Wow! Nice arrow! But darn, it doesn't show it growing ing Indiana!

Thanks B and Matty!

Chris, I never had much luck with a limb mounted quiver on these types of bows. They throw limb balance/timing off and effect arrow flight. And created more noise. Hope you have better luck.....Art

Gorgeous work from nock to point....hope you get to put it to its' intended use soon.

Beautiful work!

I'm a welder/fabricator by trade.....
Same here Semo been at it for 30 years now. I've been lucky enough to work in the same place for 28 years now.

art that is something else. next time im in wv , im looking for some sourwood.


-hov

I love that "poof" at the end of the fletching! Maybe I will copy that at some time. I'm making some of my own shoot arrows and leave the straightening burns on there as well for a natural camo. Very nice work! Oh BTW I'm a welder by trade too Semo Hunter.

West Texan and Nimrod, glad to see some fellow skin burners here.

I've always had a talent for working with steel and not wood, cause you can melt it, beat it down, cut it, grind it, and it's still steel. If I break it I can clean it up, reinforce it and weld it back..........wood on the other hand, once it's broke that's pretty much it.

That's why I'm surprised that I can build a bow, never was much of a carpenter and I still couldn't build you a piece of furniture worthy for a flea market or a yard sale.    

Somehow bow building just feels different to me.

Yea I've always been good at the steel thing too. Mostly TIG doing Aerospace and Semi-Conductor. All on my own now and doing ok at it. I have lots of machining experience too so I think that helps me with the wood thing. Gotta be very careful and detail orientated but with wood you need more "feel" instead of a measurement for a thickness or width. In my shop I do welding for a couple hours and then bow stuff for a bit then back to welding. It's nice to have a flexible day!

QuoteOriginally posted by SEMO_HUNTER:
West Texan and Nimrod, glad to see some fellow skin burners here.

I've always had a talent for working with steel and not wood, cause you can melt it, beat it down, cut it, grind it, and it's still steel. If I break it I can clean it up, reinforce it and weld it back..........wood on the other hand, once it's broke that's pretty much it.

That's why I'm surprised that I can build a bow, never was much of a carpenter and I still couldn't build you a piece of furniture worthy for a flea market or a yard sale.      

Somehow bow building just feels different to me.

Semo-  Its funny you say that, I feel the same way as I to am a welder/fitter by trade...  I never felt so lost when i started working with wood...

Art- Nice arrow by the way....

Well, in order to do what we do....you do need a certain amount of creativity and talent.
 
You do need to be able to follow a design, patter, blueprint, or instructions.

And you need to be good at working with your hands.

Those are also qualifications for bow building.  

That is a beautiful arrow for sure!

That is an awesome *insert expletive here* arrow!    

Great gift, Art has some skills.

I've had the pleasure to handle a couple of Art's arrows that have made it out here to the west coast. As good as they look in pictures, they are even more awesome in the hand.
There's a lot of craftsmen on this site but Art is one of those guys who the craftsmen look up to.

Guy

Thanks Guy, you're too kind! But if anyone is qualified to judge quality then it would be you. My arrows pale in comparision to yours......Art

Those are very kind words, Art. I thank you for them.
You and I do different kinds of art, if you don't mind I'll still hold your work up as a personal goal.

Guy