Just put the finishing touches on this black locust flat bow that I made for my dad. Ole pops is getting up there in age and the goal was to make a smooth shooter but still be an effective hunting bow. I decided to try my luck at bl, it was really tight ringed and challenged my draw knife skills. Other than being tight ringed it was very nice wood to work with. The bow is slightly reflexed out of the fades and deflexed the last third. Most of the deflex was natural and took very little set. It finished out 45#@26 “ and is 62” tip to tip. When I got the bow tillered I took my dad to shoot it to make sure he liked the draw weight and grip. He is very particular when it comes to choosing a weapon to hunt with. He immediately like the weight and grip and hit pretty darn good with it. After his approval I asked how he would like it finished…skins?…tips?….stain?…etc. His response was to finish it like no other bow I’ve done before. This really got my wheels spinning because I wanted to fulfill his request . I waited about two weeks and then told a little fib… I fabricated a story and the end result was a broken bow. He bought it hook, line and sinker. After some thought this is what I came up with. I made a bow back in March with turkey feather backing.I decided to do some unique decorating using turkey and pheasant feathers with some bands of peacock herl. The tips are brazialian rosewood, the string is B50 with black beaver silencers, and its finished with tru-oil. It’s tradition to take my dad to a 3D shoot for fathers day. I plan to give him the bow then. He is going to be excited to see the bow wasn’t broke after all! I will post more pictures after the shoot.
I named the bow “the mentor” because my dad taught me a lot about hunting, fishing, the outdoors, but most of all he taught me to be a good father!!!
Jon
