BBO complete work-over/finally finished!

[medicinewheel]

hi guys!  -  the yellow-one was my third bow ever; made from a dean torges-blank and tillered with dean's kind help through emails!
i shot the bow for quite some time and wanted to pick it up again lately. found the positive tiller had gotten bit too much for my taste and re-tillered the bow which did the bow good! unfortunatly the bamboo lifted two splinters while shooting first x after the work-over. fixed that with umbrella silk and a linnen wrapping and smooth-on.
dyed the bow with leatherdye and sealed with 5 or 6 coats of linseed oil and hardwax. the arrowpass is rattan stained with leatherdye.
started shooting her today and she shoots just fine.
thanks for looking.
frank

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[medicinewheel]

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[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Frank,nice save.
   Pappy

[snedeker]

thats a sweet looking tiller and the dye works well.

Dave

[DanaM]

It never ceases to amaze me at how resiliant these selfbows are. Even when it looks like a gonner
you guys manage to repair them and make them and yourself happy again Well done frank.

[Pat B]

I have 2 Boo backed bows I had to redo and both came out better than the origionals. You did a nice job on this on Frank. Looks like a keeper!  
  I think redoing these bows is like going to the dog pound for a new dog. They are so thankful you came along they become excellent pets.       Pat

[medicinewheel]

hey guys! - i shot the bow some more and i'm REALLY happy with it! the bow certainly does shoot better then before and that makes me happy again because i guess that means it's a better tiller then before, right?!
thanks for your comments!
frank

ps: i'll try to get some nice shots of the bow maybe tomorrow!

[Justin Snyder]

Looks like you did a great job on the re build.  The patch looks great too.  Justin

[tradrick]

Great looking bow.Your leather grip and lace up job are excellant as well.Thanks for shareing.tradrick

[OldBow]

Very nice make-over. We'll take another look at it during September Backed Bow of the Month considerations.

[medicinewheel]

..... We'll take another look at it during September Backed Bow of the Month considerations.

yes why not! not ashamed of the old lady at all! now i really have to take some nice shots to make her look good! 
frank

[medicinewheel]

kept shooting the bow and she shoots just sweet ...BUT i believe the boosplinter repair didn't work good enough; have to reopen the patch! that means the bow should not be listed for BOM!!!

anyone ever removed a splinter from bamboo and replaced it by sinew?

any reply wellcome!

frank

ps: i find it amusing to call it 'sweet' considdering the sound it makes when an heavy arrow launged by such a 'sweet-shooting bow' hits the target   

[Marc St Louis]

Nice remake. The bow turned out well.

When you repaired the splinter did you run some glue into it before applying the patch?

[medicinewheel]

hi mark!  -  thanks for that quick reply!
no, i did not run glue into the splinter; it was not lifted at all and i thought is what not a good idea to lift it
frank

[OldBow]

Why is this fine weapon not for BOM?