About a month ago I visited John Strunk to learn how he prepares and lays up his bamboo backed bows. I left his shop with a bamboo backed blank with a core made from vertical bamboo flooring and a belly made from spliced yew billets. The finished bow is 64" ntn, 62# @ 27" and is 1 ¼" wide at the fades gradually tapering to tips that are ½" in width. The handle is made of yew and covered with dyed elk hide. The design is a modified r/d. What deflex it has resulted from tillering as none was glued in. The finish is Thunderbird epoxy. It shoots hard and fast and I believe it will make a fine hunting weapon.
If you ever get an opportunity to spend some time in the shop with John you should take it as he is an amazing bowyer who freely shares his knowledge with anyone. It would have taken me years to figure out what I learned from John in one day.
The tipi and quiver in one of the pictures below belong to Dave Cheney – a fine bowyer and flint knapper who makes his home in central Oregon.
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oh wow it looks sweet!
good luck hunting woth it!
Another beauty! Bet she shoots as sweet as she looks. :notworthy:
Wow! Another work of art.
Very nice!
Very nice. I was wondering about Yew and bamboo together. Now I know. Dean
Wow! Very nice bow.
WOW that bow is beautiful. :thumbsup:
Awsome as always Gordon. :thumbsup:
Tracy
John is an artisan of bows! And you are doing great-that's a beauty bow!! The tiller at full draw is beautiful.
QuoteJohn is an artisan of bows!
Indeed!
another beautiful bow as always.wish mine looked like that
beautiful. An amazing bow.
Wow, that's a dandy. It's a good thing I had the druel buckets on this morning or I would have shorted out another keyboard.
Great build and finish job.
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:clapper: Beautifully done. Tim
Good grief, another of those sloppy looking bows.
He-he, my hat off to you sir. Bue--.
Gordon you could make a work of art out of a boat oar! Beautiful bow as always! :thumbsup:
-Leonard-
wow!!! awesome that is so nice. :thumbsup:
You guys are too kind. Thank you!
ohhh.thats what the heck you where doing that moring at the gathering.i was wondering what you where doing over by daves tipi.nice bow by the way.i think i have a long ways to go before i can caught up to you.john
What can I say John, I couldn't resist that gorgeous backdrop bathed in the soft early morning Central Oregon light :bigsmyl: