OK, as promised here are pictures of the sister glue-up to my bow ("Ol' HB") that my bowmaking mentor, Mike Brooks, made into a bow and then turned over to me to sand and finish. This one got kind of nasty with Mike and tried to do a pretty severe limb twist. He tried everything he could to straighten it out - to no satisfactory result. So he decided to back it with Bamboo. That took care of it quite well and made a fine tri-lam out of it - Massaandruba belly, Hickory core, Bamboo Backed. The tip overlays are Bloodwood like mine, but the riser not only has the Brazillian Cherry like mine but also a couple pieces of Purpleheart. Shoots dreamy and as one would expect, the Bamboo makes it faster than mine. After I sanded it, I finished it with five layers of Polyurethane Gloss. I have a coat of past wax to put on it yet. We decided not to wrap the handle in any way to better display the woods. The bow is 67" ntn, 45# @ 28" and Mike told me Sunday to hold on to it and shoot it. He'll get it when he wants to share it - LOL. I really like the bow and think you will too.
Riser (forgive reflections from the gloss):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/MikesRiser.jpg)
Limbs Top and Bottom:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/LimbTop.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/LimbBottom.jpg)
At Brace (3):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/Brace3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/Brace1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/Brace2.jpg)
Full Draws (2):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/MikesFD.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/ber643/MikesFD3.jpg)
The arrow is the beautiful Japanese Boo arrow that Art B made and shot, and then presented to me at ATAR this year - it's a real shooter!
hey bernie that is one fine looking bow. where do i get one LOL!!! did i say mine is to be 60" #45 at 26 1/2" draw and bamboo backed etc etc. :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Nice Bernie :D building a bow is on my to do list someday
Bernie ya look like all business. Great stuff my friend.<><