Brock, there is about 1/4 to 3/8 inch on the back with some pretty good size knots. I got some goat hide and a bunch of sinew, I am going to use one or the other on this one. It's a spookie stave for sure but I havn't had the pleasure of blowing one up yet      


 

Roy ya only shot a 515? Were ya tired or something?

I Think the 8 beers through out the shoot brought my score down towards the end:)

Roy, couldn't of been the beer, we call that aim'n oil.....Dan

That fruit beer will mess with your aim.
       
Dave.

Aimin oil...aimin fluid...i need plenty of that every tuesday

I shot a new bow today. I need about another day of shooting and sanding to see what its gonna end as. Seems fast, but dont they all?

DVS, sand her down to about 35 and ship it to Kate:)

kip do  go with the rawhide that erc is spooky stuff when they blow man they blow i say shoot for low poundage on that one id say 35-40 to b safe brock

This one may stay with me for a bit. Its only pulling 26in so ots to short for him.

Coaster - Is Bob going with a pyramid design on that hackberry?  I am about ready to try a hackberry stave and trying to decide on a design.  Any suggestions?  Thanks!

I finally found a good draw knife at an antique shop today. Scraped a little on my broad bow with it, and can't wait to use it on some Osage.

I continued to work on the belly of my maple board bow.  It's getting really close to being ready for tillering...now I just need to make tillering tree.

Just finished a handrail made out of aspen logs that were burned in Colorado's Hayman Fire.
Been working off and on since November.

Here's a link to the work in progress:

https://sites.google.com/site/hicountrycreationsco/Home/home-projects/aspen-handrail

Got my swap bow tillered out to 28" @ 53 pounds.

Bow looks great Roy.

Roy I like that one... looks like a smooth drawing Shooter, but ya missed my weight    

mwosborn, That's what Bob's first will be (case of the blind leading the blind). He hasn't shot a bow for years so we will take it easy on him and build lite!!!

I am such a novice with this bow building stuff that you might PM Chris/Pearldrums. He likes and uses Hackberry      

I've only built one Hackberry and got a ton of help from the guys here...  Here's the thread!!

  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=007242#000000

Thanks Coaster.

Hoogster, I like that handrail! It really looks great.    
Dave.

That looks real clean Roy.
For me today was a Army Guard drill day (tomorrow too) so no woodworking for me :-( I think all the drawknifing I do helps me keep up with the young kids when it comes to pushups.