I finally finished this one up a few days ago and have it shot in. I always wanted to try a Black Walnut stave and got this one a few years back. It is almost all sapwood except a bit in the handle, nott that it makes a difference when you black it out. I added some black boa skins and horn tip overlays, with a zebrawood accent to round out the handle. This was the first time I have ever used a floppy rest too. I normally leave a little wood in the handle. The bow was dyed with analine dye from Mike at Pine hollow. The stuff works on everything I use it on. 65in. ntn and 66 ttt. 50@28 and 45@26.
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Thanks for looking.
Dark Death?
Great looking bow. How does the Walnut hold up as a Selfbow? We have lots of it around here.
Nice!
I think you named it in your first post "black boa".
Black Magic
Dark Constrictor
Midnight Boa
Black Pam.
Darth Vader?
Ga li tsa di, Cherokee for bow.
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/Lexicon/Default.aspx
Great looking Bow!!! How about calling it "Ralph's Bow" :)
"Clear as mud" that's my input. Nice bow it looks a lot like a skinny bow I saw made with shoe polish. Good lookin.
the last shadow
since the last thing the hunt will see its shadow!
:)
and the winner will get the bow? lol
Black Mamba
How about "Pearl", then you can just go ahead and ship it me! Nice bow.
Maybe black pearl, but then who would get it?
Bretto, the walnut works pretty easy, and didn't put up any fight. Took well to heat too. Is use it again if i had more of it.
Shadow Spawn
Black Pepper
Night Stalker.
Ralph, that one's already taken, that's what I called the bow you sent me for this years trade....Dan
Dunno... Black Death is the nickname of the plague. The bubonic plague. Hm....
Marco
QuoteOriginally posted by DVSHUNTER:
Maybe black pearl, but then who would get it?
Captain Jack Sparrow?
Sorry couldn't resist that one :)
Ats'a Nice'a Bow! So much for my Italian. :rolleyes: Thats a Beauty Whatever its Name! Whats Your Opinion on the Floppy Rest? Never used one Myself, but am interested in your Opinion. I have a Wee 4 y.o. Grandaughter I considered using a Floppy on, since she cant seem to grasp the need for an arrow rest, yet. She is whipsmart and got the rest down pat! I am so Proud! :archer:
Ibola! That is a major nice job!! :clapper: :clapper:
I'm still on the fence about the rest. It does help with consistent hand placement, but I just don't kke the look of them.
A couple other thoughts on arrow rests that are easily added (and almost as easy to remove) 1. http://keeslongbows.com/Care_instructions.htm page down to where it says "Shooting a wood bow or a wood longbow" and it shows how to add a rest made from a "wedge of heayy folded leather. 2. Take a small triangular shaped piece of wood or my personal favorite antler, plane one side off to mount flush with the bow, round the "top" (with point down) of it, use barge cement to attach, and then cover with your choice of grip. It doesn't even have to be as wide as the shaft and if you just leave a ridge at the top you can sand down the rest of it to the point that there is minimal increase in size of the grip. I tried adding a pic of one of my antler rests, but even though I resized it on photobucket, it kept showing up on here too large. If your interested and want to see pics of a couple, PM me and I can text or email them to you. They work great and if you decide you want to take it off, its pretty easy to pop off and remove the excess cement without messing up your original finish.
Just had to say, this is a really sharp bow, love the skins on this one. Beautiful work!
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
How did I miss this thread? Just ship her to me David:) Very nice..
I thought maybe it just want okay roy. Thanks everyone. I appreciate the comments.
Well I suppose it's ok:)
Beautiful! Nice job and good work. Perfect tiller.
I too have some Black Walnut that I will be working on soon.
Thanks for the pics...inspiring.
Kris