Carp/Sinew Backed Juniper Bow

[kpete]

Keenan,
glad  you stepped out of teepee to shoot.

[kpete]

keenan,
When you say "goat horn"  what kind of goat do you mean?

[Keenan]

David, Thank you, I used spray on poly
Twitch, Thank you, Keep us posted on your progress.
Kpete, Thank youI'm not sure I bought them from a guy on Craigslist. I think he said they were corisica rams

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

I really like how you raised the handle wrap up over to cover shelf..sweet. I'll have to try that...NICE!  Jeff  p.s. I got some salmon skins too try !

[Keenan]

Thank you Jeff. One day I decided to try something different and always hated doing the strike plate add on. Almost all my wraps are this way now.

[NormanDale33]

Wow, one of the most intersting and beautiful bows I have seen. You are talented my friend. It is cool to see works of art like this. Can't wait to build my first bow this spring.

[Keenan]

Steven, Thank you, Come down to Oregon this May when we have or Bowyers Gathering and we can work on one together.

[caleb0100]

beautiful bow, and I love the way those skins look!

[twitchstick]

Very nice bow!

[NormanDale33]

Thanks Keenan, I may have to take oyu up on the offer.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Wow Keenan! Bring this post back up to the top for another round. Who knew that carp could look so dang gorgeous on a bow? Gonna have to get me some carp skins, I can see that already.

Did you do anything special to them as far as preperation while fresh? Or just simply dry them like you would a snake skin?
Please let me in on it.

[steadman]

WOW!! You do amazing work!!  

[rainman]

Treat the carp skins just like snake skins.  Grass carp is much better than German carp.

[Keenan]

Thank you Semo.
Thnak you Steadman
Thank you Rainman Yes you are right.

[beendare]

Man I shot piles of those carp last summer and never heard of any use for the skins-thats beautiful

Can you explain or point me to something that explains how to treat the skins for this- thanks in advance

[Keenan]

Thank you Beendare, Just flesh the skins and stapple them down to some plywood.  Then you can cut inside the staples with a razor when dried and roll them up like rawhide untill ready to use.

[snag]

I never thought I'd be saying this...I'm going carp fishing this Spring!    

[rainman]

Go to Stick & Strings traditional archery, there is a tutorial on there by John Scifres.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I'm going to assume that you DO scale them first, correct? My brother lives next to a guy that has a small pond behind his house and there's some HUGE grass carp in there. I can see a grass carp snagging trip in my near future, maybe this spring?

BTT............up!

[rainman]

Yeah scale them, skin them, flesh, then degrease with Dawn, usually 3 times.  Then tack down to dry them for later use or put on wet.  They are much thicker wet than they will be when dry, like Sinew is.