Here is my latest....61" NTN Osage Recurve with Water Bufflao horn underlays and nock overlays. Black Rat snake backing and a beaver tail wrap. The bow pulls 50# @ 27". Thanks for looking.
Tommy
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Beautiful bow, Tommy. I like the detail of the underlays.
How does she shoot?
Awesome bow! Thanks for sharing!
WOW!
I'm a sucker for osage and water buff horn. Great looking work!
great job! really like the skins. Tony
Love the whole combo, beaver, buff snake skin and osage. very very nice!
Thats a pretty bow Tommy,
CTT
Very sweet bow.
WOW!!!
Tommy,
I'm interested to know how you prepared the buffalo horn for the underlay. Would you elaborate for those of us who might want to try this?
Thanks! and beautiful bow.
Wow! Very nice! :thumbsup:
Dave.
Great looking bow Tommy. That one screams dead deer and hogs.
Awesome!
That's perfect, really like the underlays and the whole design looks great.
SWEEEEEET BOW looks like a meat maker, good job.
Awesome bow!
Perrrrrrrrrfect!!!!
Great looking bow.
Beautiful....... :thumbsup:
Alright, I'm jealous. I'm curious, when making a recurve like that do you tiller before or after you bend the tips. Common sense tells me you tiller after the bends are added. Do tell!
-Jeremy :coffee:
That's awesome!!
Nice piece 'o work but you know...
Proof is in the pudding, lets see that sucker drawn!
Thanks for the comments everyone. Here are a couple of pictures unstrung and at full draw. I'll also answer a couple of questions - I get the bow floor tillered before I bend the recurves. Also since I planned on the underlays I sand them down after bending with a belt sander about 3/16" smaller than I expect the finished tip. To prep the horn I "slabbed" just under 1/4" strips with my bandsaw, sanded back smooth and then used a heat gun on my jig to bend the same as the recurved tip. Once cool, I fit the horn and bow, cleaned with acetone and glued with smooth on epoxy. Hope this answers some questions. Thanks again for looking and your comments. Tommy
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That is a very nice bow. Like all parts of it.
I dream of having one like it someday.
You did a great job.
Well done sir.
Yes, very nice. You do quality work.
Great idea on heating and bending the horn, I never even thought of doing that to horn.
QuoteGreat idea on heating and bending the horn, I never even thought of doing that to horn.
See you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Nice looking bow.
Thats a beauty
That is awesome. Hope you are planning to sign up for the next bowswap, someone would be a very happy with a bow like that. I know I would be. Have a soft spot for wooden recurves, even though I never had one.
Very nice indeed! I wanted to put underlays on my next bow that was also going to have glued on flipped tips but didn't think I could do both. Now I see I can!
Bona
Tony, I'm gonna come up there and thump ya son:)
Sweet looking bow.
Rob