Finished this one up and it's 64" ntn, osage with blacksnake backing, asian buffalo tips, and leather handle wrap. It sports a hand twisted B50 hand twisted flemish sting with mink string silencers drawing 50#  @ 28".

Nice!
I like the wide limbs.
George

That looks real good! Thanks for sharing .

Sweet!

Slick Stick Joe. Nice job.

Another very nice looking bow - tiller looks spot on to me!  You do awesome work.  Maybe some day my tiller will look that good.  But then again maybe not    

nice- i always like those skins thot dont go all the way up. and finished with a wrap- always looks so neat and trim

Looks Good Joe, Like the profile and the tiller looks right on.

I'll have to get some close ups of them, until then.


There's two on the far left in this pick.


Find a straight limb or shoot that is big enough to where the pulp has hardened in the center and the heartwood is thick enough on both ends to meet your needs for a walking stick.
Cure the wood like a bow stave and strip off the bark and whitewood. Chasin a ring all the way around the length of the stick makes it much less apt to break.
Mine and the wifes are short thin and light. Mostly used to help with balance and nocking spider weds and such from our path.
I made a heavey duty stick for my brother that had a mud catfish skin handle. And another where I carved in a morel mushroom on the tip above the handle. He is disabled and uses them all the time instead of a cane.
Never thought ot take pic's but I'll try and get some sometime. Gotta couple more ready to work up someday too.

Those are some sweet looking bows.
Rob

Nice simple bow, Joe with just enough make up. The full draw looks GOOD!

Sweet lookin bows you got there pal. I like the looks of that arrow. lol

TC

Looks good to me Joe,

I hope someday to have one done, and have it turn out half as good.

looking at your collection is inspiring, like looking through a catalog of ideas    

You do great work, oh and it all looks good too!

Very nice, Joe.

Looks like you still got it Joe! Like ridin' a bike ain't it bud.

Thanks a bunch guy's.

Most of the bows in that last pic are long gone, given and traded off I'm afraid.

Yes Tony I thought you might pick up on that arrow. Thanks for sending all the arrows that you did. I seem to stay pretty poor in the arrow side of archery....

Thanks again!

 Nice.....

Very nice Joe!  The tiller looks perfect to me.