cherry bark backed osage D/R recurved D bow.(Braced/full draw added)

[Ryano]

Here's a little bow I just finished for a lady at our archery club.



Its 62" ntn and pulls 45#@28" White tail antler tips and antler bur double shelves.

[Mattco]

Ryan - great looling - how about more details - Handle wrap? - overlays ? How mch backing?

                 Matt - from Hawkeye

[Ryano]

Front view

[Ryano]

Hi Matt. The overlays are whitetail antler as well as the arrow rests (burs). The grip is made of built up leather and wrapped with kangaroo leather lace. What do you mean how much backing? The black piece over the grip is raw hide dyed black, and the rest is just pin cherry bark. oh the strike plates are cherry bark also....

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

Looks real nice Ryan, she ought to be very pleased with it, wheres the full draw picture?- Ryan

[Ryano]

Thanks Ryan. Sorry no full draw picture, I'll email you one if you want sometime. I'm not putting this into botm.....

[cowboy]

That's a sweet little bow Ryan - as usual . Still hoarding that cherry bark you gave me till I can get around to it..

[Mattco]

Thanks for the reply ryan - you answered all my questions - gave me some ideas to try

[Pat B]

This is a very beautiful bow and I know it shoots well because I've held and shot your bows. I have used cherry bark on hickory backed(flat back) bows but not on a stave bow. Anything I need to know before I try it. I have some just waiting for the right bow.What method and glue did you use. Pat

[Ryano]

Thanks guys. Pat, its kind of a pain to work with. It wants to curl up on ya while your trying to glue it down. I got it wet and cut it out close to width I needed for the bow limbs and scraped all the rough stuff off the back side of it with a scraper while it was still wet. Then I glued it on useing titebond3. I used a old arrow shaft sawed in half down the center of the limb wrapped with masking tape to help hold the middle of it down while the glue was drying. Like I said, it seems to want to curl up in the middle if you dont do it this way....

[Justin Snyder]

The cherry bark is beautiful.  She should be happy with it. Justin

[GregB]

That one turned out really nice Ryan! I've got some of your cherry bark waiting for the right bow as well. Thanks for your description of the process you used.

[medicinewheel]

looks really good!
frank

[FlintWalker]

Yessir! I'd say she'll be very happy with it...I would
  That cherry bark looks better than I expected. 
And as usual, another fine looking bow.  Send me the money shot.

[Ryano]

Thanks for the complements guys. I really like the look of the cherry bark. 
Will do Shannon.