A friend asked me to make him a selfbow so I began work on a piece of hickory. As I worked I continued to recall the compelling threats of the Southern women that I grew up around.
"Boy, you'd better behave or I'll send you to get a hickory."
Thus the name, "The Whipping Stick."
"Ma, I have been behaving, but I did indeed pick a hickory."
This bow is a pyramid style bow with Diamondback Rattlesnake skins. The tips are Burmese Red Wood overlay. It's 66" long nock to nock measuring 1 1/2" wide at the fades and ending at 1/2" at the tips. It draws 52# at 28".
The Whipping Stick
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