not long ago I found this bow somewhere between my staves, broken bows, and mess. I wiped the dust off it and recognized it as my first 'heavy!!' bow. Heavy ment 57#@28" by then. at my actual 'target' drawlength of 29" it draws a nice 60#.

this bow started as a cherokee-replica bow from an ash board, then I narrowed the handle, piked it, and made it looking a bit more like a choktaw bow. With it's ugly floppy, blue-cordage wrapped handle and rasp marks still around, it's one hell of an ugly bow. The wide tips provide some handshock, but I didn't mind by then.

I made it 4 years ago, I was twelve by then. This was my 4th bow I had made, and I was very proud of it    

 

 

 

 

(no unstrung picture, sorry)

Nick

Don't see many that good built by a 12 year old.  Fantastic job, and thanks for sharing.

it's great...are the edges rounded over?  it looks like a rectangle

Nick thats a lightbow. Show you heavyier bow. Marlon

thanks Marty!
vanislebowyer; the edges aren't really rounded. There are lots of things I would've done different today. Including the rounding of the edges, but also create a more fluent taper, a better handle, and a better finish with less toolmarks, hehe  

Marlon, here you go. 130#@32"

Great picture easy bow to pull. Cheers Marlon

Nice bow, Nick. Not ugly at all. My first 100 were worse than that.
  Hey Marlon. How's things?

yeahyeah marlon, but 220 behind the neck aint easy for me either  :p

Thanks Pat!

Nick