I love the looks of Mike Yancey's bows...and Ed Scott's...so I put rawhide on 4 bows this weekend...while they are drying I thought I'd get some advise on cool things to do with the backing...kinds of designs or what to use to make them look good...
thanks in advance.
Bob

Here is one I did.

cool...thanks.  What kind of paint did you use?
Bob

On the bow I made for my daughter I did some tribal paintings...



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Andy

This is a copy I made of Jay Massey's Medicine Bow. It is sinew backed hickory with a rawhide covering. I used craft paint from WalMart for the design.

all great!  thanks...lots of talent here.
Bob

very nice work guys

Bob, I also added tiger striped tissue paper to the back of a rawhide backed bow. Came out great. Photobucket won't cooperate with me tonight but when they decide to I will post pics.

Finally cooperated!   Unfortunately this bow didn't survive but that doesn't detract from the backing effect.

very cool...thanks!  I have not given up on this project as I have 4 or 5 floor tillered bows now rawhide backed... I just have other bow projects coming up all of the time... I have a big old boy graduating from my class next month and he wants me to make him a bow...all 6' 5" 275# 30 1/2" draw of him...     I'm thinking that I might should do a glass bow rather than a wood laminated bow...unless I do something like hickory backed Ipe in a R/D a...maybe 66-68" long ???

Bob

Wow i love that Tribal one. I'll have to post some of the designs that i have done when the batteries charge.