Well, I'm sanding the finish off my bow today and starting over. I used some "older" buffalo hide I had trying to finish the last of it. Sprayed a couple coats and let her set a couple days to dry. Started sanding this morning to remove a few dust specks and a small run and it's a little gummy. So I'm starting over with some fresh. That stuff was old and I new better but tried anyways.  

Jeff -- WOW!! That bow sure is a looker!!  
Paul -- beautiful tiller on that longbow!  

I hope one of those is showing up on my doorstep soon!   I keep checking the mail a couple times every day, but sometimes I think maybe the postman forgot where I live!!

Shipped yesterday, should be there Friday. Keep your eyes peeled for a long tube, happy hunting!    

I just got back from the post office. My bow is on it's way. My apologies to my victim for taking so long.
Dave.

Went to the post office today and their was a tube waiting for me their. Got it home and found that it had a beautiful two piece take down in it.
THANK YOU goes out to Dan76 for this awesome bow. Shoots very nice, i love it.
Thanks again Dan.
Steve.
22  https://imgur.com/vdZPh3d
33  https://imgur.com/X8RRft7
tb  https://imgur.com/gallery/b2mth

Hey, we've got some stuff moving!!  I'm excited.  If my bowyer hasn't shipped yet, don't rush.  I'm excited to get a bow, but I can wait -- maybe  
I'd rather it take a bit than have you rush and hurt the bow or yourself trying to get it done quickly.  But if you have shipped ----            

Some lovely bows being posted. fingers crossed one of them is coming this way  
I've been too busy to get much done on mine, it still needs final sanding and finishing....

sporthunter... really liked your bow...
this year is going little low but very nicely... i would like to know more about it. how it is build, thickness, length, etc..etc.. i really want to own one for myself.

re: kellyg: still hanging here and trying to solve my movement to Ankara issue. i will let you know my address soon.

Got a beautiful bamboo backed bow in the mail today, thanks sport hunter i like it i will post some pics later

Great to hear Jason! Always good to see bows survive shipping. Hope you enjoy the bow. Now I want to make another, it turned out great. Making bows for others always pushes my attention to detail and I think the bow probably turned out better than if I did it for myself and that very old stave deserved my best effort.

Ink - The finished dimensions were 7/8" wide at the handle and either 1/2" or 3/8" at the nocks, maybe Jason can confirm accurate dimensions as I no longer have the bow. The bow is 69" nock to nock and probably 70 to 70.5" long total. I started with a 72" blank.

The back was bamboo that was tapered from the handle thinning towards the tips, the belly wood was what I think is cedar, at least it smelled like cedar, the grain was rift sawn and the rings were very thin. The back was glued up with smooth-on with about 1" of backset, it finished with about 1/2" of string follow.

The bow followed the 5/8 rule for the most part meaning the belly thickness is about 62.5% of the limb width. The belly is D shaped, basically flat back and half moon belly. Here is a link to some old school longbow plans to give you a better idea.  
http://www.vintageprojects.com/archery/bow-plans.pdf

http://www.vintageprojects.com/archery-plans.html

thank you for your informative reply...

but cedar? makes a bow? seems like made it already  :D
good work mate..

best.

Ink, Its 1/2" at the nocks

Came home Friday night and saw a few packages had been delivered. A couple hours later I saw a long tube someone had placed in the corner and I about flipped! I asked daughter unit 2 why she hadn't told me about it and she just shrugged. I got all excited to tear it open and then I noticed that my builder packaged things like I did, with some 18ga brads holding the wooden plug in the end. And then my world deflated. It was DU2's bow, just sent back from when she was in Oregon with grandpa earlier this summer. She said, "Oh cool." then took it and walked off. Little stinker.

In other news, life has been crazy but managed to have the day to myself today. So I went to the range this morning and spent the afternoon in the shop. Attempt #2 has been cut in half and put back together again:



With a little luck, this one will make a bow.

On Friday, I stopped by my distributor to pick up a gallon of Krystal satin and had a great conversation with a guy there who really seemed to know his stuff. No matter how hard I try, I'm never 100% happy with the finish on my bows. Left with some great advice and flow enhancer which I hope will get me that last little bit.

Canopyboy,  I used Krystal for the first time on this year's trade bow, and I loved it.   I just used it straight till the last coat, and for that I added a bit of lacquer thinner and it worked great.  Not sure if that's the right thing to do, but it worked lol.

Joe,

According to the manufacturer, you can thin it up to 10% which can help. I only see the problems with the gloss finish, and even then they are very subtle. Looking forward to using a little retarder on this bow to see how it goes, although the last coat will be satin and likely cover everything up anyhow.

I'm down to 2 final coats on my swap. Yea, I've been dragging this out. Sorry to my recipient. I'm off work tomorrow so I'll get one coat done then the final on Saturday. I let each coat cure for 24 hours then a light sand before the next. Only way I can get a decent finish without a dust free shop. Plan to ship on Monday.

Folks I apologize I was out of town for a bit. I will get caught up here to see were we are at.

Looks like I have my work cut out for me, I am way behind. But I enjoy this work compared to what I came back to at work.

Sorry for not being on it this year.

Its all good Kelly! Your awesome.