Pattern Veneers what ya think?

[heartlandbowyer]

Gonna try a snake profile. Here's what I got so far. What ya think?

[jsweka]

That's pretty wild and will make for a really neat limb.
What kind of wood is it?

[heartlandbowyer]

It was marked Lacewood at the hardwood store but it looks like Fishtail Oak to me.

[wood carver 2]

Cool!    
Dave.

[kennym]

Looks cool! I've bought lacewood that was hard and heavy and some kinda like mahogany(still have that one)

That is what I bought looked like...

[Walt Francis]

Looks neat.

Love the looks of lacewood, got a big piece in Portland last year while at the PBS Banquet and it made some fine bows.

One suggestion, Gary Davis told me at MoJam keep the number of bends the same each limb. For example: two bends right and two bends left on each limb.  Also, start the bends on each limb in opposite directions.  It helps balance the limbs and the weight distribution making the bow shoot smoother.  Take it or leave it, I just know following his advise made my snakey selfbows faster and smoother.

[Bodork]

That's cool! I did an gaboon ebony snake inlaid into an osage overlay once. Came out nice!

[Buemaker]

Are you going to make thin veneers and glue them under clear glass ?  If so it will be something else, cool. Bue --.

[heartlandbowyer]

Bue,
Yep planning on slicing some thin veneers to put under clear glass.

Also might make the snake an inlay of a more contrasting wood like curly maple or some ebony to get some really good contrast. Ebony is a bit costly to be cutting up for fire wood though if I screw up.

Walt
I don't know how much difference it'll make on glass bow veneers but I do plan on having the veneers opposite of each other so where the tail of the runs out of the limb on opposite side. But I was thinking about searching for a snakes Osage stave and that knowledge will definitely be a plus on a snakes self bow. Thanks.

[7 Lakes]

Maybe draw out the snake on the lamination then carefully stain (darken)the rest of the lamination.  Everything but the snake.  

Or maybe some creative woodburning.

[Roy from Pa]

Looks interesting.

[heartlandbowyer]

Mike,

With the wood burning would I have to clean the chared wood with some thing special so I would get good glue adheasion?

Cory

[7 Lakes]

Heartlandbowyer,
I don't know.  Before retiring I had several students that could woodburn as well as anyone can paint.  I always wanted to try some of their work on my bows but now the chance is lost.  

Each of these students had such a light touch there was never a "char" only faint brown and darker lines.