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I harvested this piece of juniper a few years ago, I have it floor tillered now. It is 49" long and has 2"wide limbs. I read somewhere I think, that I will need to sinew the back. I have never played with juniper and would love some advice. I'm guessing it will have to be a fairly short draw too???
With a sinew backing you should be able to get 25" to 26" draw from her. I've not made a juniper bow yet but I have heard they excell with sinew backing.
I had a juniper - Owl with sinewed back...very light - good performance....it was 62" and I could draw it to 29"
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Glenn
That thing is screaming for sinew....flip the tips,get a good even low bend on her,then sinew back that bad boy...and i wood tiller no further than 25" and make it bend in the handle
Give Keenan a shout. He seems to be the juniper guru. He sent me a 58" sinew backed juniper bow last year that is awesome!
Whats the best way to heat juniper to flip tips? steam or dry heat?
Use steam or boil to flip or recurve the tips with the junipers...itll bend like butter
Thanks guys. I will get to work on this over the weekend. Never tried boiling to recurve tips but I need to learn sometime.The sinew I have came off my hunting partners p&y elk he killed a couple years ago, he's gonna want the bow but I carried half that elk out of the mountains so I dont think so lol.