lets see your favouraite bow!

[seabass]

sweet bows guys.i have seen quite a few of them first hand.i am tring to pick a fav right now.it might take me a minute.my bows are mediocre,but i have some really great ones from friends.i will try and get some pics up in the morn.

[coaster500]

Shootin wise it's probably this Yew I made for another trade....  shot real good for me even though it was tillered for a 30" draw.........





Here's Ralph (my trade victum) at full draw...



Close second would have to go to my ERC ELB





http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/ERC%20bow%20project%202/?action=view&current=elb005.mp4

[Ifrit617]

Wow coaster, that yew bow really shows that you don't need to bother chasing a ring on yew... Makes for a cool looking back, that's for sure. This Osage shorty was my favorite until it lifted a small splinter at a pin knot after 5,000 shots or so. It was fast as hell.

Jon

[Will H]

Man great bunch of bows here! Love that one you posted pearly! Don't remember seein it before...
Squirrel- I did flip the tips with a heat gun but all the left to right was natural snakey grain

[coaster500]

Sweet speedster Jon...  don't know about all yew but that staves rings were tissue thin and so many per inch I couldn't count them!!!! Did make for a very cool back .....

[Cloudfeather]

PrimitiveTim - Bought it on eBay. I'm hoping that they weren't ill gotten.

[steve b.]

My first priorities with bows is how they shoot and hunt; if they happen to look good or takedown or something else then all the better.
I have better looking bows then this but none that are as smooth and handy as this sinewed osage elk bow.

[nathan elliot]

Yew take down 65lb.

[Hrothgar]

A lot of great looking bows!

[Sidewinder]

My favorite bow up to this point probabley has to be copperhead. 60" 50@27.

I catch myself looking at this bow and it quickens my heart rate....is that wierd or what?

[PatM]

Still the original wood and sinew horsebow, but i'm working on some that should knock it down to second place.

[stringstretcher]

I am in total awh of your guys work.  It just totally amazes me what some can do with a piece of wood.

[sadiejane]

fav bow ive made is this little sinew backed osage. my first and only, so far, sinew backed bow
just shoots so nice and gives me "that feeling" when i pick it up



fav bow i live with
this little bow made for me by gun doc outta a hundred year old osage post



tho i do have to say, the very first bow i made is still the one that gives me pause and keeps me building



sure some fine bows on this thread.
that's the other thing that keeps me building,
totally inspired every time i come to pa by the bows you guys make

[Zion]

Wow, threads like this really show the talent on here.

My fav bow that i would take over any other bow would have to be my apple longbow. Its so fun to shoot and tho it may be symple it sure shoots well.

[4est Trekker]

Del, I love that fantastic ELB!  Excellent and timeless.

Hard to pick a favorite, isn't it?  I would take bits and pieces from dozens of bows and combine them for the "favorite."  Often, however, my favorite bows end up being the ones I learned the most from, that demand my patience, and that I can't wait to put my maker's mark on.  This one ranks high on my list.  It's an osage static recurve with osage/rosewood brush nocks and rattler backing that came in at 50#28".