I sold my last snakeskin bow a while ago...but after making one for a Tradgang customer recently, I fell in love with the western diamondback skins once again. It looks like I will have to make myself another one some time soon.

Here is Alan's bow (66" bow w/ Wenge/Pau Ferro riser and a tan phenolic accent)...

 

Another Tradganger, Dave's bow (64" bow w/ a bubinga, maple, wenge riser and zebra belly limbs)...

 

 

Thanks for the opportunity. I hope you both enjoy your bows for many years.

   

love snakskins - they beat any limb veneer as far as I'm concerned

To each his own, but snakes and their skin give me the creeps.

However, I am happy that you are going to be using them again, because that means fewer of them for me to step on....LOL

Anyway, very nice workmanship on the Bow, as always!!

Best looking camo in the world. I just finished three sets. Love them. Getting partial to the canebreaks though.
God bless you all, Steve

Sixby...on the canebreaks. I like the natural camo pattern too. My snake skin bow will be madeon a bow that is of hunting pull weight for that very reason. But, I understand their skin is a lot thicker when compared to the western diamondback (which I like equally as much). This was hearsay though, as I myself never worked them. Did you notice much difference.

Not hearsay now bro. It is thicker. Ask for young snakes and shorter lengths like 32 to 35 inches. I have worked with most of the pitvipers except Moccasins. the thinnest is Copperheads followed by Prairies , then westerns, then I would call canes and easterns a tossup. To me the prettiest are young easterns. They have a very bright diamond pattern if the snake is dark . Next to me would be canebreaks, then diamonds or prairies, tossup, I am not as enamored as most with the copperheads although I have seen some really pretty ones. the pics of the moccasins I have seen look really cool but I have never skinned a bow with them. Of course most folks will put copperheads first. I just happen to like the diamondbacks better.LOL
God bless you all, Steve

There is an old saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That said, I myself am not a big fan of the easterns or the prairies. Their colors are too much "pretty boy" for me for some reason. I can't really say why, but they remind me of plastic pattern stuff. I always liked the more rustic appearance of the westerns.

I do like the looks of copperheads, canebreaks, and moccasins...all very much.

Gabbon would be cool too I bet. LOL.

That bow looks sweet with that snake skin on it. I'd like to have one of my bows done up with snake skins.