63" T/D Longbow, zebra and osage

[bjansen]

My bow making has slowed but I just finished this one last night.  I made it for a friend of mine and its  the first lefty I have made.  

This is a Bingham pronounced design from which I shortened the limbs and riser just slighly.  The limbs have Maple Superaction cores, a coretuff stripe, osage veneers and zebra wedges.  Overlays on the limbs are black phenolic, osage and red glass.  The riser is osage/zebra with phenolic and osage overalays.  

It came out to 65# @ 27".  I sealed the pores with tru-oil followed by four light spray coats of Thunderbird flat. That is the second time I used that finishing method and I think it works well.

Here are a few pics.

[bjansen]

[DEATHMASTER]

Nice looking bow.
Like the wood combos.

[DVSHUNTER]

that's a sweet one brad. Looks good. I love that osage.

[jess stuart]

Looks great Brad.  Glad you found some time to build again, I have always enjoyed looking at your bows.  Everyone I remember looking at was a real work of art, this one may top them all.

[Bob Barnes]

way to go...another master piece "Brad Bow"...
thanks for sharing!
Bob

[Ricker]

Brad,
You are very talented.  The bow looks great.

[Diamondback59]

man brad thats nice  looks great brock

[SoNevada Archer]

Very nice!!

[Swissbow]

Dang Brad, that's a beauty you got there. Very nice bow, love those sweet curvy lines. Well done !

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Andy

[Igor]

Wow...that is an awesome looking bow in every way!

Congrats

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glenn

[ridgerunner_sc]

thats a super lookin bow!!!!!

[BenBow]

Very nice. Good job

[Trux Turning]

That's one of the best looking pronounce TD's I've seen- did you change the stack on this one from what the plans called for(taper-reverse taper)?

[Over&Under]

Brad
that turned out so nice!  Really like the lines on that one, and the thumb rest really sets it off!

[Dean Marlow]

Brad
Another nice one. Looks like a fast one. Thanks for sharing.

[Apex Predator]

Wow!  Great job on that one Brad!

[bjansen]

Thanks gentleman,

Trux, I did just like you indicated a few months ago and moved the stop pin down on my form to shorten the limbs.  I used the same angle Binham's does and yes I did use the same reverse taper, taper combo....but this time I used .003 tapered lams (as I had those handy).  At the end of the day the reverse taper + the taper cancel each other out thus I do not think the taper rate has much impact, if any.

[razorsharptokill]

Very nice combo!

[red hill]

That wood combination is very nice. I like the curved profile. Nice bow, Brad.
Stan