Do you finish every bow you make?

[ajooter]

I have recently started finishing a bunch of bows from my earlier attempts.  So to answer your question....I guess I don't finish all of them.  Once I'm thru the pile of shame maybe that will change.

[osage outlaw]

If I get a bow to shooting stage it gets finished.  If it doesn't perform like I expect it to I'll finish it up and give it away for a kid to shoot or if someone wants a "wall hanger".

[bradsmith2010]

i am usually working on quite a few bows,, once I get it too shoot, I may consider that finished,,sometimes I go back and revisit something from the past,,If I am going to give it away,,, I usually fix it up a bit,, if its my bow,, I just shoot them as is most the time,, but for someone else,, I put a handle finish etc,, I think I am working on about 10 bows now,,as time permits I hope to get them shooting,,,

[dirthas]

I finish them, even if they sit there for a few extra years in limbo first.

[Badger]

  I used to only finish a small fraction of bows. If I give them away I finish them. The last couple of years I have gotten better about finishing them. Now I might finish about 1/2 of them.

[Drewster]

If I make a bow and it shoots and doesn't break, I put a finish on it.

[Pappy]

I always have several going at one time not finished, but once I get it shooting and it is a good reliable bow it's gets finished, if I don't think it's a worthy good shooting reliable bow then I don't give it away or finish it, it gets cut up and I cook brats with it. man need fire also. I have no need for a wall hanger and I sure don't want to give away a bow I don't want to shoot or there might be a problem with.
 Pappy

[Hrothgar]

About 19 out of 20--eventually. I've noticed that after a bow is stashed in the rafters for a year or two I can sometimes see an obvious area that needs a little tweaking.
There has also been a couple pieces of bow-shaped firewood that should never have been brought into the shop.

[Badger]

   In the back of my mind I always feel I might be able to tweak a bow out just a little bit more and I might be a little undecided about how I want to go about doing it. I also very much enjoy the process of building and tillering but not so much finishing. The only thing mine are usually lacking is a handle wrap and some fine finishing around the nocks and arrow rest area, I usually do seal them up with some tru oil.

[George Tsoukalas]

Now that you mention it all but one of my bows is finished. If my daughter need another I'll finish it up for her.
Jawge

[The Gopher]

I'll finish it tomorrow...like the sign at the bar that says, "Free Beer Tomorrow"!

[BowEd]

If it suits my needs and performs like I want I finish it.From the beginning of making bows to now the designs have changed and gotten better I think.Still a lot out there.