Someone PM Chuck Norris.  He may be the only one who can build arrows for this bow, or even shoot it for that matter.

Soooo, when I win this bow will ya write my name on it?      

George,

If you win it you can write your own name or anybodys name on it yourself.  Cause you will have it.

Mike

Mike, you guys all did an outstanding job. This one is as good as it gets.

Hi folks. I've been avoiding getting the bow out of the tube because the humidity has been around.. oh...100% here lately. I should be able to do my part by this weekend and get it shipped off to Dave. I'll post pics when I get going. Gee, I can't wait to start grinding on the tips.
 

Done yet Tom???  :confused:        :D

Not yet buddy. How did ya fair with the weather the other night?

Blew right on by here, how about you?

Us too. Lots of rain and a light show. 3 miles away, they recorded a 107 mph gust at the airport. It blew over the framing on a new motel they had just started.

ttt

Well?  Any progress and where are them pics?

LOL

Mike

O.K. Got some work done this weekend.
Step 1 - Go knock some horns off a cow or, in this case, have some nice guy named Timo give you a bunch at MOJam.  

Now we're after the solid portion of the horn. Usually, most cow horn is thin, except near the tips so we'll cut these off.
 

Here, I'm slabbing some material off, then I'll hog it down further on the bench sander.
 

After some sanding, we end up with some suitable pieces.
 
I like to give myself a head start on blending the tip into the limb, so I sand an abrupt angle on one end.
 

To avoid the 'bump on a log' look, we do a scarf joint. I've shaded the area to be removed. Now I can tear into the tips of this beautiful bow. Kind of intimidating now that it's this far along.
 
Yes, that's a hoof rasp in my hand.
 

I didn't have a picture but after the rasp, I use the mating surface of the intended slab as a sanding block to get the surface just right. The nice thing about the underlays is that they help me keep everything square, just by watching the pattern.
   
   

awesome Tom  

Next step is to glue the overlays on. First, I protect the bow from excess glue with blue tape. I like the Loctite gel. I've had no failures with it and it really bonds organic materials well. Short version - You slather on plenty of glue, quickly position the slab and clamp, wipe excess glue away, then it's pretty much o.k. to take the tape off. Shortly after, this glue is done and you can remove the clamps.
 

O.K. they look ugly now, but that's it for one day. I should be back with another update Tuesday.