53" sinew backed osage

[Pat B]

Last spring at the Tennessee Classic Gary Davis walked up to me and handed me a 53" osage stave. It was marked with "35#", apparently meant for a kids bow. When Gary handed it to me he said he wanted to see what i could do with it. Well, here she is.
 In early October I heated and flipped the tips a bit and did an initial tillering. Then I set up a jig to hold the stave in reflex as I added the sinew to the back. I made a loop of sinew and hook it to a cup hook on the base with the tips raised on 4" blocks...




I allowed the first layer of sinew to cure for a month before adding the second layer. The first layer was a heavy layer of shreaded leg sinew. After the month wait I added about 4 shreaded back sinews and a few weeks later the coachwhip snake skin. The sinew and snake skn were glued with hide glue.
 Just before adding the snake skin I added a sinew wrap over the ends of the sinew and another wrap over the ends of the snake skin at the tips. The tip overlays are Am. bison horn, the handle is wrapped with hemp cordage set in Massey finish with a floppy rest. The bow has 4 coats of Tru-Oil and 3 of spray satin poly.
 She is 53" t/t(51"n/n) and now pulls 52#@26". I made a silky dogwood arrow that weighs 508gr with 125gr point and she spits it with authority. Her total mass weight is 13.5oz. Here are a few pics. Full draw will come this evening. Enjoy...

[K.S.TRAPPER]

What great looking bow Pat        

Looking forward to the full draw picks.

Tracy

[Mark Baker]

Love those clean lines and simplicity Pat... a real beauty for sure, and a nice job with such a short piece of wood.

[Pat B]

Thanks Tracy and Mark. Here are a few more pics...

[americanhunter7]

Wow! Great looking bow Pat.

[wooddamon1]

Nice!

[Molson]

Wow Pat what a beauty!!  

[ron w]

Outstanding....but all the stuff you make is  

[benmmc]

Wow, what a cool bow! Congrats! I want to do this.  

[Dave Bowers]

I didn't look at the name on the thread, but opened it and said that looks like Pat's work   :D  And low and behold it was...nice bow as usual Pat.

[Mike Vines]

Great way to finish that bow Pat.  Awesome job.

[maxwell]

Very nice

[Pat B]

Thanks everyone. She was a fun project to work on and will make a very good hunting partner.

[fmscan]

Pat, Nice pics. you should be very proud to produce something that nice. Hope you can harvest a nice critter with it. Would be tops in satisfaction.

[Mudd]

The tiller looks perfect.

Great job Pat!

Nice length for a turkey blind bow.

[Ray]

35 to 52, sinew rules.Good job Pat.

[swifty99]

Very impressive

[magnus]

That's awesome Pat you know I'm a fan. Really like the full draw profile of it. You done good.

[Pat B]

Her bends could have been a little smoother but she works fine just as she is.
 Ray the stave was marked 35# but I think that is what Gary would have made with it for a kids bow. I guessed it was pulling anout 45# when I was tillering before adding the sinew.
As soon as I saw this stave I thought shorty sinew backed bow! Been wanting to build one but until now 60" has been my shortest. She will be a great little blind bow, Mudd.
 I appreciate all the positive comments.

[razorsharptokill]

Super nice!