Finally found the time to take a few pics if my first glass bow. Just want to share a few pics and say that if I can do it anybody that has the desire and a little patience can do it! I also want to give a special thank you to KennyM! I couldn't have done it with out your help! Anyone that has worked with Kenny knows exactly what I'm talking about. We'll here it is, feel free to pick it and me over! I can take it! Except for Roy, go easy on me for joining the dark side! Lol (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/2014-02/0F064C27-740F-48F2-87D9-E79C93D80AB6_zpssfualj8y.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/2014-02/0F064C27-740F-48F2-87D9-E79C93D80AB6_zpssfualj8y.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/5E789AD3-16AC-4719-B04B-DF7F9A783051_zpssjkla1ht.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/5E789AD3-16AC-4719-B04B-DF7F9A783051_zpssjkla1ht.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/112F3F7B-ECD2-4009-9099-CAA84C47FD10_zpsf2eqsoxe.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/112F3F7B-ECD2-4009-9099-CAA84C47FD10_zpsf2eqsoxe.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/83EB80B4-2D6F-42A7-B0E1-4D95D1A62D11_zpss7kavpuj.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/83EB80B4-2D6F-42A7-B0E1-4D95D1A62D11_zpss7kavpuj.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/DB372E4B-077B-4E28-BC74-434E876A223A_zpsvjp6puhy.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/DB372E4B-077B-4E28-BC74-434E876A223A_zpsvjp6puhy.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/C970A992-8772-4EA7-A033-159A614276D9_zps40qgeeij.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/C970A992-8772-4EA7-A033-159A614276D9_zps40qgeeij.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/0DBDA5B5-E3BB-4FD8-B9FA-67EB06AC4019_zps8kk8dayv.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/0DBDA5B5-E3BB-4FD8-B9FA-67EB06AC4019_zps8kk8dayv.jpg.html) (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/D19A3591-E2F5-4754-8BAF-8612C0728B3B_zps5dbyri7f.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/D19A3591-E2F5-4754-8BAF-8612C0728B3B_zps5dbyri7f.jpg.html)
Sorry, got a little pic happy! 60" ntn, 47# @ 28"
Looks awfully nice to me.
looks great! really like the wood choices.
Cool looking riser!, sweet bend !!....great job!!!
Wow that's a good looking bow- I really like the bocote riser.
Dang I wish my first bow could have looked that good. Very nice.
Awesome!!!
Thanks a lot everybody, I can't wait to get in the woods with it. Super quiet, plenty fast and shoots where I point. I'm thinking them hogs had better not tempt fate this weekend!!
Nice chunk of bocote! Great job
what a bow for your first glass 'un. Excellent!
Looking good. :)
Perfect... Draw and riser really gave me a big smile!
Very nice. Looks great. Your short sleeves shirt and ground without snow cover is making me jealous.
QuoteOriginally posted by michels_benny:
Very nice. Looks great. Your short sleeves shirt and ground without snow cover is making me jealous.
x2
Its hard to beat bacote. Great looking bow with a nice bend to boot. Well done
Great job - love all the accents.
I guess it's Ok.. :)
Gosh Roy, your making me blush! :biglaugh:
Nice job! Looks like a shooter to me.
Great looking bow, nice colors, what are the limbs, bamboo, maple? Looks great together.
Don't worry, Roy is gonna come out of the wood shed one of these days.
Uh-Oh, I may have just made 'the list'.
My eyes aren't that good anymore. Just ship it to me and I will closely examine it over the next few months....seriously, that's one fine bow. Great job Randy.
Thx for the great comments everyone. Carpin Mark, it's boo veneers over action boo. All the accents are from the same piece of bocote. Everything came from KennyM. Starting a new form for a more mild rd soon. I'm thinking bout cocobolo with myrtle veneers. Still debating.
Nice job and a beautiful piece of bocote there.
Pick, Pick, Pick, Nope! Nothing to pick on that I see!
Sweet bow!
Randy, great job man!!
That looks like a very nice job to me! Your patience has paid off!
Great bow. Really motivates me to get my 1st started
what a great first bow Randy! Nice to see some wood guys not AFRAID to give glass a try (Roy)
Super job :notworthy:
Thanks a lot guys! I really enjoyed this build. I think I like this glass stuff! Got an idea for a mild rd, and doing a Hill has been weighing heavy on my mind lately! Then Roy's trade bow got me wanting to do a boo back bow. I've got a black walnut stave that should be dry by now! Aaahhhhh! So many bows and so little time!!!!!! Maybe I'll be ready to do a trade bow myself next year and just swap Roy some glass for one of his beauties!!
Great job. Beautiful wood choice. What type of finish did you use?
After talking with KennyM I went with automotive clear coat, sanding between coats. Works surprisingly well. 5 coats on the riser and 3 coats on the flat areas of the limbs. The last coat I sprayed from further away to give it more of a matt finish. I was going to hit it with some 0000 steel wool to dull it a bit more but I just couldn't make myself do it. Thought it was to pretty the way it is.
Love the wood choice - think you made the right choice on not hitting it with the 0000 steel wool!