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Title: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: ZSL on July 06, 2015, 07:46:00 PM

I got a lot of help from a bunch of the guys on here on this(my first bow), so I thought I'd show some pictures. It's 68" long, #60 @ 29", from a juniper I cut last year near the Colorado, New Mexico boarder.

 http://i.imgur.com/P0F2kvb.jpg
 http://i.imgur.com/mDqAT5J.jpg
 http://i.imgur.com/onCPs4b.jpg
 http://i.imgur.com/88xFmhI.jpg

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: J. Holden on July 06, 2015, 08:18:00 PM

So that last pic, the full draw one on top of some rocks, simply AWESOME!  Oh, the bow looks great too!  Feels good to make one and it survives doesn't it?!

-Jeremy   :coffee:

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: blacktailchaser on July 06, 2015, 08:50:00 PM

WOW,that is a great looking stick and the tiller is great...i do have one question for you..is it sinew backed..thanks for sharing john

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: ZSL on July 06, 2015, 11:34:00 PM

John, nope, there's no backing... it was a suggested to me, but I was hoping that with it being 68" long, the tension on the back would be okay. So far so good, it's had over a thousand arrows through it, although it has taken almost 4" of string follow.

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: Black Mockingbird on July 07, 2015, 09:05:00 AM

Congrats on a unbacked juniper....your in rare company .  ;)

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: canopyboy on July 08, 2015, 07:42:00 AM

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Originally posted by J. Holden:
So that last pic, the full draw one on top of some rocks, simply AWESOME!  Oh, the bow looks great too!  Feels good to make one and it survives doesn't it?!

-Jeremy    :coffee:  

+1

Well done!

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 08, 2015, 08:01:00 AM

Very nice, but that rock picture gave me the willies..   :)

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: twitchstick on July 18, 2015, 08:50:00 AM

Very nice! I have some Juniper cut and curing for some projects this winter.

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: KellyG on July 23, 2015, 07:40:00 AM

Nice work. Love when they trun out.

Title: Re: Shaggy bark juniper self bow
Post by: Pat B on July 23, 2015, 09:36:00 AM

Juniper makes a great shorty, sinew backed bow. I've not made one yet but I do have a juniper stave I got from Keenan a few yours ago that will be a future project.