One sweet lil' shooter

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Scott, love to try that one out in a few months. Bet it will spit an arrow.
   Pappy

[bubby]

I just did the old hold a quarter up to the pic on my phone bend in the handle looks pretty good

[Springbuck]

@springbuck - If I could get black locust to do that, I'd have even more of it laid up than I do osage. All my BL gets burnt as firewood. Don't even try anymore.

Oh, HELL no!  Black locust is as good a wood as I have access to in Utah, and that rarely.  You gotta try again.  I know it burn really well, but I'm gonna think of this at night and cry.  Try again, just don't treat it like it's osage!  Or send me a boxcar load if you have enough to waste!   

[Stringman]

Glad you said that bubby, I just almost threw it in the trash. 

Bucky, if you lived closer I'd be tempted to let you fill that box car up with the useless stuff. However, I have a piece or 2 still standing in the corner that I'm never gonna get around to. I'd love to see someone that knows how to work with it, actually make it into a bow.

[Stringman]

Thanks, Adam. Not sure how else to get a 27" draw out of a 55" stick, but it is a lot of bend. 

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice.  It is a lot of bend but I do believe you could get a bit more out of her if you wanted to

[Stringman]

Quite possibly, Marc. But the question then becomes where is the line. How far do you pull it?

[adb]

Thanks, Adam. Not sure how else to get a 27" draw out of a 55" stick, but it is a lot of bend. 

Doesn't have to be a bendy handle. Here's a bow I posted a while ago... 52" bamboo/osage R/D, 52" OAL, pulling 40#@26", with an 8" non-bending handle.

[Marc St Louis]

Quite possibly, Marc. But the question then becomes where is the line. How far do you pull it?

There is no line Scott.  If 27" is your draw length then that is all you need

[Sidewinder]

Scott I was thinking it needed a couple scrapes in the lower upper 3'rds bottom 1/2. It looks kinda wonky


Dude, you stuck that one clean. Very nice job. I bet it will just keep getting better as it cures even more. I'm doing a non sinew 55" as we speak and I hope my tiller is as killer as your is on that one.    Danny

[criveraville]

Scott, looks like it will handle the magical pull of 28 inches 

Cipriano

[adb]

Nice bow! It bends a lot in the handle, but that's the point of a bendy handle bow. Short bendy handle bows are not my cup of tea, but well done none the less. Love the sinew and skins.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

That's a sweet bow what type of snake skin is that?

[Stringman]

Western diamondback rattler.

[simson]

Great looking bow, nice work all around