Juniper selfbow ( fulldraw pics added )

[acker]

Hello,
This bow is made out of a 3" diameter juniper tree .
Its 66,147 " N /N long
pulls 54# @ 28"
My first plan was to make a longbow D - style out of it but, as i removed the bark and saw the beautiful character of the stave , I tried to catch as much as possible from all the knots and curves.
Enough words, here are some pics















































Here pulled to 24" :


I will ad full draw pics later .
Hope you like it , acker

[aero86]

looks great!  your more brave than i am.  ive yet to move from board bows yet, trying to get tiller correct.  anyways, good work!

[HatchA]

man, that's an incredible looking bow!!  You must be so proud you decided to leave the character in!!

[Josh]

That is one very beautiful, character-laden juniper bow.  You did a great job on it, that's one anyone would be proud to own.   

[Rich Saffold]

Looks great Acker.  Juniper is wonderful bow wood. I wish I had access to more of it.

Rich

[Parnell]

That's the stuff that I love to see.  Great job on that.

[medicinewheel]

Acker you're da man!
Beautiful bow!!!

[medicinewheel]

PS: nice pictures, too!

[Jmilbrandt]

That's a great looking bow! Juniper is one of the only woods I have access to around here I love it though. Good job!

[Del the cat]

Some real character there.
Del

[barebo]

Superb results from a tricky, but beautiful stave. The braced profile is simply perfect !!

[dragonman]

Nice work, dont know how you guys make these knotty bows ,you've got more skill and patience than me

[venisonburger]

Thats one knarly lookin piece of beauty. You did a fine job on that bow.
VB

[Barrage]

Now that just turned out great...

[acker]

  Thank you all
I like to work with juniper , its smells so nice when you scrape it and its a lovely bow wood.
Its the third juniper bow for this year and it wont be the last one.
I will still make a new D style longbow and a shorter one backed with sinew...

Thanks for your nice comments.

acker