TG BOW SWAP 2012 (pics and post)

[coaster500]

Great job D !!!

[JGL]

D    great job maybe one day I will be able to make something like that      one day

[Roy from Pa]

Very sharp Dave.

[Dmaxshawn]

Wow !!! That's a very nice tri-lam.  

Shawn

[Keenan]

First bracing on the python backed Cascara, and my other trade bow (sinew backed ERC) is just about ready for some carp skins.  :D  

[coaster500]

Really like the look of the stick...  a guy can only dream about it flying south  

Changed my mind Keenan maybe Chomper doesn't like it.... looks like a frown or fear maybe???

[fujimo]

he is jus sciaard- he gonna be next!!

[dinorocks]

My trade bow is on its way to *****!!      

To be delivered on Monday.

I'm very pleased how it turned out!        ...hopefully ***** is pleased too!

Dino

(I'll try to get some picts up soon)

[Dmaxshawn]

Got my trade bow out of the oven just a while ago.  Hope to get her cleaned up and maybe profiled tonight.  Tips and overlays tomorrow.

[DVSHUNTER]

Good looking bows everyone.  I am going to try and do a bit on mine tonight.  I heated it up and have it all ready to tiller so this week is looking good for both plan a and plan b.

[red hill]

D, that is a gorgeous bow!

[wood carver 2]

D, that is a beauty!!    
Keenan, looking good as well!! Just wondering though...is that a small bow or a big fish?  :D  
Dave.

[kennym]

Excellent job D and Keenan!!      

[scottm]

Beautiful work Keenan and D !

[Dmaxshawn]

Got a little more work done on my swap bow.  I peeled the tape off just to check it for any spots and there wasnt any.   Then I retaped and went to grinding.  I was able to get the limbs profiled, tillered, and the tips glued on and rough in the string grooves So I could see how much she's pulling.  

I went with these wild and crazy looking tips that I  picked up at the local woodcrafters store.  The lady told me they were a really hard material and they are.  But I put glass under them just to make sure.   If they dont work I'll put something different on there.

Its going to be a green bow green action wood riser, green stained tonkin cane bamboo veneers and bamboo cores and green tips.  






Then it was time to draw out all my lines just so that I could grind them off.   I have my marks on the back of the bow of where all my lines go and can redraw them when I'm ready to cut this perfectly good bow in half.  Just doesn't make sense why anyone would cut their bow in half.   I guess its easier to ship that way.  





I'll have to touch up the area with a file to make sure she is about .010 bigger on the top so that they will slide together with ease.  I wont be able to get anything else done to her till thursday.

[D]

Thanks so much for all the kind works everybody.  They are greatly appreciated.

Kenny that was my last two pieces of osage I got off of you that I spliced together to put on the belly. lolol  Its really not that funny actually.

Great looking bow keenen I was wondering about how big the fish was too. lol

That green boo under the glass is going to look sweet shawn.  The tips are pretty cool looking too

[Keenan]

Thanks Guys. The fish (Arrawana) is just over two feet long. They get up to six feet in the wild.

D, That is looking great

[Roy from Pa]

I guess ifin ya can't catch fish, ya just buy em and fatten em up?  

[dinorocks]

As promised, below are a couple photos of my finished bow.  It was sent out to its new owner this week and slated to arrive on Monday!

I made a Hop Hornbeam selfbow with Chestnut tip overlays.  I harvested the Hop Hornbeam from my property and a fellow Trad Gang'er sent me the Chestnut for the overlays (I was told that the Chestnut was from a century-old barn)...I chose chestnut because it is in the same tree family as Hop Hornbeam.  I heat-treated the belly and finished the selfbow with several coats of True oil finish, and added a reddish-tan leather handle wrap (compliments the chestnut tip overlays) with leather arrow rest.  I made a cream and tan Flemish twist bow string with a mottled brown serving and added light brown fur string silencers.

Bow Specs:
XX pounds at XX inches
66 inches nock to nock
A tad bit less than 2 inch fades to ~ mid-limb


   

   

   

   
Shot from 25 yards!  Better than I usually shoot so I figured it warranted a photo.

Thanks to the organizers for this opportunity to participate in the 2012 Bow Swap, and thanks to all the Trad Gangers who helped me (directly and indirectly) along the way!!

Good luck to all toward building your bows!!

Dino

[SportHunter]

Nice looking tiller, great job. Someone will start out next week with a great surprise.