sinewback.blk.locust

[richardzane]

63" ntn, 48# at 28" bison-sinew backed black locust
light and fast
handle wrap is of braided kangaroo leather lacing

[richardzane]

a few more pics and a closer shot of the handle wrap

[Stixnstones]

Man , that is one good lookin stik. Cant say an off thing about it. Great work.

[osage outlaw]

Nice bow!  That handle wrap looks great.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Man that's nice. Did you braid the leather for the wrap? That's cool

[Fred Arnold]

Fine looking bow Richard. Are the tips the natural black locust? Love the way they blend together.
Can I ask what the bow weighs? I'm working on a similar design using black walnut/ deer sinew and with 3 light layers of sinew I'm just over 15 oz. and hope to come in with similar specs.

[George Tsoukalas]

Outstanding! That's special. Jawge

[riverrat]

that is beautiful!

[bradsmith2010]

very nice, thanks for sharing,, B

[TimBo]

That looks like it would be a pleasure to shoot.  (Your dog thinks it would be a pleasure to chew on the sinew!)  The belly looks a bit heat-treated - am I seeing that right? 

[Badly Bent]

Very nicely done Richard, I bet that combo really puts some zing behind an arrow.

[ajooter]

Gorgeous bow sir!! Love everything about it.  Well there is one thing I truly don't like about it....im never gonna get to shoot!

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Congrats on a great looking bow. Bet she shoots smooth

[richardzane]

thanks for the comments,
tips were steam bent but belly wasn't heat treated, its just the pattern of the grain. It was made from a large blk loc limb that fell in a windstorm.
yes the handle I braided using kangaroo leather lacing. I have a tutorial in here somewhere but this one turned out better than the tutorials finish product.

[richardzane]

Fred,
yeah, the tips are just its natural grain no laminating....on the gram scale the bows at 558.6 grams ....about 19.6 oz.