects.
 Pappy

[Pat B]

I love the way you dressed her up.   

[ajooter]

Very nice finish work on a gorgeous bow.  Want to get my hands on some snake skins eventually.

[Will B]

That’s a beauty!  Nice finish work

[wooddamon1]

Pretty dang nice!

[bjrogg]

Very nice Sam. Hope to see more good things coming in the future.

Bjrogg

[Selfbowman]

Keep them coming. Nicely done.

[Muskyman]

Great looking bow Sam. Gotta love them snake skins. Crazy good for a second bow.

[SamH]

Beautiful work, man if my second even my 10 or 20th had looked anything like that I would have thought I had died and went to Heaven. Very nice work. beautiful in all aspects.
 Pappy

Thank you!  I definitely took your advice from some of the other topics on the forum about hickory bows.  All of the info available on here allows people to skip some of the learning curve.

[Jake Spoon]

That is a sharp dressed piece of wood! Very nice work sir.

- Jake