Well, it was a while since I was here. Had to concentrate more on other things, but could also do some work in my shop.
The following two bows are from unique looking staves, and I thought the one or the other may be interested.
here is the first:
ntn: 56½”
bh: 5”
mass: 454 gram
max. width: 2”
symmetrical
stiff handle
Really good cornus mas (cornelian cherry) are quite rare at my homeland. But, as this wood is one of the best bow woods here, I take every piece I get my hands on.
This one was a special stave, super clean - just three warts on the back-, but the thing was and is twisted and is a propeller like hell (grain wise). The good thing is the thing is, watched from the back or belly, a perfect symmetrical propeller. I mean it does balance out very nicely.
A tricky thing to tiller as you always get a false view, one limb is in side view - the other shows half of the belly and the side.
In this case the stave was one of the rare with heartwood – so nice! I gave up my first idea of a bendy handle, just to leave on a bit of the beautiful colored heartwood and made a short 3” stiff handle.
Some remaining cambium on the back adds another bit of coloration.
To compensate the twists a bit the bow got side nocks on upper and lower tip.
Limbs are mild concave from fade to midlimb and taper then into lenticular cross section, the last four inches are triangular.
This wood is a dream to work with, it is the heaviest here and can be polished like horn or bone because it is homogenous dense. A sharp scraper produce asurface on this wood which doesn't need much more sanding.
08”: 07,5
10”: 11,2 (+3,7)
12”: 14,4 (+3,2)
14”: 17,6 (+3,2)
16”: 20,9 (+3,3)
18”: 24,2 (+3,3)
20”: 27,5 (+3,3)
22”: 31,0 (+3,5)
24”: 35,0 (+4,0)
26”: 39,0 (+4,0)
28”: 43,0 (+4,0)
