A long,long while ago. Duck'n posted a thread asking about what TX Ebony is good for. I replied that its my favorite riser wood. You see, he had a TX Ebony tree in his yard that shed a pretty large limb. So.. he cut it up and sent it to me all the way from McAllen to Houston, which is a long way. We decided that I would build him a bow of the wood as a courtesy for sending it my way (it was a lot of wood). It took FOREVER to dry enough to make a bow but it finally did. We also decided that I would build the bow completely from logs that came from here in TX (Texans love stuff from Texas). So here is the TX bow with the riser cut from a tree in his own back yard. Now he and I have never met...this is a total TradGang deal.
First the raw materials
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Now the finished product. Its 60" 53#@28" TX Ebony riser, TX Hill Country Cedar limbs, Osage accents.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/togo1987/feeder6jan19029.jpg)
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(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/togo1987/feeder6jan19030.jpg)
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(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/togo1987/feeder6jan19034.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/togo1987/feeder6jan19036-1.jpg)
Pretty cool story isn't it?
Bonner
The friends we've never met! Great story, great looking bow!
Very cool story and sure is a beauty of a bow!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
Another great bow ,you have talent.
Real nice...like the limbs.
Would ya look at them limbs!!!!!! Wow!!!!!
Nice story and nice bow!!
Beautiful bow...thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
That's something! Hap
Love the limbs!
You can use those tips for a spear if the hogs get too close, right? :D
These new curves he's building shoot as well as they look. quiet, no hand-shock, and fast!
That thing is a beauty. :thumbsup:
That's just too cool!
Well believe me all, I feel HONORED to own one of Dan's bows! This is the first time I have personally laid eyes on it and I can't tell you how impressed I am. I knew it would be really cool and Dan's work is very impressive but those pictures took my breath away! Thanks again Dan and I hope to get together sometime and share a campfire...maybe even bloody that purty bow!
wow that is a nice one.
Beautiful.
Bonner makes some great bows. He has probably learned more about this stuff (and faster) than you guys can imagine. A couple of years ago, he and I decided to make some self bows. That's how he got started. Now he is a full blown bowyer making incredibly fine equipment. The boy has talent!