I'm still working on the hairbrained penobscot that I posted a while back. Just doing a little here and there. To many other things going on.

Most of my bow making occurs after hunting season. I have managed to finish a couple this fall. For the last week, we've been without power because of the ice storm. Been hunkered down with coleman lanterns and an infra red heater on a 20# propane bottle to try surviving. Then last night we were blessed with about a foot of snow on top of all the limbs that came down. I'll also be busy topping 16 trees around my yard. Dang, wish they were Bodark!!

Hang in there Ralph!   Is your computer running on propane too!  Gotta get me one of them buddy.      

Seriously, I hope things get better soon for you guys in that area...nothing worse than being without power, at this time of year, for this long.

I just got a pignut hickory, it shoots great.  I remembered that feeling I got when i first saw a brochure of Hill longbows back when i was a kid in early 60s.

I recently finished my first (an osage flatbow), and have a stave of black locust in the works.

Awesome bows, Mark and Mark. Mine are all twisted and stuff. Been huntin' and vacationing. Just almost finished a hickory bow. Jawge

I just had the hackberry stave that I was working on bust last night...  :(

Whoa Mark,I never had built one.I am planning on it though.

Those are very nice bows! and I am reading about making my own bow!  

Everytime I see Masters of the bow #2 I just drool at Gary Davis's self bow...I love the way that bow shoots!Marco#78...if I didnt have 2 thumbs...mmmm and was good with wood...  :confused:    

What Walt said. Hunt in the fall, build bows in the winter. Unbacked yew 90% done, at the stage where I usually blow up a piece of yew - waiting for the quiet month of January.

Shaun,
Thanks for the recipe.  Good luck with the yew, are you using the billets you got from me at MoJam?