New R/D Bow from blank. LOTS of pictures

[Gordon]

Wow, that bow sure turned out nicely. You should be very proud of that one.

[Cromm]

Yes it does Jesse.
It still looks like a bookmarked winner to me!!!

[AKAPK]

No doubt, Clap for that one

[Timo]

Love the handle wood combo. You did a nice job finishing out that glue up!

[Jesse]

Thanks again. I took it to the WTA shoot yesterday and somehow qualified to shoot for the state championship shoot today. I made it through the first round of elimination and then shot high on a target so that was it for me but it was a fun way to break in the new bow.

[nickf]

She's a beauty dude! What finish did you use?

any idea where I can find any directions for the ryano type stain job?

Nick

[woodstick]

looks nice. where did you get the blank from?

[Jesse]

She's a beauty dude! What finish did you use?

any idea where I can find any directions for the ryano type stain job?

Nick

Thanks Nick. I just used whatever dye I had around and some india ink  and put it on in layers with a wrinkled up plastic bag. kinda blotch it on and turn it so it all looks different. Then just sand off the edges. Ryan does a nicer job than me but it isn't hard and if it starts to look bad just keep going till it looks good I used two coats of shellac to seal it and give a little depth and then a few coats of satin water based spar urethane. Both dry very fast and I have been doing all my bows with this combo and love it. The water based spar is some tough stuff.  Just make sure the shellac is wax free. The spray should be wax free but the brush on usually has wax. I used the spray shellac and brushed on the spar urethane 

looks nice. where did you get the blank from?

Thanks I got it from David Knight.     KnightD on this site. Look him up

[smokeu]

Nice bow!!

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Jesse,you do some outstanding work.
   Pappy

[GregB]

Extremely good looking bow Jesse! I bet it's a good performer!

[Jesse]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Really all the hard part was done already on this. Just tapered it and tillered it to my draw length and weight, some handle work and overlays and its done. I think I worked on it over about 3 or 4 days to complete it. For me this is great because the glue up part of making a bow has never been my favorite part. I make them from scratch as well but these are much more enjoyable for me. Think I might work on a self bow next.

[knightd]

Hey Jesse how about I send you a bunch of wood and you send it back looking like this riser..

[Jesse]

Hey Jesse how about I send you a bunch of wood and you send it back looking like this riser..

Thanks David. Like you would have any trouble with that   I got big ideas for the next time I do a lam bow riser.!!!!! Top secret!!!!  

[Ryano]

Another nice bow Jesse... I like the handle stripe.