Here is my first try at a short bow. It is 49 1/2" long and 50# @ 24". It is one of the short pieces from the monster osage tree. I used 2 full layers and one strip down the center. The sinew is from an elk that I got from Pearl Drums. I covered the sinew up with a roadkill blacksnake belly skin. This is the first time I have tried that. I spent a lot of time scraping it and removing the scales after it dried. I had to remove them one at a time using a razor blade to lift them free of the skin. The belly skin is fairly thick and I think it would add a small bit of protection to the back of a bow. The handle wrap is from a roadkill beaver, also a first. I burnished the bow with a piece of deer antler and finished it up with tru-oil. The bow weighed a little over 12 oz before finishing.
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Dang scrub, that bow is almost as tall as you:) LOL, very nice..
Yep. I go 66" on a good day :bigsmyl:
24" is my full draw.
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Dang scrub, that bow is almost as tall as you:) LOL, very nice..
That funny right there.
cool looking bow!
When skins give me trouble with scales I use a rubber pencil eraser to rub them off.it works great and is faster than pulling them of one at a time.
Great Tyler job too.
Nice....I like it. Well I go 67 on a good day. Lol
Looks great and the tiller is right on the money.
Well that is fitting...a shorty for a shorty. ;)
Nice shorty, Clint! Really like the belly skin.
...65
Very unique bow right there scrub-buster. Nice job!
That's a nice looking bow. If I ever get enough time, I'd like to coax a self-bow out of osage.
Bud thats to cool awsome work
I want to build one just like yours. Very nice bow!
Don't worry Scrub. I'm right there with you. I'm 64" on a good day. We don't have to bend over so far to drag out our deer. :laughing:
Thanks guys.
I love the sound of a tall guys head banging off of an overhang. Black Mockingbirds melon makes a nice thud when bounced off the roof at the Twin Oaks bow shop. :biglaugh:
Very cool little bow Clint. You nailed the tiller!
That is a sweet looking bow. When I skinned 2 rat snakes this year I wondered if anyone had tried the belly skin. Now I may give it a whirl some time.
That is a very nice bow, great job.