After being in the boywer business for 16 years, I finally got around to making myself a bow. It's 64" long, 47# @ 28" the riser is made of mostly Bolivian rose wood and Osage orange with multiple stripes of various other woods, red elm core laminations and green fiberglass. It's a string follow ASL, called the Follower Extreme on my line up. Out of all the other models I make, I shoot this one the most consistently. When it comes to speed and such it's not my favorite design, it's clearly not as fast as the others, of the hybrid, and D/R profile. But after some experimenting with taper rates and riser length, and what not, I got this design to behave well and I shoot it better than the others. So, I fit it into my normal work load, spread over some weeks, I worked on it a bit here and there, while I waited for epoxy to cure and finish to dry and got this one done. [attachment=1][attachment=2][attachment=3]
Mike, Glad you made yourself an early Christmas present. It is really a very nice looking bow, that riser is outstanding.
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Very Nice!
Nice job Mike !! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Fine work ,Looks great enjoy your new bow
Nice Job :shaka:
Can't believe it took you so long to make yourself one Mike.
Guess you were just waiting to get everything perfect. :biglaugh:
Love the "rainbow of wood" riser. :thumbsup:
Nice job Mike! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Over the years, making bows, lots of them and selling them. Now and then I'd get one that the customer didn't pay for, so I'd use it for a while. Eventually somebody would want it, and buy it. I've noticed myself, whilst testing out bows I made for customers, spending a little more time, trying out the ASL bows I made. I couldn't seem to put them down.
So I had this piece of Bolivian rosewood, and whenever I had extra glue, at the end of a glue up, I'd use it to put another strip of wood, (around .125" thick) on that piece of wood. Eventually, I had a bunch of stripes of wood, of various species, and I put on that final piece of Osage orange, that happened to be just the right shape, after very little sanding. So knowing I'd probably never get a request for such a configuration from a customer, I decided hence, that riser block was mine, and the rest of the story ended up as this bow. And like other follower extreme longbows, I can't put this one down. It likes straight fletched, POC arrows, 500 grain, 45-50# spine, and the 14 strand 8125 string I made for it. No silencers needed, it's whisper silent.
Yeah you don't see many ASLs with that much variety in the riser. Maybe you've started something there Mike! I love it and tend to favor green over other colored glass.
Very nice!
That's a real pretty bow Mike and I'm glad you got one made for yourself. Enjoy it in good health! :archer:
Yes, I really like the added color in the riser too! Great you had time for one for yourself.
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Very nice looking bow!!
I like it, better off being part of a bow than knife scales or a cutting board.
Very cool! They always say the carpenter's house needs the most repair, guess the same can be said for the bowyer!
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I have a real good friend who is a bowyer. He has told me probably a dozen times over the last 20yrs "This bow is for me. It's not for sale!"
He dosen't own a single one of those bows today!!! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Congrats on your new stick! Go have fun with it!!!!
Bisch
Jerome, I've done it, and said it a dozen times too, but this was number 13. It ain't going anywhere without me.
Quote from: Mike Mecredy on December 15, 2021, 11:10:52 PM
Jerome, I've done it, and said it a dozen times too, but this was number 13. It ain't going anywhere without me.
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Bisch
looks great Mike!