Hi guys. Here's a few pics of my second bow I made for my wife this summer. Just got around to snapping some photos this past week:
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b566/erwincm/CindysBow_zps4f894483.jpg) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/erwincm/media/CindysBow_zps4f894483.jpg.html)
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b566/erwincm/CindysBow4_zps72466c80.jpg) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/erwincm/media/CindysBow4_zps72466c80.jpg.html)
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b566/erwincm/CindysBow2_zps32315b4a.jpg) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/erwincm/media/CindysBow2_zps32315b4a.jpg.html)
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b566/erwincm/CindysBow3_zpseee2d829.jpg) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/erwincm/media/CindysBow3_zpseee2d829.jpg.html)
This is a 60" TD recurve, #28 @ 28" draw, 7 3/8" BH. It's a solid bubinga riser and bubinga limbs with cherry stripe inlays. I finished it off with Tru-Oil.
Charles
Madison, AL
Beautiful bow, Charles. I really like the profile.
Stan
Nice. Great lookin job!!
Wonderful looking bow
Really Nice. One color and the cherry stripe, simple yet very stylish!
Very nice!! Classy looking
Real clean looking, I like it.
Thanks guys. I wanted to showcase the natural beauty of bubinga which has very unusual cross grains that acts like a hologram in the sunlight. The pictures don't do it justice. I added the cherry stripe to give the bow a little pizazz and make it more unique. I tried to make the bow somewhat elegant with the body curvature (wife's bow). I had a great time building it and she really enjoys shooting it. The bow actually worked out to have a draw weight of exactly 1 lb per inch of pull. I wish I cold say I planned it that way but I'd rather be lucky than good :-)
Me likey.
Very nice, cool photos too!
-Jay
If this bow making thing doesn't work out for you, you could always go into photography. Very nice bow and pictures! I like the shape of the limbs and how you put the inlay in there.
Looking good. Bue--. :)
Ha ha ha! I snapped the pics in front of my garage door with my iPhone and used photoshop to punch out the image from the background. A little brightness adjustment and wala! Thanks for the encouragement guys. I'm already working on my next one - local acacia w/ 24k gold gilded scroll work in the limbs. Never done it before but sounded like fun. We'll see how it turns out.