after 5 months of sitting in my room I finally put a finish on it last week.

68"ntn, 62# @27", silk backed, Osage overlays, hemp handle, ebony stained, linseed oil/shellach finish

awesome job!!!  Great hemp grip.

Good looking self-bow. You do nice work have followed your bow making her on the site.

Ahh green grass very nice.

NorthShore,

Alway love seeing your craftsmenship!!  Nice bow!!  Also the first I have seen from Eucalyptus.  Do you know what species of Eucalyptus you used.  I live in Chile and we have a ton of Eucalyptus here, mostly blue gum.  I am wondering if I can make a Bamboo back bow from it.  We have alot of mountain bamboo also.  Normally it is not that big in diameter, but I have found some around 6" and I am sure I could get a 1-1/2" wide by 1/8" thick peice.  Thinking about a R/D around 62" or 64" nock to nock.  Maybe around 60# to 65# at 27".  Also wonder if this Eucalyptus is any good for making arrows.

Thanks,

James

Very nice.

What a nice bow. The tips and string grooves outstanding.

hold on boys !    ...here comes the twist.

the bow was shooting really good, being lite the speed was exellent, than this morning all of a sudden I started to feel a drop in weight, sure enougth the upper limb developed huge frets.

I took pictures on the tillering tree to show the collaps in the limb.
the funny thing is that after I unstrung the bow it went back to 1" of reflex in no time.

...Well back to the faithfull GUAVA.  


James, I once made a lemon Eucalyptus backed with bamboo, it did good untill I ruined it (I didn't know any better)    I would try the smooth barcked speacies first.

I have an other stave from this tree, I will try it unbacked.